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| Life: A Gift?; Me ranting | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Dec 5 2012, 09:14 AM (99 Views) | |
| Zenon | Dec 5 2012, 09:14 AM Post #1 |
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This is just a small rant that I wrote while in Algebra class. Many times in life we experience trials, tribulations, success, and defeat. Now many will say that things are easier with friends who care and listen, but is this really the case? Sometimes this may not be the case. In life, a person is ONE out of MILLIONS and MILLIONS of people. If the work is so large.. then why is it not even 50% of the population cares about their friends, neighbors, country, society, or world. Why are there people who go through life with no one to talk to about their problems, dreams, aspirations, and past. It seems that many of these people who have very few people about them are usually the ones to help anyone until they finally reach a point of shutting out everyone and everything. The problem becomes that people, in all honesty, only care about themselves; but why?... what good is that?... Yes, while living, you may be able to one up your neighbor, having the newest fancy gadgets, most expensive clothing, make the most money, but at what cost? In the grand scheme of things, does that "stuff" really matter? Why lose yourself in this complete madness. Why become blind, ignorant, and narcissistic. As stated in the Bible numerous times, we were not placed on this Earth for ourselves and to be better than everyone else. Our sole purpose was to help others, love others, take care of the sick or elderly, to teach the ignorant, to create peace throughout the land. So I conclude with this, Ask yourself these questions: "When you die (and yes, you will die at some point), what do you want to be remembered as. Does your current living predicament show that this is who you want to be or not?" Remember, Time won't wait for you. Act now. |
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| Jona Catala | Dec 5 2012, 01:26 PM Post #2 |
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Well said :) I have often ranted about these types of things in my head but never written them down. This is something we should all consider and continually ask ourselves. Thank you :) Jona |
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| Silmerion Skywalker | Dec 5 2012, 04:25 PM Post #3 |
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Indeed, I think the only thing that matters is helping others- yet how many times do I look into myself and see selfishness? I believe that if we are here, willing to become Jedi, we should really look into ourselves every day, as often as possible and ask ourselves if we really think of the others first, we should meditate on real ways to help, not in a far future but here and now, in every little things of life- Looking into ourselves is often not pleasant because we see many things we would like to ignore, but it is good to see them, face them so that we can become better beings, improved, really selfless in our actions, words, thoughts, ideas, life... Thank you for this great post Obi Wan! |
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| Zenon | Dec 9 2012, 04:12 PM Post #4 |
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That is true. I believe that is probably the best course of which to take in order to better but to keep our main focus on others which can be difficult especially when we may feel sick, upset, depressed, or just plain tired. This is the problem though, people do not put others feelings, situations, etc before their own. When we help others, we help ourselves. Now, ignoring emotions is wrong, but if we focus on someone else more times than none we are able to help ourselves or gain insight. I am glad you both liked it. |
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| Silmerion Skywalker | Dec 9 2012, 05:01 PM Post #5 |
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Indeed, helping others is a great way to grow, of course it is also important to look inside of ourselves and improve too- but I think it is essential to find a balance between inner work and external help and interaction. We are all one through the Force and in God's heart. Master Silmerion |
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| Zenon | Dec 12 2012, 02:43 PM Post #6 |
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Well, I think the main concept is sometimes when we look inside of ourselves or try to make improvements we are unable to because we might be blinded or we may not see that have a problem because we are so used to it. It is not until we help others that we are able to see how we react, how our personality is, and who we really are inside. |
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| Silmerion Skywalker | Dec 12 2012, 03:37 PM Post #7 |
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Exactly my thoughts! I noticed myself that it is sometimes very hard to see our own flaws, while it seems almost natural to see others' and so very often when we help them, we realize our problems and are more able to solve them. Master Silmerion |
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| Jona Catala | Dec 12 2012, 03:46 PM Post #8 |
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I find that it is also true that the saying about how often when we find a common flaw among other people it happens to be a problem that we struggle with ourselves. Psychologically when we do this our mind is subconsciously trying to justify why what we are doing wrong is ok, but this is actually a good way to learn from ourselves and grow. Now, when I find myself judging other people, I think again about if I struggle with that same issue and how I can improve that with myself and possibly help the other person as well. MTFBWY Jona |
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| Jona Catala | Dec 12 2012, 03:49 PM Post #9 |
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ok, I still haven't figured out how to edit posts, but I wanted to add this as well, this is also why it is so difficult to recognize our own flaws because subconsciously we are constantly trying to justify ourselves, and that is why it is important to take control of all of our thoughts so we can grow even faster as Jedi as well as Christians. Jona |
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| Zenon | Dec 13 2012, 03:10 PM Post #10 |
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I completely understand. However, my question now is, why are we so into getting others to change? How does that benefit us in any way besides seeing our own faults? It's their life. Yes, we can help them see the things that they do are wrong, but really, is it any of our business? Just a thought :) Justification is a human flaw, which, I believe we will have for eternity until we break away from that. Taking control of our thoughts and actions is very important indeed. Good Job Jona :) |
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| Silmerion Skywalker | Dec 13 2012, 05:25 PM Post #11 |
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Well, we are all interconnected, and we are especially connected with the ones we love. I am all for respecting the others ideas and choices but if we see that our loved ones are harming themselves by their behaviour, habits or whatever, we feel sad too, because the others are in a way part of ourselves, especially those we love- of course the help we can give is very limited, advices, motivations, lessons if needed, teaching by example is the best, but still, the other person will be the one who needs to work on himself/herself- and he/she has to do it firstly for himself/herself but in helping himself/herself, he will also help all the persons around him/her- family, friends, co-workers, neighbours...Taking care of oneself is not selfish, it is part of taking care of others too- our own well being and health are important for many- Now, when we want a person to change we need to carefully observe our true motivations, and ask ourselves if we want him/her to change really to help him/her, or if we want him/her to change to have what we see as the perfect friend, child, partner, parents...It is important to accept people as they are, but if we see that change would make them healthier or more positive, then it is good to motivate them and support them- in any case the choice is always theirs. Master Silmerion |
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