2006-07-10 12:03:29 · 18 answers · asked by melon_rose 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
There is an essential element of life I call "the sacred flippancy." Incorporated in life, it leads to wisdom and is part of takinng life seriously. So I'm serious about using flippancy to build wisdom.
To take life seriously without allowing for this element of sacred flippancy is to risk veering into POMPOSITY, which is a laughable and ridiculous surfeit of baseless seriousness. Our culture very strongly supports veering into pomposity, giving it nice labels like "positive thinking" and "optimism" and "sincerity."
2006-07-10 12:11:10 · answer #1 · answered by urbancoyote 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are things in my life that have to be taken seriously, it's called responsibility. To balance things off sometimes, I try not to take myself too seriously. I don't want to walk around every day looking like a sad sack , or grinning every day like I'm a blooming idiot. My check and balance's in life.
2006-07-10 20:29:55 · answer #2 · answered by laughsall 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I take life seriously. I dont want to lose it! But i guess i just matured too fast. When i was younger i didn't take it as seriously.
2006-07-10 19:13:13 · answer #3 · answered by Empty Skies 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My life YES and enjoy every day of it..If your talking in Gen. Wow , with all the junk going on today, you better not try or you"ll end up blowing your head off..Sweetheart yours is good but read some of the questions asked here on answeers and you"ll see. Its getting very very hard to take things serious anymore....The best you can do anymore is live your life the best you can. be fair and honest and try to treat others with respect... Sorry sweetheart been here 65 years and watching it get worse every day...NICE QUESTION LOL ROB
2006-07-10 19:19:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you have to take some things seriously in your life, but most of the time just enjoy it and have fun
2006-07-10 19:07:51 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, ive learned to be serious about certain responsibilities...job, finances, paying bills, living cleanly...but for the most part i like to play and try to maximize the fun without affecting my responsibilities...so im not sure i understand the question. i take life seriously by refusing to be defeated by anything and give up but not to the point of being "serious" about everything in my life...i think i just went cross-eyed....
2006-07-10 19:17:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't either if I didn't have to prove my worth everyday.
or I didn't believe someone is dying of poverty-related illness every 3 seconds. or if I believed in an afterlife.
That's the only way I'd be convinced that life is banal, meaningless, serendipity, a BBQ on sunday.
2006-07-10 19:12:28 · answer #7 · answered by -.- 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I take life as life.
2006-07-10 19:16:29 · answer #8 · answered by The Witten 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not really. if you take life seriously your super boring
2006-07-10 19:06:28 · answer #9 · answered by Kyle c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to true appreciate and take you life seriously, I highly recommend the following....
Walk backwards while shaking your head viciously and cross a busy intersection at night.
if you want more ideas on how to take your life seriously, just let me know.....
2006-07-10 19:08:51 · answer #10 · answered by G-me 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋