I don’t know what to do with my life
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Re: I don’t know what to do with my life
#2So this guy has a job, is able to commute, is able to donate money to charity, able to smile though bitterly. He had big dreams, and now is down? I don't get it. He's not jobless, he's not homeless, he's able to commute probably not even in a wheelchair or crutches. He's has spare change in his pocket. There is no sense of gratitude for what he does have and complains about what he doesn't have. Welcome to reality.
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#3So this guy has a job, is able to commute, is able to donate money to charity, able to smile though bitterly. He had big dreams, and now is down? I don't get it. He's not jobless, he's not homeless, he's able to commute probably not even in a wheelchair or crutches. He's has spare change in his pocket. There is no sense of gratitude for what he does have and complains about what he doesn't have. Welcome to reality.
It does not work that way.
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#4So this guy has a job, is able to commute, is able to donate money to charity, able to smile though bitterly. He had big dreams, and now is down? I don't get it. He's not jobless, he's not homeless, he's able to commute probably not even in a wheelchair or crutches. He's has spare change in his pocket. There is no sense of gratitude for what he does have and complains about what he doesn't have. Welcome to reality.
That's called depression... can hit anyone, no matter how fortunate they are, and doesn't mean it's their fault.
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#5So this guy has a job, is able to commute, is able to donate money to charity, able to smile though bitterly. He had big dreams, and now is down? I don't get it. He's not jobless, he's not homeless, he's able to commute probably not even in a wheelchair or crutches. He's has spare change in his pocket. There is no sense of gratitude for what he does have and complains about what he doesn't have. Welcome to reality.
Reacting this way is surely the worst thing you can do.
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#6So this guy has a job, is able to commute, is able to donate money to charity, able to smile though bitterly. He had big dreams, and now is down? I don't get it. He's not jobless, he's not homeless, he's able to commute probably not even in a wheelchair or crutches. He's has spare change in his pocket. There is no sense of gratitude for what he does have and complains about what he doesn't have. Welcome to reality.
This is typically the kind of absolutely clueless reaction that makes me even more depressed about human beings.
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#7So this guy has a job, is able to commute, is able to donate money to charity, able to smile though bitterly. He had big dreams, and now is down? I don't get it. He's not jobless, he's not homeless, he's able to commute probably not even in a wheelchair or crutches. He's has spare change in his pocket. There is no sense of gratitude for what he does have and complains about what he doesn't have. Welcome to reality.
That's called depression... can hit anyone, no matter how fortunate they are, and doesn't mean it's their fault.
Though you don't know if he's clinically depressed, just has a rough week, or generally lives in a rather bleak environment.
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#8So this guy has a job, is able to commute, is able to donate money to charity, able to smile though bitterly. He had big dreams, and now is down? I don't get it. He's not jobless, he's not homeless, he's able to commute probably not even in a wheelchair or crutches. He's has spare change in his pocket. There is no sense of gratitude for what he does have and complains about what he doesn't have. Welcome to reality.
You are implying that someone who has everything you mentioned is happy, when it's often the opposite. The society we live in burns people emotionally, and it's precisely because of the lack of understanding from people like you (no offense intended) that we can't often do more about it. Do we work to live or live to work? Is donating money actually going to make him happy when he can't see the results first hand? Does money actually make people happy if we don't even have time to spend that money doing the things we would like to do? (It's common in the US to have shorter vacations than a lot of other countries.)
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#9The meaning of life, the point, what one should do with it... it is not a trivial question. Most don't answer it at all. Many have it answered for them. And then a few try to answer it themselves. Know only that all the approaches are valid, and the question is at the edge of our understanding.
The world is, and always was, a cold place. Look at the goals of the world, and you will see that there is no warmth in them. And in that coldness we were born.
Yet in your giving there was warmth. In your complaint there was a judgment. Where would it be without you? Even if you are but a spark, it means that there is hope. So cherish yourself and kindle that spark.
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#10Hang in there. It gets better. I hit rock bottom last year and it sucked. But after a while you kind of get comfortable in the cold darkness. The solitude feels great. I made it a rule to give at least a dollar to every beggar I meet. If I have time then I'll try to strike a conversation.