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Question

sitting here on internet behind my pc. thinking of the world today. what has happend to so many people? all the hatred,war, insecurity. dont even know what to believe in these days. so many of us go to work everyday to earn money and spend it try be more financially secure but does it really make anyone happy? so much of the ocean hasn't even been discovered and i worry more of what will i do to make money in the future. doesn't anyone worry of leaving the world with so many questions we will never know. if we only use so little of our brain what can we really do with our full potential? imagine working all ur life just making money for a happy family and one day passing away and nothing does anyone feel the same? please no stupid answers like what drug are u using cause really this just comes without anything just wonder.

Answer 1

I just think you have had too much time to think, sitting behind your pc. Go out for a walk and clear your head - its called 'analysis paralysis' - thinking so much you tie your brain in a knot with massive revelations and what ifs of the wide universe.

Answer 2

Whilst you are searching for an answer try some action. Continue to work and study to the best of your ability however also take up a sport or physical activity - something that takes your focus away from your inside for a while. Actually try spending some time with your friends as well.

When you return to these questions your subconscious will have been working out things in the background and your perception may be clearer.

I was just like you for a long time and whilst I feel I am closer to answering some of questions than you I am not going to tell you what to think. That is for you to figure out yourself.

In fact I was puzzling away so much that I did not want to bring children into the world as it now. However I gradually realised that without taking action to at least try to help the world even in some small way then I was guilty as everyone else. Particularly when I happened across the following quote:

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." - Edmund Burke

I suggest that:-
1) You get a new excercise book and label it Big Questions.
2) Write a question in clear on top of a separate page
3) At the beginning of each week pick one question to puzzle over
4) At the end of each week write down what your thoughts are on each subject underneath the question. Not neccessarily a final answer but whatever progress you have made towards it.
5) Repeat steps 2-4 until you feel you are clearer about things.

I can see some of the others who have answered your question before me have some valuable insights so please read them carefully.

As for myself, I have now gotten married, have a son and am a charity volunteer. I hope I can teach him to be a good person, be an active member of the community and to make a positive difference in the world. I certainly don't have the all the answers but I rejoice in the fact that I am alive and thus able to think of the questions in the first place!

Answer 3

I understand what you mean.... life seems to pointless and humdrum. You get set into a routine, work, money, trying your best, etc. Then one day you wonder what it is all for? When you die (not if but when) will any of it have mattered ? You realise how insignificant you really really are. Yes you matter to your family, friends, work colleagues and the people around you, but on a global scale you are as insignificant as anyone else is!

You start wondering what it all means and what its all for, but then the more you try to think about what its all about the more you realise it doesn't make sense and doesn't mean anything. You live you die, that's it. Enjoy what you have when you have it. Live in the moment, accept what you can not change and change what you can. Lead a good honest life. Realise there are things you, I or anyone else will just never know, learn or understand.

Think about your spiritual side. Maybe you are having a spiritual awakening? A lot of people mix up spirituality with religion. To me its not the same thing. You might find yourself benefiting from paying more attention to your spiritual essence and your need to have a more rewarding and fulfilling sense of purpose.

Answer 4

There isn't really a way to devote all of your time to seeking knowledge. One must pull one's weight in society and earn a living. You can console yourself with the fact that people today have more leisure time and more access to the world at large than any people have at any time in history.
Of course, this doesn't mean that you can't learn, explore and discover. Einstein came up with the Theory of Relativity during his spare time while working as a patent clerk!
Does making money make me happy? No. But the things that I can do with those resources do make me happy. Do I wish that I could spend more time up in the woods and less time behind a desk? Sure. But at least I'm not working 12 hours a day, six days a week in a back breaking job for a bare living wage as many people did a century ago.

Answer 5

~~~ Yeah,I know what you're saying. Sometimes when we think about life and what is happening in this world ,it gets so overwhelming it can make us sad. There is too much war in the world,and it will never end. Everybody demands their right to speak,but they forget to listen. We don't all want to accept what is different than us. We all have a need to be "right",and and close our minds on another's view. People hurt each other,to make themselves feel stronger. It's like a never ending circle. So ,I feed the strays. Any cat come knocking on my door,I adopt. Then I worry about all the other stray cats in the world that I don't know,but know they are out there ,needing help. I think to myself...."What difference does it make?" I can't save every cat in the world,but I will make a difference in the lives of the ones I do meet. It's a start. I can't help humanity,but I'll do everything I can for the cats.~~~

Answer 6

I think it's normal to have doubts and concerns about stuff. Like you I worry about the future, what we are doing to the world, and what sort of life my daughter will have when she grows up. All I can suggest is that you try and be the best person you can be, and imagine that if everyone did that we'd be in a wonderful world. :o)

Answer 7

I was born in Abadan, a beautiful city in south of Iran, then grew up in Masjed Soleyman with Persian neighbors (Iranian Arabs and Bakhtiaries), until fourteen then due to my dad’s retirement from the oil company we moved to Julfa Isfahan, after marriage and due to my husband's job we traveled all over in Iran, we were respected and welcomed, everywhere. Armenian were brought to Iran by force 400 years ago, but we can't write it in few sentence, after he brought our ancestors to Iran and settled them in Isfahan , he gave all the attention a king can give to Armenian people and their safety and welfare. After him some kings honored his orders some did not, but the last I could say century or so Armenians were living equally with Persian people, I could say before revolution we even had more advantage in so many fields. I still go back there (I live in USA) and still enjoy walking in streets which brings back old memories and it feels good, but unfortunately for Armenians it hard to live in a totally Islamic environment, that’s why most of us moved out of Iran, but I am glad to hear lately most of the young generation are moving to Armenia where we all Armenian belong and one day we all will go back to our country, that time Armenia will be free and whole.

Answer 8

its too big a world for me to handle... im no martin luther king and i can only make small changes... so im going to concentrate on these small changes and hopefully the world will follow in my footsteps... i cant change the world...

and yeah ive wondered about the future... and maybe if its meant to be then its meant to be... as long as im happy then i will raise a family and earn money... but i know thats not what i want so im not going to die before i do everything else on my list...

hatred, war, insecurity comes with love, peace and safety.

just do what ever makes you happy.. if your on the streets and happy then so be it... sod everyone else...

you cant please everyone so why not please yourself...

we could go in circles all day...

happy future =]

Answer 9

Howsoever strongly and deeply you might think and feel about your world, or about human life in general, you could always be rest assured to consider this to be just one of many possible ways of looking at things - things exist in our mind within the effects of our personal circumstances at a certain time as ours, a state that we consistently wish to improve on. This is sincere, honest and thought provoking.

The fact is that things change from person to person, and then also from time to time in every person’s life. In the past the things that used to appear like mountains insurmountable standing in the ways to me now have receded into an interesting line upon a horizon past. If you are fortunate in life then you learn very soon to develop an ability to see things from various different perspectives, from the view points of other people, you learn to listen and observe, otherwise you learn from your own experiences as you life through you time, in various states of your mind, as if you were a different person at different times. You see to realise that things do not stay the same all the time, they change, and all things pass.

This is true that life appears to be like this to most of us. As if it were an aggregation of daily chores, or a stale and flat story ‘signifying nothing’. This sense is like a disease of many a people’s minds. I feel the same sometimes. I feel as if nothing would happen does not matter what I do, but hen I see possibilities - sometimes being an observer is a good way of having certain very valuable things in life, as in insightful understanding and - instead of try to be happy all the time, for instance, why not sometimes try to observe people who are happy. Why are they happy? I often wonder. This practice has helped me to change the way I persisted to look at my life.

It is very good that you shared with us what you most privately think and see. This is sheer honesty of your ethics and courage that we have shared your feeling with other people. I find this to be very interesting, especially the juxtaposition of hope and in your description of your world. There are streaks of hope and insecurity running intertwined in your feelings. As you say that life is as if it would amount up to nothing in the end, but you are sure that there is lot in the mind that has not been explored yet, as ‘if we only use so little of our brain what can we really do with our full potential’. I like this! This sounds promising :)

Answer 10

Thanks to TV, the cell phone, the internet, we are bombarded everyday with all kinds of information that some of use could care less about. Or such sadness that we feel hopeless. Sometimes I wish we could go back to "the good old days" when everything seemed less complicated. Now we are looking for ways to ESCAPE.