I posted this as a comment, but I just wanted to share it with others who might not read it.
I am still alive because of my curiosity. My life is shit right now, but it has to get better sometime, right? I just always tell myself that. It can’t always be like this. I wasn’t made to live this miserably forever. There’s no way. So my curiosity is, “I wonder when life is going to have that magical turning point for me. I wonder what’s going to be that turning point. What’s going to make me the ridiculously happy person I dream of being?”
So my advice to you is this: Stay Curious.
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In a similar vein, one of the “10 Reasons Not to…” on logicalspiritualism . net is that maybe one should stick around is to see what comes next. (The “butterfly effect” was another one, interesting concept.) You keep plugging away on a long novel or long movie, if for no other reason than to see what will happen on the next page or scene.
On the other hand, if it’s a really BAD movie, it’s not inappropriate to demand a refund. (or exchange?)
Life could end up like the movie UP (emotionally, not literally) where it starts out super sad and depressive. We could remain bitter at the world throughout most of it and upset with everything, but if we just stick it out, it could end up giving us the best experience we’ve ever had. Our lifelong dream could come true and we could get all the happiness we never thought possible, plus some really great friends. Even if our lives ended up like Cabin In The Woods (IMO is thee worst movie ever), then that sucks, but we would never know until the end how terrible it was.
I will hopefully forever be curious as to what big rising action and climax to my life will be, and hope it never falls. My life so far has been nothing but falling. I am a backwards written story.
Plus I can never not finish a movie. Part of my OCD. It’s awful.
Sheldon Cooper’s girlfriend once tried to cure him of his compulsive need to finish everything. Not sure if she succeeded. That was in the documentary, “Big Bang Theory.” 🙂
I love that episode, but it also bothers me so incredibly much.
I kind of thought Pineapple Express was THE worst movie ever. On the other hand, if we could remain stoned like the main characters did, we wouldn’t care.
That is one of my reasons for sticking around. What’s the harm of staying a bit longer?
Exactly. I mean, I make make some others miserable along the way, but they’re okay with making me miserable so fuck it. I’m here just as much as they are and I deserve to like a piece of my life.
Lol well they were stoned when making it so at least they enjoyed the movie. xD
Makes sense. Similar situation in my case. I am a survivor, and though I’ve stopped cutting, I am still depressed and lonely, and I get sad time to time. But I think “This is the result of my decision. I chose life and this is how it turns up.”
And how did it turn up? Well I wish I had actually died that time.
There’s got to be something better for us. There just has to be. There is no way we were put here to feel like being dead the whole time. I can’t believe that. Some movies have a really great and intense plot twist, and that’s probably our lives. We are the biggest, best plot twists ever created. Good things take time.
Good thinking! You sound like a hopeful dude. Keep it up. I believe you’ll find your purpose sooner or later.
Did anyone else think of the dos equis guy saying, “stay thirsty my friends”, when you read, “stay curious”?………truly awesome post. While I believe no one is ridiculously happy or ridiculously sad indefinitely, I also believe that life is full of ups and downs and you will get plenty of opportunities to feel that happiness.
I’ve been stuck with severe depression for so long, I think any magical (or even small) turning point will have to begin with a huge overhaul from the inside. Being depressed to that extent is like walking the Earth with streaming wounds. You can’t experience anything the way you should. But ‘stay curious’ is great advice for life.