*What's life about*

[bigZthedestroyer]

Life is a challenge! It's not always good and it's not always bad. As I've grown (though I'm still young), I've come to realize that hard work will take you places. That goes for everything. Work, relationships, bodybuilding etc...I find that when I make an effort to work towards something, it means that much more to me. And hey, if one day things get easier, ill be alright with that if not, no big deal. I can handle it.

[stpete]

Preach it Pete...and the husband thing still may happen someday....faith

It wasn't long ago i thought a nice car and other toys brought you happiness. Ah, i guess. Yep, i'll always enjoy burning rubber and racing Vette's but that only lasts so long. Same w/strippers and trying to but happiness. Friendships you can't buy. And they last forever. Hopefully.

[blake170]

To a certain extent I agree there is nothing better than helping somebody but if one was on a journey of discovering ones self or of self enlightenment, others happiness rarely comes into this.

Ive travelled a lot by myself and was content and happy without a care in the world for others.
Now this isn't me being a selfish bastard.
I was truly in my element seeing sights on my own doing my own thing

Self discovery is important, I agree. It can also be very fulfilling. As for "other's happiness," I don't think that's the meaning behind, "being of service." I can be of service to you, and you can wind up resenting me for it. We see that, right here, every day; when 18 year olds come on here asking about cycles, and they're met with answers like, "...wait until 25", please don't ruin your body", etc. those answers are definitely "of service", but the people getting the answers aren't generally happy. (Not until they pass 25, and are still healthy, hopefully)

I get your point, and I agree. My point, maybe, is that I'll bet if I seriously asked you about traveling solo; for advice on how and where, etc., you'd give me that advice, and reminiscing about those times would probably make ya "happy."

[Euroholic]

I thought you were gay?

No ive pumped 58 women.

[Euroholic]

Check Mate

Ne day we should have a 80's pop off

[Lunk1]

Ne day we should have a 80's pop off

You would be crushed from the word go....hell I was even a Men at Work fan lol

[stpete]

No ive pumped 58 women.

There's something to brag about. Damn...

[frank13]

life is meaningless we are intergalactic mistake

[Hazard]

Look up joe Rogans interview on dmt on YouTube. I pretty much agree with him. I feel like the human race is an organism like mold. We've taken over the planet like mold takes over a sandwich. You can see that with cities like LA..... High pollution and tons of people.

I believe we are here to perpetuate our species. We're meant to keep creating life and keep pushing on as one single organism. We'll destroy our home and one day our home will let us know and cleanse itself.

Just my .02

~Haz~

[RA]

Life is a series of lessons. If you actually learn from each one then you will be wise at some point. The problem is that some lessons are more painful than others.

[kelkel]

Maslow's Hierarchy of needs pretty much sums it up...

Look it up if the urge hits ya....

Basically my son is my life.

[DB1982]

I believe life is about.
Memories.

I try to treat everyone with respect.
Be the best Husband , father, friend I can be. All the while helping others. And creating great memories for everyone I met along the way.
So that long after I'm gone. My actions and words will live on through the memories of others.

There is nothing like something triggering an old memory of yours that takes you back and puts a smile on your face.

I live by this

Actions speak louder than words.
Your words will soon be forgotten.
But your actions will directly effect the person you will become and how you're remembered by others.

Cheesy I know.

[panntastic]

So Marcus what are your thoughts

You start som pretty deep threads big guy

[Honkey_Kong]

I honestly don't know what the purpose to life is. It's obviously not something like "to survive." I mean, what if your purpose wasn't to survive? And who is to say either is the case?

Could it be that there just isn't any purpose? Or that the purpose is undefined? For all we know this could just be some simulation on an intense mainframe. What we say, what we do, what we feel are all pre-programmed and we're just executing our subroutines until one moment, our god just pulls the plug. Then we never existed, never thought and never mattered.

I don't think I'll ever know "the plan," but it doesn't matter either. We each get to try to figure what life is about. I find my life is about friends/family, music and training (not in that order necessarily), but I don't know if I got it right. Sometimes I doubt myself there too!

[marcus300]

You can see the difference between the younger and older members, then there's the daft stupid Australian who's in a world of his own lol

[panntastic]

You can see the difference between the younger and older members, then there's the daft stupid Australian who's in a world of his own lol

He just needs special mention bless him

[Honkey_Kong]

So what's your view on this, Marcus?

[energizer bunny]

For every other species of life apart from human its about reproducing! carrying on the genes.............for humans, being self aware/intelligent means life is about whatever you want it to be, i want it to be about fun so i laugh at myself in the mirror daily.

we all want to be defined in someway or other to make things matter, but they dont, not really, unless you want them to ha.

[faither]

Life is for living and having no regrets , there are high points and low points I try to remember the high point and learn from the lows . You can't control what hand you get dealt in this life but as long as you stay positive good thing will come . If you look hard enough you can't take some good from you low points to although it might not be evident at first you look hard and you will find it. Ps I find It quite funny how us older people seem to find religion later on in life the closer we get to the big man then try preach goodness to every one in earshot .lol

[Euroholic]

Stop making reffrence to my country of origin marcus i dont like it. Makes me feel like your being rasict. As a senior member you need to set a example.This is the third time now. And a a FYI australia has done so much for the crown over the years. Dont hate me cause my island is bigger and better in every way i cant help that mate.

[gbrice75]

Stop making reffrence to my country of origin marcus i dont like it. Makes me feel like your being rasict. As a senior member you need to set a example.This is the third time now. And a a FYI australia has done so much for the crown over the years. Dont hate me cause my island is bigger and better in every way i cant help that mate.

Stop saying stupid shit and you won't be singled out. How's that for a profound thought?

[marcus300]

Stop making reffrence to my country of origin marcus i dont like it. Makes me feel like your being rasict. As a senior member you need to set a example.This is the third time now. And a a FYI australia has done so much for the crown over the years. Dont hate me cause my island is bigger and better in every way i cant help that mate.

Stop saying stupid shit and you won't be singled out. How's that for a profound thought?

lmfao you have no idea do you lol but I know you can't help it your Australian

[Euroholic]

lmfao you have no idea do you lol but I know you can't help it your Australian

Whatever you rasict pale f*** Enjoy sharing your small island with the republic of scotland soon!!!!

[marcus300]

x 2 !!!

Jesus saved my life, my marriage and has given me hope in an otherwise worthless life. I thought if I died I left no mark, at least nothing positive. I was selfish (hence being a competitive BB'r), mean, miserable unable to love . Now I try to do our lords work, help others, be content and a better husband. The first 37 years of my life were drug, alcohol, anger driven waste of time, well so I thought. I prayed for strength and guidance. My creator answered me by having me speak at both church services this Easter, gave my testimonial. So many people came up afterwards and asked for advice or just thanked me because they have been through the same and I gave them hope. Not only has Jesus saved me, but showed me all those years weren't a waste.....they were a lesson and with that lesson I can help others. To me life is living the way our lord intended. PRAISE THE LORD.

That's heavy stuff BG, nice of you to put all that down in writing for us to read. I do struggle with this superior being called god who controls and created life here on our planet when other things point in different directions but I do like listening to things like this because I am open minded to both sides of the coin.

From the above statement you have changed a lot for the better and that can only be a good thing.

With what you know now and how you feel if someone was put in front of you identical to yourself how would you get him to be in the same place you are now???

[DCI]

99% shit 1% unreal, and that's what I live my life for the 1%, the great holidays, the brilliant times you have with your friends doing stuff you all enjoy for me it's cars and all that goes with that etc. Being comfortable with yourself and aslong stuff doesn't effect me, my family or my wallet I don't let stuff get to me, you can spend your life just worrying about what if etc etc

[MR-FQ320]

What are we actually talking about here ? My/your life on this planet or the human race exsistence ?

My life: do the best I can for me and my family, be a REAL dad to my daughter, have 'fun' when I can, work sleep,gym.

The Human race is a cancer to this world, and we are spreading at a rate - it wont be long before we inhabit another world, even if it takes another 500 years that is only a relatively short amount of time, we were a mistake - why would you make a human race ? war, hunger and poverty are the first three reasons that spring to mind, now we want to inhabit another world and pollute that? why on earth do we think we are superior as a species, OK we're advanced but that doesnt mean we have to take over the universe.

[Hazard]

What are we actually talking about here ? My/your life on this planet or the human race exsistence ?

My life: do the best I can for me and my family, be a REAL dad to my daughter, have 'fun' when I can, work sleep,gym.

The Human race is a cancer to this world, and we are spreading at a rate - it wont be long before we inhabit another world, even if it takes another 500 years that is only a relatively short amount of time, we were a mistake - why would you make a human race ? war, hunger and poverty are the first three reasons that spring to mind, now we want to inhabit another world and pollute that? why on earth do we think we are superior as a species, OK we're advanced but that doesnt mean we have to take over the universe.

Think about this..... We are striving to find a cure for cancer. If we're cancer to the planet..... How long will it be before it wipes us out?

[DCI]

Think about this..... We are striving to find a cure for cancer. If we're cancer to the planet..... How long will it be before it wipes us out?

Now that statement definetly makes you go hmmmmmmmmmmmm

[Shol'va]

You would be crushed from the word go....hell I was even a Men at Work fan lol

You know you loved the Village People Too....

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That's heavy stuff BG, nice of you to put all that down in writing for us to read. I do struggle with this superior being called god who controls and created life here on our planet when other things point in different directions but I do like listening to things like this because I am open minded to both sides of the coin.

From the above statement you have changed a lot for the better and that can only be a good thing.

With what you know now and how you feel if someone was put in front of you identical to yourself how would you get him to be in the same place you are now???

this is a very good thing marcus. dont let go of this questioning/open-mindedness.

also a very good question you ask. i am not going to answer for BG, but instead will give my own answer, also being a Christian whos life was saved and delivered from slavery to drugs and alcohol by God. what i would do is pray for my friend first and foremost, as well as try to bare witness to all the similarities we shared in our lives before God. i would try to show how God used my love for alcohol and drugs by allowing it to eventually consume me thru addiction whereas what once was my love and passion now became my enemy and master.

this is the tuff thing about addiction. the nature of the relationship changes slowly over a long period of time. the change is so subtle u dont really notice it until u have ended up on opposite poles from where u once started. by then its too late. it is a tuff thing to be forced to come to grips with having to choose between what u thought was ur best friend that has now become ur worst enemy. not just the alcohol and drugs but the lifestyle. it has turned on you.

the place i am in now was a very complex process. it would take a very long time and a lot of words to be able to accurately describe it in a way you could understand it like i do. i dont know if it is even possible. a lot of my understanding comes from enlightenment i have received from the Lord. we learn a lot about life and ourselves thru pain. these type of lessons cant really be imparted thru conversation.

each person has their own process they must go thru. it is my prayer each one is led to the same conclusion as me. unfortunately this will not be the case. all i can do is try to share my experience and what God has shown me in hopes some of it will sink in.

ultimately salvation is between each individual and the Lord. it is a spiritual process. only God can open the eyes of a person to see the truth. this wisdom cannot be imparted from one human being to another without direct involvement from God.

ill leave u with one final thought for consideration: consider the fact that God who sent His son down from Heaven to live and die on the cross so that all who believed would be saved holds faith in very high regard:

faith: Faith - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith
Faith is confidence or trust in a person or thing, or a deity or in the doctrines or teachings of a religion. It may also be belief that is not based on proof.

Ephesians 2:8-9 "8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast."

Romans 4:3 " For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”"

Romans 4:5 "But to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness,"

now keeping in mind God values faith does not logic lead u to be convinced that God who mentions faith all thru the bible would have it be so that man could not prove his existence thru scientific methods? God - the creator of science? certainly the omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, immutable, infinite Creator of all things seen and unseen is capable of putting this universe into existence in such a way that mankind would be unable to prove scientifically that it was created by a divine power..

consider the pride of mankind at his work of science. how high of regard man holds his ability to hypothesize, conclude, theorize, and calculate. does it not seem in the least bit possible all these scientists who say the earth is "x" years old, and "this" happened this way, and "that" happened that way could be wrong? think about all this in the terms of this one scripture:

1 Corinthians 1:21 "For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe."

[Hazard]

this is a very good thing marcus. dont let go of this questioning/open-mindedness.

also a very good question you ask. i am not going to answer for BG, but instead will give my own answer, also being a Christian whos life was saved and delivered from slavery to drugs and alcohol by God. what i would do is pray for my friend first and foremost, as well as try to bare witness to all the similarities we shared in our lives before God. i would try to show how God used my love for alcohol and drugs by allowing it to eventually consume me thru addiction whereas what once was my love and passion now became my enemy and master.

this is the tuff thing about addiction. the nature of the relationship changes slowly over a long period of time. the change is so subtle u dont really notice it until u have ended up on opposite poles from where u once started. by then its too late. it is a tuff thing to be forced to come to grips with having to choose between what u thought was ur best friend that has now become ur worst enemy. not just the alcohol and drugs but the lifestyle. it has turned on you.

the place i am in now was a very complex process. it would take a very long time and a lot of words to be able to accurately describe it in a way you could understand it like i do. i dont know if it is even possible. a lot of my understanding comes from enlightenment i have received from the Lord. we learn a lot about life and ourselves thru pain. these type of lessons cant really be imparted thru conversation.

each person has their own process they must go thru. it is my prayer each one is led to the same conclusion as me. unfortunately this will not be the case. all i can do is try to share my experience and what God has shown me in hopes some of it will sink in.

ultimately salvation is between each individual and the Lord. it is a spiritual process. only God can open the eyes of a person to see the truth. this wisdom cannot be imparted from one human being to another without direct involvement from God.

ill leave u with one final thought for consideration: consider the fact that God who sent His son down from Heaven to live and die on the cross so that all who believed would be saved holds faith in very high regard:

now keeping in mind God values faith does not logic lead u to be convinced that God who mentions faith all thru the bible would have it be so that man could not prove his existence thru scientific methods? God - the creator of science? certainly the omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, immutable, infinite Creator of all things seen and unseen is capable of putting this universe into existence in such a way that mankind would be unable to prove scientifically that it was created by a divine power..

consider the pride of mankind at his work of science. how high of regard man holds his ability to hypothesize, conclude, theorize, and calculate. does it not seem in the least bit possible all these scientists who say the earth is "x" years old, and "this" happened this way, and "that" happened that way could be wrong? think about all this in the terms of this one scripture:

1 Corinthians 1:21 "For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe."

*nomination sent* - longest post on the Internet lol

[--->>405<<---]

*nomination sent* - longest post on the Internet lol

nah.. u just havent been around for some of my other ones.. but thx

[Hazard]

nah.. u just havent been around for some of my other ones.. but thx

Lmao

[Rwy]

[Scabtree]

What Life is all about,
-by Scabtree (...and tid bits from an wise ruler of Jerusalem many, many years ago..) :

The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.

What’s there to show for a lifetime of work,
a lifetime of working your fingers to the bone?

One generation goes its way, the next one arrives,
but nothing changes— the earth remains the same

The sun comes up and the sun goes down,
then does it again, and again—the same old round.

The wind blows south, the wind blows north.
Around and around and around it blows,
blowing this way, then that—the whirling, erratic wind.
All the rivers flow into the sea,
but the sea never fills up.

The rivers keep flowing to the same old place,
and then start all over and do it again.
Everything’s boring, utterly boring—
no one can find any meaning in it.

Boring to the eye,
boring to the ear.
What was will be again,
what happened will happen again.
There’s nothing new on this earth.

Year after year it’s the same old thing.
Does someone call out, “Hey, this is new”?
Don’t get excited—it’s the same old story.

Nobody remembers what happened yesterday.
And the things that will happen tomorrow?
I perceived that this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.

The meaning of life is to strive for one's meaning.

[boz]

I was actually pondering on similar questions the other day at work marcus. Ironic much?

This is me at work HA!

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/521/img0088eg.jpg/

[panntastic]

Marcus are to a religious man.
By this I mean are you a believer do you pray to a higher being or believe in a afterlife?

[bikeral]

We are so important. WE are so much better than animals. Life has such a profound meaning because we must be so much higher than animals. What makes us different than animals is that we have a soul. We think. Fvcking BS.
Eat shit fvck sleep. What if that's it. Everyone thinks they are so fvcking intelligent and above animals. What if there is no meaning. What if we made up god because we felt the need to be superior to the animals. What if we are not. We may be top of the food chain but that's it. We live we bleed we die. Don't cry. Don't feel inferior. Keep the delusions of grandeur. Keep the farce going that we are chosen.

[marcus300]

this is a very good thing marcus. dont let go of this questioning/open-mindedness.

also a very good question you ask. i am not going to answer for BG, but instead will give my own answer, also being a Christian whos life was saved and delivered from slavery to drugs and alcohol by God. what i would do is pray for my friend first and foremost, as well as try to bare witness to all the similarities we shared in our lives before God. i would try to show how God used my love for alcohol and drugs by allowing it to eventually consume me thru addiction whereas what once was my love and passion now became my enemy and master.

this is the tuff thing about addiction. the nature of the relationship changes slowly over a long period of time. the change is so subtle u dont really notice it until u have ended up on opposite poles from where u once started. by then its too late. it is a tuff thing to be forced to come to grips with having to choose between what u thought was ur best friend that has now become ur worst enemy. not just the alcohol and drugs but the lifestyle. it has turned on you.

the place i am in now was a very complex process. it would take a very long time and a lot of words to be able to accurately describe it in a way you could understand it like i do. i dont know if it is even possible. a lot of my understanding comes from enlightenment i have received from the Lord. we learn a lot about life and ourselves thru pain. these type of lessons cant really be imparted thru conversation.

each person has their own process they must go thru. it is my prayer each one is led to the same conclusion as me. unfortunately this will not be the case. all i can do is try to share my experience and what God has shown me in hopes some of it will sink in.

ultimately salvation is between each individual and the Lord. it is a spiritual process. only God can open the eyes of a person to see the truth. this wisdom cannot be imparted from one human being to another without direct involvement from God.

ill leave u with one final thought for consideration: consider the fact that God who sent His son down from Heaven to live and die on the cross so that all who believed would be saved holds faith in very high regard:






now keeping in mind God values faith does not logic lead u to be convinced that God who mentions faith all thru the bible would have it be so that man could not prove his existence thru scientific methods? God - the creator of science? certainly the omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, immutable, infinite Creator of all things seen and unseen is capable of putting this universe into existence in such a way that mankind would be unable to prove scientifically that it was created by a divine power..

consider the pride of mankind at his work of science. how high of regard man holds his ability to hypothesize, conclude, theorize, and calculate. does it not seem in the least bit possible all these scientists who say the earth is "x" years old, and "this" happened this way, and "that" happened that way could be wrong? think about all this in the terms of this one scripture:

1 Corinthians 1:21 "For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe."

Thanks 405 for going into detail about your thoughts and feelings on my question but what was sticking out in your response to me was why do you think it was god who saved you from addition and not just willpower, self control and discipline. With addition there is a circle of power what people keep following and it needs willpower and self control to break the circle of addition and then you will be free from it. Now from reading your post it stuck out that you finally had the willpower and self control to do something positive and break these habits and have a better life.

Are you saying god gave you these powers?
If the answer is yes, than how do you know it was god what made you think it was him and not just your inner self having enough of the situation you was in, why use the god and salvation as the excuse and not how us human beings use our minds to break these habits.

In all honesty the bible quotes do nothing for me at all in fact they make me edge the other way but what does help is your thoughts and feeling on the matter on how you came to this conclusion that it was god who saved you and not your inner self?

I really do struggle with it especially when I look at the bigger picture and the whole life and universe thing and what science has proven, I am not saying one way or another all I'm trying to say is I'm on the fence and that's why I asked the questions I do. Anymore insight is welcomed from yourself or BG because it does interests me

[marcus300]

Marcus are to a religious man.
By this I mean are you a believer do you pray to a higher being or believe in a afterlife?

Well it changes all the time, one side of me thinks how on earth can there be and then the other side thinks what if!!!

I'd say I am more spirituality but as you can see i'm curious and like to ask questions

what are your thoughts Pann?