For Tim and everyone feeling down with life

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[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=ERbvKrH-GC4[/youtube]

Thanks for putting that up! It's so true, I think.

I just want a hug. Give it to me before I take it !

Thanks for this.

It's very similar in theme to Dark Side of the Moon's "Time."

"And you run and you run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking,
racing around to come up behind you again...
the sun is the same in a relevant way, but you're older,
shorter of breath, and one day closer to death..."

Or "Breathe:"

"Run, rabbit run
dig that hole, catch the sun...
and when, at last, the work is done,
don't sit down it's time to dig another one..."

I just read something about Jung being the first anti-psychiatrist: He didn't want to "cure" people to fit into an insane society...it's this kind of society with its quotas and such that makes us neurotic.

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I love you Kalima. Forever and ever and ever and ever...

I haven't read Jung but have come to the same conclusion. Imagine what life would be like if society wasn't constantly consuming and aiming for targets deliberately set to be just out of reach.

We need a 'group hug' emoticon, like this one

Not that I could cope with that IRL

virtual hugs to everyone

**HUG**

thank you

Ya, Trey Parker and Matt Stone heh! Some of their stuff is alright, others not so much, I enjoyed this cartoon, its quite true, you can spend your whole life working for that promotion, and when you get it how much more fufilled will you really be in the end??

Personally, I have no drive to get to the top, I do good enough for the things I need in life and perhapse a few things I want, unlike many (like my father perhapse) I would much rather enjoy my life more, be with my future family someday longer, see friends more, when working for a promotion one is always traveling, working, missing their one shot at life, the things that really matter, money is good, but time is too important to waste. I could not bare the thought of making $60,000 a year, yet always be working and missing my children growing up, id rather make my $25,000 a year I make now and enjoy life as much as possible.

I wonder, me and my dad, tho im the one with the DX, he is absolutly aspie, no question in my mind, and ill never tell that to him, but how many of us would rather work are asses off our whole lives then enjoy the time we have left??

So true, most people miss the point of life: LIVE IT DAMN IT!! Too many kids in school are too busy trying to get the best grades molding themselves into the best puppets anyone could ever ask for. They're all gonna get a big slice of the pie for themselves.

My mom is a great example, she strives to do better everyday then the day before. Today better then yesterday and tomorrow better then today. She has no real friends. She can't even stay with a man because there isn't enough progress. They're all too lazy for her. She always seeks to fill her days to the max with more work. Always tense. Never truely happy.

Parker and Stone nail it again. Thanks, alexbeetle.

I enjoyed this so much that I posted it on other forums. This is a lesson that I really need to learn.

This all helps me appreciate my life and the fact that I am 47 and in school to start yet another NEW career.

My yard is not the prettiest, my house is full of 'piles of stuff', yet when my daughter is with me we have the most marvelous time just having fun.

The work that is necessary, does get done. The rest of the stuff waits for a turn as I find the time.

Thanks for the video, I'm going to send it to my daughter (at her mum's right now).

I have always voiced my concerns about how our society in general pushes heavily for that 'opportunity to attend college' for every kid.
Even to the point of prepping them in public school.
There is a high school locally where the students can come out of their four years with an associate's degree (it resides at a local college).
I was talking with a parent the other night at work (an E.R. physician I work with) about our kids and their first year at highschool and our daughter's decision not to go to the Academy of the Redwoods (the h.s. mentioned above).

He said he didn't want his kid going because he wanted his son to enjoy his high school years "...just being a kid...".

I couldn't agree more!

The man who told the story had a crazy laughter. but i liked the message :)
made my day :)

I agree with you all. I worked hard in school, I work hard in college now, I don't have any real friends, and the last time I was happy was in kindergarden. the reason I am doing it is because I hate being poor. you're right, being rich doesn't bring you happiness, but when life is a constant financial struggle, it's impossible to be happy--the endless stress just gets to you. if you can financially afford to live a happy life without working your ass off, do so. the reason I am doing it is because I don't want my children to grow in the stress of poverty like I did. but it comes at a heavy price--as I mentioned, I am under a lot of stress, and I have no friends. I am also chronically depressed. I applaud the guy who wrote that he didn't send his kids to the competitive high schools. I wish that more parents were like you. It's not easy to grow up at an environment where you feel that your parents will only love you if you do well in school, and you're worthless otherwise.