What Is Your Ultimate Goal In Life?

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SifuPhil

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Maybe it's a little late in the game for this thought - I don't really know - but what is your ultimate goal in life?

What do you want to be remembered for? What would be your crowning achievement? What burns in your heart and seeks release?
 

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I have given birth to offspring that are stronger than me..smarter than me.. and not as nutty.
My work is done.
I only care if I'm remembered by my children. I want to be remembered as someone who truly loved them.
 
I've no concern for any legacies or future crowning moments, cept maybe O, O, Os for as long as possible, I just try to make sure those who matter most to me, know I care and love them in my own way. After I'm gone if anyone remembers me fondly, that's nice, but if they do, but hey, I'll be gone, so they'll be the ones left with lingering memories, not me. I hope they'll live happy lives with many happy thoughts regardless if I come to mind. My ultimate goal at this point is to make sure the disposal of my body after my death goes off without a hitch and prior to, hopefully I'm not lingering in some comatose or other incapacitated state. :D Now in the interim, I'll just dance, dance, dance, take one day at a time and enjoy it as it comes and try to avoid much stress, not that I do all that good a job all the time. Must stay away from certain topics of discussions than I can keep my head in the clouds, yep, that's the ticket. :turnaround:
 

It will be a massive achievement when I finally quit smoking. Been working on that for two years. Early on, I quit for 5 months! Alas, once I lit up again, I was a gonner. I pledge to never quit quitting. Currently, I smoke far less than I used to, but, naturally, the ultimate would be to not smoke at all. I remember visiting a 90-something Great-Aunt when I was five. She smoked one cigarette and drank a three ounce glass of whiskey every evening from the age of 60. She had no eyesight or hearing problems, no serious health problems, was mentally sharp, and died peacefully in her sleep at age 99. I want to do that!

Other than that, it would be great if my novel sold well. It would be the ultimate if it sold phenomenally well.
 
To outlive as many of my contemporaries as I can!

As I've said before, I read the obits and if I'm not there I go on to check how many more of the bastards I beaten!
 
Bad genetics and unhealthy choices I might have another decade left. I want my kids to remember family stories and the funny stuff. To let go of the unfunny stuff and enjoy their career and family. A legacy? I gave them all life and taught them to love cats and books. I done good.
 
fureverywhere said:
Bad genetics and unhealthy choices I might have another decade left. I want my kids to remember family stories and the funny stuff. To let go of the unfunny stuff and enjoy their career and family. A legacy? I gave them all life and taught them to love cats and books. I done good.
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:encouragement:
 
As Genghis Khan supposedly said:

The Greatest Happiness is to scatter your enemy and drive him before you,
To see his cities reduced to ashes,
To see those who love him shrouded and in tears,
And to gather to your bosom his wives and daughters.


Heck, I did all that in my twenties! :p
 
FazeFour said:
It will be a massive achievement when I finally quit smoking. Been working on that for two years. Early on, I quit for 5 months! Alas, once I lit up again, I was a gonner. I pledge to never quit quitting. Currently, I smoke far less than I used to, but, naturally, the ultimate would be to not smoke at all. I remember visiting a 90-something Great-Aunt when I was five. She smoked one cigarette and drank a three ounce glass of whiskey every evening from the age of 60. She had no eyesight or hearing problems, no serious health problems, was mentally sharp, and died peacefully in her sleep at age 99. I want to do that!

Other than that, it would be great if my novel sold well. It would be the ultimate if it sold phenomenally well.
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Cold turkey here,20 days.just do it!
 
Aieeee, I still dream of Newports after many years...it's worse than junk...really. Bless you who can do it cold turkey, I'm hooked on the lozenges.
 
FazeFour said:
It will be a massive achievement when I finally quit smoking. Been working on that for two years. Early on, I quit for 5 months! Alas, once I lit up again, I was a gonner. I pledge to never quit quitting. Currently, I smoke far less than I used to, but, naturally, the ultimate would be to not smoke at all. I remember visiting a 90-something Great-Aunt when I was five. She smoked one cigarette and drank a three ounce glass of whiskey every evening from the age of 60. She had no eyesight or hearing problems, no serious health problems, was mentally sharp, and died peacefully in her sleep at age 99. I want to do that!

Other than that, it would be great if my novel sold well. It would be the ultimate if it sold phenomenally well.
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My last cig was last March, 2015. The best thing was telling myself, "it will pass" every five minutes! Then, every ten. Sooner than I would have believed, the stretches between desperate cravings got longer and lasted for less time. Still, chanted "it will pass". It does! Currently I have a fleeting desire for a cig maybe once a week? Maybe less and its really only for a moment. You can do it! Good luck!
 
My ultimate goal? :xbone:!
This reminds me of the time I filled out a form for a new job I took as a mail clerk at age 60. "What is your career goal?" :rofl:

All I ever wanted to be was a good Lover, dad and grandpa. I think I succeeded pretty darned well at all three. At least I'm satisfied with how I did. Wanting to be remembered for anything is the biggest rainbow chase of all. Most of us will disappear from thought within a few short years as the universe spins on. Even the most famous will have their memories distorted by future biographers until they are unrecognizable.
So we did what we did. We do what we do, and we're done when we're done. :sleep:
 
As for quitting smoking....my last cigarette was Jan. 31, 1993. I had smoked 1 - 1 1/2 packs a day for 25 years. I'd still occasionally like one with a beer. But it won't happen.
 
RadishRose said:
My last cig was last March, 2015. The best thing was telling myself, "it will pass" every five minutes! Then, every ten. Sooner than I would have believed, the stretches between desperate cravings got longer and lasted for less time. Still, chanted "it will pass". It does! Currently I have a fleeting desire for a cig maybe once a week? Maybe less and its really only for a moment. You can do it! Good luck!
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Thanks, Rose. I am using the "it will pass" method. I've gradually stretched the got-to-have-it time to over an hour. I used to light up about every 10-15 minutes. Someone advised me to eat more fruit, and that is helping. Probably be the eating, and not the fruit itself, but whatever. The thing that helps me most is not thinking in terms of giving up smoking, but in terms of not giving up quitting.
 
To expire in my sleep at a very old age with the absolute minimum of medical misery in the interim.

I quit smoking in 1961.
 
SifuPhil said:
Maybe it's a little late in the game for this thought - I don't really know - but what is your ultimate goal in life?

What do you want to be remembered for? What would be your crowning achievement? What burns in your heart and seeks release?
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My ultimate goal in life is to spend eternity with God and Jesus. As to what I want to be remembered for: I want to be remembered for sharing love, kindness, and compassion to everyone that came into my life. I want my children to remember me as a good Mom to them and my Grandchildren to remember me as someone who always showed them they were loved and cherished. I want my husband to remember me as the greatest helpmate and best friend he ever had, and I want my siblings to remember me as always there for them in good times and bad. If I can achieve all the things I have listed that would be my crowning achievement.

As to what burns in my heart and seeks release...those embers aren't hot enough and aren't seeking release yet...but when they do...you will be the first to know! :)
 

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