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We destroy everything we touch. It would be the best if we could all just die, extinct. There was a time when I was so optimistic, I had so much faith in people, I actually loved them. I was so blind, stupid, ignorant. I believed that Art and Love could save us somehow, cause those are the only good things that we created (we had to destroy that, too); but I see now that nothing can save us.
I'm so full of negative thoughts; can you say something that would make us who think this way feel better?

2007-04-21 21:53:20 · 25 answers · asked by Barbara V 4 in Arts & Humanities Philosophy

I am trying to look for good things and all I only see bad things.

2007-04-21 22:05:06 · update #1

Well, Renegade, society consists of people.
And capitalism is created by people.

2007-04-21 22:09:06 · update #2

Solveig, I am trying to do something. And it's not working. Nobody cares.

2007-04-21 22:10:20 · update #3

Life isn't great. And it isn't special gift.

2007-04-21 23:55:46 · update #4

Dear ghost, do not think that my sole purpose is to find my own happiness.

2007-04-22 00:45:48 · update #5

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'i believed that Art and Love could save us, cause those are the only good things that we created '.
how nicely said is that.

but would you allow me to slightly change that. don't be afraid i won't ' destroy ' it ; just improve it. i'm confident you'll like it.

i believe that Art and Love can save us, cause those are the only good things that we created.

do you see how easy doing it and makes feel better.

just reconcile with the present tense !

this will save you !

2007-04-21 23:26:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

Not everyone is bad. Not everyone destroys.

There are people who are good & creative & loving.

Love yourself. Love others, love the world. Art & love can save us. Don't let the ugliness drag you down. Focus on the beauty. It is still a beautiful world. You don't really hate people. You are just frustrated. Life can be difficult & granted there are some bad people out there & certainly many people are destroying the planet but the human race is still capable of great things.

Take a deep breath. Relax. Fill yourself with positive thoughts. Love yourself. You will start to feel better & the world will not seem so bleak & depressing.

2007-04-22 05:20:01 · answer #2 · answered by amp 6 · 0 0

You look at only the negative side of life, as that's what everyone shows.

A lot of bad things happen, that's true, and we are usually the cause of them.

It's unfair for one person to shoulder the weight of what you're feeling, and it will make you spiral downward into a black abyss.

While it's true that there are many of us that destroy, there are many that create. They learn from the past and are trying to make this world a better place.

It's slow, but they're putting their all into it.

Don't give up on the arts and love. Don't stop loving the people around you. Help them remember why life is so great.

I hope you remember why it is.

2007-04-22 06:04:32 · answer #3 · answered by Heavy 1 · 0 0

It sounds like your bouncing from one end of the spectrum being total trust in humanity to the other. I found out early that things of this world can not be trusted totaly there are lies in lies and truths are built upon them most of the time. But I have fighted myself by thinking about what is truth and what isnt and I have come to believe that love/existance is truth and with thouse truths I build my life. I think you can take a life and reduce it to the smallest parts possible and build it up from there. I have yet to figure out how to take a life and look at all of its dealings and then work your way down while actualy living it. Perhaps that may be your way of looking at the world if it is I suggest changing perspective and trying a bottom/up approch. Also Its nice to know you still hate people and are at least not indifferent too them. I dont really believe indifference is something a existing thing can be but I find more love in the thought of hate then I do in the thought of indifference and to me thats hope.

2007-04-22 05:21:16 · answer #4 · answered by magpiesmn 6 · 0 0

Yes it is true...that we can do those evil things. Have you watched the animatrix - it was chilling and it will happen. We all get into those bouts of happiness and depression. Whatever it takes feel what youre feeling. If you try to hide that more it will be difficult to recover. We all get into those emotional state. But no matter waht happens, however mean and grim life is NEVER, NEVER GIVE UP ON HOPE. Its the only thing that can draw us back to sanity, or so we think.

Is this a personal stuggle about faith, logic and life? I used to be in that state i use to question everything, doubt and a bit untrustful. I never felt that i was this 'pessimistic" but then I thought being pessimistic is more RAW and true to yourself, but i know it would not benefit me that long. Until one day, someone very dear left this temporary abode (speaking figuratively) that when i get to take on time in adjusting to life that she could never be with me - i know that for a fact - and grieved - the process may br too long for those around me and ive contemplated about suicide and all...but if i did that, i knew id be just those countless unnamed face who gave up and lost the psark for life, for hope. Now i always tell to myself, that no matter how a ***** life is, and no matter how manny times I fall, I should get back up...and that my dear friend is part of being human. The only simple and given action that we could offer one another is patience, compassion/sympathy to listen to each others woes...and then we get back again to life!

2007-04-22 05:13:41 · answer #5 · answered by shanekeavy 5 · 0 0

Hate and love are just two sides of the same thing related to you in such a way that you feel that the world is not the way you want it to be.

Just look at it this way !
If nothing was destroyed and only new things were created then one day would come where there may not be any space to house the new. Or in other words there would be no creation of new. WOULD YOU LIKE IT !!
Maybe you are attached to some thing so much that this feeling is donned on you.

2007-04-22 05:10:27 · answer #6 · answered by mr.kotiankar 4 · 0 1

No, I probably can't say anything to make you feel better immediately. I seriously doubt anyone could. Anyway, here is what I have to say:

You hate what goes on around you. That's great, there is a lot of crap going on in this world. But instead of wasting your time by complaining about it, why not get up and actually DO something to change the world? Even if it is in the tiny microcosm of your own, immediate environment, it makes a change. Complaining never leads anywhere unless people take it as impulse to finally become active about what bothers them.

2007-04-22 05:08:30 · answer #7 · answered by Solveig 6 · 0 0

All Things Human.

Homo sum; humani nil a me alienum puto.


Poem lyrics of "Human Abstract" by William Blake:

Pity would be no more,
If we did not make somebody Poor;
And Mercy no more could be,
If all were as happy as we;

And mutual fear brings peace,
Till the selfish loves increase;
Then Cruelty knits a snare,
And spreads his baits with care.

He sits down with holy fears,
And waters the ground with tears;
Then Humility takes its root
Underneath his foot.

Soon spreads the dismal shade
Of Mystery over his head;
And the Caterpillar and Fly
Feed on the Mystery.

And it bears the fruit of Deceit,
Ruddy and sweet to eat;
And the Raven his nest has made
In its thickest shade.

2007-04-22 05:14:19 · answer #8 · answered by johndante 2 · 0 0

Hi.It's called human nature.Survival of the richest.Total disregard to our fellow humans.Money =Power. Power is control over people.Governments not interested in people only big business (money ).We can't escape this madness .There is nobody to help us.
So we have to go to a higher authority -God. What have we got to loose? .If there is no God ,then we will have to rely on human help which we won't get so were back where we started ,among the most vicious animal ever evolved.(created ?) If you think about giving God a go ,ask for his grace to carry on and if you are sincere you will discover faith which is all you need.
Cheers.

2007-04-22 08:42:06 · answer #9 · answered by ROBERT P 7 · 1 0

I'm sorry you feel that way but no that's on you I can say whatever I want and it won't change the bad experiences that made you feel this way. I just take the good with the bad and keep on going If someone has let you down get over it and never give them the opportunity to do it again

2007-04-22 05:00:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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