Life Is Too Precious

Call this a mopey, crybaby, sentimental morality thread but somewhere, deep down, I bet most of you have thought or felt this way before.....

I have surrendered my tendency to attack, insult, or offend a person's pride, being, and identity. I have surrendered the state of anger, I have surrendered the state of criticism, judgement, and bias. I have surrendered holding grudges or aiming to make anyone feel any sort of pain for whatever reason.

Or at least I am trying too...

I often get angry or frustrated with loved ones.... my mother, my father, my brothers, my sister, my grandmother, my freinds, even my dog....but I remember...they will not be here forever. Neither will I.

Someone I love may die tomorrow, or some time when I least expect.....what would have been the last thing I said or done to them before that ? How would I want them to remember me ? Would I want them to have any doubts that I wholeheartedly love them?

What about my enemies ? Even if I do not genuinely care for thier life or being, what would happen to someone who loved them had they known I attacked thier beloved ? IF someone attacks my mother or other loved one, it would hurt me as well, and it would hurt me deeply.

Why would I want to put an innocent person through that kind of pain by attacking or hurting thier loved one ?

I am done in my participation of causing pain on anyone, at the same time I am done dwelling on pain others have caused me.

I do not have all eternity to waste. Every moment of Life is precious, and I will not waste another moment in needless conflict. Not another fkn second...

Or at least I will do my best to avoid such a waste...

You do not have your loved ones forever..you do not have your identity forever..you do not have your life forever...

Why not make each moment count ? Why not enjoy every single moment of life in some way, shape, or form ?

I think we all ignore what we know....one day someone you love will die before you do....whether it be your parents, your grandparents, a sibling, a freind, a lover, or even your own child...someone you love will die before you will

OR

You will die before someone you Love will

It's a tragedy that will have to be faced one day by US ALL

So I am deciding that I will treat my loved ones with absolute respect, because I WILL NEVER GET THOSE MOMENTS BACK !

And likewise, I decided every other person deserves, if not outright respect, at least a chance at it.

What say you ?

Can any of you let go of your conflicts and embrace everyone and everything for what it is ?

My bitterness and dissilusionment are defense mechanisms . . . they make me happy.

I'd rather not face up to reality because, in a nutshell, reality sucks.

Originally posted by Lord Urizen
[b]Call this a mopey, crybaby, sentimental morality thread but somewhere, deep down, I bet most of you have thought or felt this way before.....

I have surrendered my tendency to attack, insult, or offend a person's pride, being, and identity. I have surrendered the state of anger, I have surrendered the state of criticism, judgement, and bias. I have surrendered holding grudges or aiming to make anyone feel any sort of pain for whatever reason.

Or at least I am trying too...

I often get angry or frustrated with loved ones.... my mother, my father, my brothers, my sister, my grandmother, my freinds, even my dog....but I remember...they will not be here forever. Neither will I.

Someone I love may die tomorrow, or some time when I least expect.....what would have been the last thing I said or done to them before that ? How would I want them to remember me ? Would I want them to have any doubts that I wholeheartedly love them?

What about my enemies ? Even if I do not genuinely care for thier life or being, what would happen to someone who loved them had they known I attacked thier beloved ? IF someone attacks my mother or other loved one, it would hurt me as well, and it would hurt me deeply.

Why would I want to put an innocent person through that kind of pain by attacking or hurting thier loved one ?

I am done in my participation of causing pain on anyone, at the same time I am done dwelling on pain others have caused me.

I do not have all eternity to waste. Every moment of Life is precious, and I will not waste another moment in needless conflict. Not another fkn second...

Or at least I will do my best to avoid such a waste...

You do not have your loved ones forever..you do not have your identity forever..you do not have your life forever...

Why not make each moment count ? Why not enjoy every single moment of life in some way, shape, or form ?

I think we all ignore what we know....one day someone you love will die before you do....whether it be your parents, your grandparents, a sibling, a freind, a lover, or even your own child...someone you love will die before you will

OR

You will die before someone you Love will

It's a tragedy that will have to be faced one day by US ALL

So I am deciding that I will treat my loved ones with absolute respect, because I WILL NEVER GET THOSE MOMENTS BACK !

And likewise, I decided every other person deserves, if not outright respect, at least a chance at it.

What say you ?

Can any of you let go of your conflicts and embrace everyone and everything for what it is ? [/B]

😖leep:

Originally posted by Quiero Mota
😖leep:

That's how I get when I used to read the Bible 😆

I believe every human being deserves some basic minimum of respect right from the beginning. Their actions may lead to greater respect over time, or they may strain your ability to maintain that minimum.

Conflict in a relationship is virtually inevitable. In itself, conflict isn’ t a problem. How it is handled, however, can bring people together or tear them apart. That' s where the shoe pinches.

People relating to others agressively instead of assertively, create unnecessary additional conflict in their life with aggressive, or passive-aggressive styles.

I'm going to go on the opposite side of this "Life is too Precious" argument, and say that this limited life is not nearly as precious as many make it out to be.

With all of the war, disease, famine, evil and death that exists within this world, I have to say that I find myself often longing for a life that is perfect in nature, offers unconditional love, and does not possess any painful limitations.

Even with death, war, disease, evil and famine, I still believe that life should be thought of as a gift. Still, I think that one can only be truly content with this gift when they look beyond what they have received, and look more towards what they can give back.

Originally posted by Thundar
I'm going to go on the opposite side of this "Life is too Precious" argument, and say that this limited life is not nearly as precious as many make it out to be.

With all of the war, disease, famine, evil and death that exists within this world, I have to say that I find myself often longing for a life that is perfect in nature, offers unconditional love, and does not possess any painful limitations.

Even with death, war, disease, evil and famine, I still believe that life should be thought of as a gift. Still, I think that one can only be truly content with this gift when they look beyond what they have received, and look more towards what they can give back.

I feel sorry for you. You look at the world and take on all that is bad. You do not do anyone any good to sit there and sulk, and say life is bad. For what it's worth, life is wonderful. This is heaven if you only could see that. The problem is, this life is also hell.

Originally posted by Shakyamunison
I feel sorry for you. You look at the world and take on all that is bad. You do not do anyone any good to sit there and sulk, and say life is bad. For what it's worth, life is wonderful. This is heaven if you only could see that. The problem is, this life is also hell.

It is true that this life has many good things in it, however, it has nothing good in it apart from love. And unfortunately, much of the remaing love that it has, is going to be taken away from it very quickly in the coming years.

I truly hope you and others are able to understand that there is something much greater than this life that awaits you. If you don't, this greater thing..which possesses true love, has nothing left to give you.

Originally posted by Thundar
It is true that this life has many good things in it, however, it has nothing good in it apart from love. And unfortunately, much of the remaing love that it has, is going to be taken away from it very quickly in the coming years.

I truly hope you and others are able to understand that there is something much greater than this life that awaits you. If you don't, this greater thing..which possesses true love, has nothing left to give you.

What ever it is that you are talking about coming will never happen. If all you can see that is good is love, then you are missing out on a lot of life. This is life, those who are dead, do not have life.

Originally posted by Thundar
I'm going to go on the opposite side of this "Life is too Precious" argument, and say that this limited life is not nearly as precious as many make it out to be.

Why not ? The fact that life is limitted is what makes it so precious. If we were all immortal, life would not be precious, because we would have eternity to fix our mistakes and get over past pains

Originally posted by Thundar
With all of the war, disease, famine, evil and death that exists within this world, I have to say that I find myself often longing for a life that is perfect in nature, offers unconditional love, and does not possess any painful limitations.

According your religion, God condemns us to these things because Adam and Eve ate from a tree....

War and evil are a result of the fact that people do not see thier life, or anyone else's life as precious, or of any value.

Do not fall under thier same mentality, because you will only contribute to the evil that way.

Originally posted by Thundar
Even with death, war, disease, evil and famine, I still believe that life should be thought of as a gift. Still, I think that one can only be truly content with this gift when they look beyond what they have received, and look more towards what they can give back.

Looking more towards what you can give back is a method of recognizing how precious life, and every single living thing is.

Originally posted by Lord Urizen
[b]Call this a mopey, crybaby, sentimental morality thread but somewhere, deep down, I bet most of you have thought or felt this way before.....

I have surrendered my tendency to attack, insult, or offend a person's pride, being, and identity. I have surrendered the state of anger, I have surrendered the state of criticism, judgement, and bias. I have surrendered holding grudges or aiming to make anyone feel any sort of pain for whatever reason.

Or at least I am trying too...

I often get angry or frustrated with loved ones.... my mother, my father, my brothers, my sister, my grandmother, my freinds, even my dog....but I remember...they will not be here forever. Neither will I.

Someone I love may die tomorrow, or some time when I least expect.....what would have been the last thing I said or done to them before that ? How would I want them to remember me ? Would I want them to have any doubts that I wholeheartedly love them?

What about my enemies ? Even if I do not genuinely care for thier life or being, what would happen to someone who loved them had they known I attacked thier beloved ? IF someone attacks my mother or other loved one, it would hurt me as well, and it would hurt me deeply.

Why would I want to put an innocent person through that kind of pain by attacking or hurting thier loved one ?

I am done in my participation of causing pain on anyone, at the same time I am done dwelling on pain others have caused me.
I do not have all eternity to waste. Every moment of Life is precious, and I will not waste another moment in needless conflict. Not another fkn second...
Or at least I will do my best to avoid such a waste...
You do not have your loved ones forever..you do not have your identity forever..you do not have your life forever...

Why not make each moment count ? Why not enjoy every single moment of life in some way, shape, or form ?

I think we all ignore what we know....one day someone you love will die before you do....whether it be your parents, your grandparents, a sibling, a freind, a lover, or even your own child...someone you love will die before you will
OR
You will die before someone you Love will

It's a tragedy that will have to be faced one day by US ALL

So I am deciding that I will treat my loved ones with absolute respect, because I WILL NEVER GET THOSE MOMENTS BACK !

And likewise, I decided every other person deserves, if not outright respect, at least a chance at it.

What say you ?
Can any of you let go of your conflicts and embrace everyone and everything for what it is ? [/B]

Fundamentally I think everyone just wants it to be this simple inside and not have the rush around and off-track minds that we do now in society. Today we have a super-ordered, scheduled lifestyle that is constantly demanding from us and taking away from what is really important and what we really want in life. We have such an advanced culture both in government, technology, and order, that we often miss what is real like just living, and love -in my mind the two most important things for a person.

Back many many thousands of years ago we didnt have what we do today and it was all much more basic, but in some a shorter lifespan wouldnt have been a bad tradeoff for just being able to life all that time in a good, rewarding life -even if the reward is just getting food. THats why a lot of times poor people in poor nations often are happier with life even if not with how things work out for them.

We all need to unanimously get this mass-society thing out of our heads and focus on the smaller picture, what is truly important. We also need to be able to see other people's points of view and how they are different and how they came to think the way they do, because others look at us the same way, and unless we can see past our differences, we will never be happy or peaceful. Each person counts for learning to live this way, but to get the whole world to understand it... something much, much bigger will have to be the catalyst.

Treat every minute like a grand party...Enjoy it and all its surroundings because soon that minute will be forever lost and what are you stuck with? Words like "What if."

Originally posted by debbiejo
Treat every minute like a grand party...Enjoy it and all its surroundings because soon that minute will be forever lost and what are you stuck with? Words like "What if."

Very deep. And a great philisophical perspective (although one can always ask "what if"😉.

I say ignore time, because the more you think about it, the more you realize you are losing it. Time is only in our heads.

to avoid the pain of being lost or losing a loved one i have decided not to be loved or to love.

im not worth it.

Originally posted by ~Forever*Alone~
to avoid the pain of being lost or losing a loved one i have decided not to be loved or to love.

im not worth it.

It is better to have loved and lost then to never have loved at all. Those are true words.

Very much true, otherwise you're no better than a chair. I don't believe chairs quite enjoy their lives, actually they don't even have one........Just like a person that runs away from feelings. You have to accept the good with the bad. If there was no bad then the good wouldn't be as wonderful as it is because there would be nothing to compare it with.

Originally posted by Shakyamunison
It is better to have loved and lost then to never have loved at all. Those are true words.

Originally posted by Shakyamunison
It is better to have loved and lost then to never have loved at all. Those are true words.

What pain can come from that which has never touched you?

The loss of a loved one is a horrible event it can't be compared to not wanting love.

Originally posted by Storm
It is neither better nor worse, both hurt.

It is not hurt that is the point of the saying, it is love. Love is greater then hurt.