Me, Myself and I

With all due respect to everyone’s religious beliefs and non beliefs on this forum. I consider you all my friends. This world is not my home. I’m just passing through. I’ll never be quite comfortable or satisfied here. I’m trying my best.
 
I sort of figured out that if you live for yourself then you are pretty happy. The most miserable people are, I find, those that are trying to live some sort of image that they aren't sure of. Also, they say people who do nice things for other folks tend to be the most happy. I'm 75 years old and I am sure a lot happier than when I was 30. Medical problems asides. Bottom line: be true to yourself!
 
Pappy said:
So I said to myself..Self, you’ve done okay in your lifetime. My biggest accomplishments were:
Marrying my wife
Raising three wonderful children
Living as long as I have.
oh, and finding this forum.. :)
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Did your wife have anything to do with the fact she's top of your list, (and would you be top of hers, above the children you've both successfully raised I wonder?)?
Yes, my child doing so well has to be my greatest, if not luckiest accomplishment, (sorry ex wife choosing/marrying can't come top! :) ), but just maybe, for each of us, our greatest achievement/achievements in life, may be how we choose to live our lives and interact with a myriad of other folks! :)

(btw my mother would have said "survival" was the most important thing in life, above even love, though she did that too!)
 
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grahamg said:
Did your wife have anything to do with the fact she's top of your list, (and would you be top of hers, above the children you've both successfully raised I wonder?)?
Yes, my child doing so well has to be my greatest, if not luckiest accomplishment, (sorry ex wife choosing/marrying can't come top! :) ), but just maybe, for each of us, our greatest achievement/achievements in life, may be how we choose to live our lives and interact with a myriad of other folks! :)

(btw my mother would have said "survival" was the most important thing in life, above even love, though she did that too!)
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Sad that mere survival tips her list. I can so relate to that. Life is not easy.
 
Jan14 said:
Sad that mere survival tips her list. I can so relate to that. Life is not easy.
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I just don't know if survival is worth it, to just keep asking yourself if there were something else you could have done, to never be able to put the past behind you but act happy around other people, to go along in life helping others, but waiting for the end yourself.
 
Gardenlover said:
I couldn't be happier in the way I've chosen to life my life. Above all, be kind to others, take adventures no matter how small and love the one you're with.
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Sounds like a very good recipe for happiness. Glad you're living it. I'm a pretty happy person. That wasn't always the case. It seems like the older I get, the happier I am. I also realized quite awhile ago that happiness is not static. Sometimes it's overshadowed by unhappy events or even unhappy memories that must be pushed aside.
 
john19485 said:
I just don't know if survival is worth it, to just keep asking yourself if there were something else you could have done, to never be able to put the past behind you but act happy around other people, to go along in life helping others, but waiting for the end yourself.
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I don’t look at it exactly that way. Dealing with chronic illness is survival for one thing, which I’ve done for a long time and there are no decisions that would have changed that. However, my beliefs are that hard times are about character building and that I will live eternally. Life on earth IS difficult. Rewards come later sometimes. Doing for others, trying to do the right things are worth it.
 
Jan14 said:
Sad that mere survival tips her list. I can so relate to that. Life is not easy.
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I don't think its quite so sad as you might think, as she had a happy marriage to my dad, loved her home and where she lived generally, but she'd agree with your comment about life not being easy without a doubt! :)
 

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