read.. learn.. reflect

Philippines
November 27, 2008 9:04am CST
I read this piece and i really loved it. Real is the person who does not define happiness as an absence of problems. Surviving this business of living is difficult ordeal at times. how can we retain sense of humor and experience a sense of balance in our lives? How can we realistically and yet with a sense of wonder live fully and not just survive? how can we maybe even celebrate this business of living? to answer these questions, we will focus on seven points. LOFE ISN'T FAIR. No matter how good we get at this business of living, none of us gets out of it alive. Frustrating, isn't it! Life doesn't always deal us a good hand and doing our best doesn't always pay off with a positive. SUFFERING. Growth is seldom easy and pain is an integral part of our human condition. Everybody hurts. It's just some of us are better actors in hiding the pain we feel. Seldom if ever.. are we all of our duck in the row. LONELINESS AND LIKENESS. Dr. A. Schweitzer said, " We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness. Embracing that reality is essential if we are to cope effectively. PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY. We each have a choice to be either a death-peddler or a life-giver. We are responsible for the choices we make. We can become most of what we wish to be if we are willing to change and pay the prce. SELF WORTH. a poster reads, " God don't make junk." People are special and each is beautiful in his/her own way. We are more than our accomplishments. PEOPLE NEED PEOPLE. Life is not meant to be lived in isolation. All of life occurs within relationships. We need to know we are needed and so do those we need. MYSTERY. Life is not just one big problem to be solved. Rather, it is a mystery to be experienced, all the more meaningful and beautiful when it is shared and celebrated with other persons who are committed to "growing deep, not just tall"
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@sktekweb (277)
• India
27 Nov 08
What we understand from reading is learning and reflection is our perception. I perceive that "Life is to be lived as it is.Happiness,pain,loneliness,problems-all are different mental conditions-all inevitable,never escape it.Knowledge is the problem.Stop doing anything somedays as we are bound to do no work very soon when we have no life.50,60,even 70 years-TEMPORARY,so don't draw so much meaning." What will happen if you die immediately? Anything may happen.Ever thing is possible.Life is a problem for those who think that life is permanent. I'm very lucky to see all kinds of joys and problems without which I could not have understood what human life is.She was beautiful.Tomorrow she has cancer.He was walking with you yesterday.Today his body is inside the earth.Is your suffering grater than her/him? Let it happen to you.Are you afraid?