I realize the two arent entirely mutually exclusive.
But it is typical tha a person can have a very pleasant , comfortable life by following the "rules" and taking few risks. While most who live passionately take more risks in love, in life, in carreer suffering greater levels of both failure and success.
2007-09-12 03:21:14 · 22 answers · asked by G's Random Thoughts 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Personally, I've settled for more comfort and less passion over the last 10 years. It is just easier, but I desire a more passionate life and am reawakening.
The rollercoaster is a much better ride than the merry go round!
2007-09-12 03:29:31 · update #1
The roller coaster has always been my ride of choice, but sometimes it means sitting on the park bench to catch my breath while the others just keep going round n' round.
2007-09-12 04:25:56 · answer #1 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is a very good question. I am a passionate person by nature. I don't think I can live without passion, though I sometimes envy those who have an easier and more "pleasant" life. I also prefer the roller coaster.
Have you ever seen the movie "Parenthood?" The grandma talks about how life can be compared to a roller coaster or a merry-go-round. It's a quite philosophical movie.
2007-09-12 08:12:04 · answer #2 · answered by Dianna P 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have done both. I was a biker who rode all over the U.S., loved who I wanted when I wanted, kicked *** and didn't bother to take names. I followed my instincts with no thought to my future, everything was in the moment and I lived life like there was no tomorrow. While I had a wild and wonderful time, sometimes scary, but for the most part full of wild, uninhibited passion (not just sexual passion) I am paying for it now. I now have to start being a "grownup", when I should have gotten my education straight out of high school , because now I am way behind. I'm not saying that my former life wasn't wonderful, and some people can do it forever, but for most, when you get older, you realize you h ave to have some kind of stability. Back in the day, before the world wasn't so fast-paced and commercially motivated, life was simpler, but now the cost of living versus the wage makes an education imperative. A life full of passion on one hand is the ideal, but you must be willing to pay the price. God Bless You.
2007-09-12 03:33:12 · answer #3 · answered by Jayne Savage 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have lived a life of passion and I would rather live a pleasant life. I guess it depends on which life you are living as to which one you perfer. The grass is always greener on the other side. With passion comes alot of hurt and worries.
2007-09-12 03:28:53 · answer #4 · answered by linda 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I prefer passion but I would settle for a little of the pleasant for a change.
2007-09-12 03:24:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I live on the edge of life, enjoying it, and passion is part of it. I think following the rules and pleasant lives are BORING!
2007-09-12 03:25:51 · answer #6 · answered by -R 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh My ! I no longer have the energy for too much passion.
Give me some challenges so that I am not bored to death and the rest - pleasantness .
2007-09-12 03:26:59 · answer #7 · answered by Bemo 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd always choose the life full of passion. A roller coaster is always preferable to a merry-go-round.
2007-09-12 03:24:16 · answer #8 · answered by Scotty Doesnt Know 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
exciting, i'm a Weeping Willow. Weeping Willow, the melancholy. alluring yet crammed with melancholy, captivating, very empathic, loves something alluring and tasteful, likes to commute, dreamer, under pressure, capricious, straightforward, may be prompted yet isn't person-friendly to stay with, demanding, sturdy instinct, suffers in love yet reveals each and every so often an anchoring better half.
2016-11-10 05:33:38 · answer #9 · answered by Erika 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well i suppose both, but with some balance leaning towards the more serene, after all moments full of passion ARE pleasant
2007-09-12 03:26:09 · answer #10 · answered by Hope 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋