I don't really think anyone can be taken seriously when they say they have life figured out, because it's too vast to comprehend. That being said, I'm gonna give it a shot. Let the eye rolling commence.
Life is basically about us wanting stuff. When we are born we want nourishment and affection. It's an innate desire that we crave things and babies are proof. As we get a little older, we desire to have all the things everyone else has. We learn greed through not having this or that and it upsets us to see others with the things we want. As we enter our teen years, we want to be adults so badly, most of us never take time to cherish this time. It's a time of many firsts. Most of us experiences our first kisses and sexual experiences. Our first time getting drunk and/or high. Our first time staying out late. Our first time driving. And almost all of us experience the ups and downs of love, or that which we think is love. It's a strange time, because during all of this, all we want is to be older and do the things adults do, meanwhile, all they want is to be back in their younger years.
After high school, we start to want money more than anything. We work or go to school with the hopes of having enough money to buy things. Most of us are foolish with these new found riches and waste them on materialistic vices. The smart ones save their money, but even they at times, give in to whatever their pleasures are. We then start a strange time where we not only desire companionship, we physically need it. We start to worry about being the crazy cat lady or the sad guy by himself at the movies and do anything to become involved so that we may have a family. Almost everyone thinks their life will turn into something magical when they start their own families and in many cases it is true. It's not always what we really wanted deep down and this ends, in many cases, badly.
After a certain age, we are comfortable enough and we accept our lives, but we never stop wanting more or at least, something better. Some stray from their husbands and wives, in an attempt to gain something they feel they are missing. Some coach sports in an attempt to relive past success or to live vicariously through others, in an attempt to reclaim youth. Some get plastic surgery or liposuction to look more like they did in their 20's. Some become religious because they feel a need to fill a void in their lives. Some stray from religion, because they feel it has betrayed them. Some sadly, just give up. We all find things, whatever it may be, to fill that unexplained part of our life. Some have kids to do that for them, but all the while they want something internally. We all have that selfish part of us, regardless of how much we hide it.
Then there comes a time when we want to retire. We want all the years we've slaved away to pay us back with some mystical life of leisure. We want to see our kids and grand kids successes and we want to have those magical times. For many, health is an issue and they only want more time. When my mother was dying she wanted one thing and that was to see my brother graduate. She was too ill at the time to attend and it crushed her. She died a few weeks later. All she ever wanted was to be healthy again. It's all I wanted too.
There is no point in life where we are not wanting. It's our sole purpose of living. There is not one day that goes by in any of our lives where we are not in need of something. For some the simple act of buying some clothes fulfills this inherit need and for some, helping someone across the street makes their day. This constant desire to have more of whatever it is that individual wants is what drives us. Even when the act isn't selfish by nature, our craving of these things control us. Control our happiness and our ability to live. We are born into this world with an immediate need for love and a desire to never be left alone. We leave this world with that same desire and for many, a hope that there is more to follow.
Life is basically about us wanting stuff. When we are born we want nourishment and affection. It's an innate desire that we crave things and babies are proof. As we get a little older, we desire to have all the things everyone else has. We learn greed through not having this or that and it upsets us to see others with the things we want. As we enter our teen years, we want to be adults so badly, most of us never take time to cherish this time. It's a time of many firsts. Most of us experiences our first kisses and sexual experiences. Our first time getting drunk and/or high. Our first time staying out late. Our first time driving. And almost all of us experience the ups and downs of love, or that which we think is love. It's a strange time, because during all of this, all we want is to be older and do the things adults do, meanwhile, all they want is to be back in their younger years.
After high school, we start to want money more than anything. We work or go to school with the hopes of having enough money to buy things. Most of us are foolish with these new found riches and waste them on materialistic vices. The smart ones save their money, but even they at times, give in to whatever their pleasures are. We then start a strange time where we not only desire companionship, we physically need it. We start to worry about being the crazy cat lady or the sad guy by himself at the movies and do anything to become involved so that we may have a family. Almost everyone thinks their life will turn into something magical when they start their own families and in many cases it is true. It's not always what we really wanted deep down and this ends, in many cases, badly.
After a certain age, we are comfortable enough and we accept our lives, but we never stop wanting more or at least, something better. Some stray from their husbands and wives, in an attempt to gain something they feel they are missing. Some coach sports in an attempt to relive past success or to live vicariously through others, in an attempt to reclaim youth. Some get plastic surgery or liposuction to look more like they did in their 20's. Some become religious because they feel a need to fill a void in their lives. Some stray from religion, because they feel it has betrayed them. Some sadly, just give up. We all find things, whatever it may be, to fill that unexplained part of our life. Some have kids to do that for them, but all the while they want something internally. We all have that selfish part of us, regardless of how much we hide it.
Then there comes a time when we want to retire. We want all the years we've slaved away to pay us back with some mystical life of leisure. We want to see our kids and grand kids successes and we want to have those magical times. For many, health is an issue and they only want more time. When my mother was dying she wanted one thing and that was to see my brother graduate. She was too ill at the time to attend and it crushed her. She died a few weeks later. All she ever wanted was to be healthy again. It's all I wanted too.
There is no point in life where we are not wanting. It's our sole purpose of living. There is not one day that goes by in any of our lives where we are not in need of something. For some the simple act of buying some clothes fulfills this inherit need and for some, helping someone across the street makes their day. This constant desire to have more of whatever it is that individual wants is what drives us. Even when the act isn't selfish by nature, our craving of these things control us. Control our happiness and our ability to live. We are born into this world with an immediate need for love and a desire to never be left alone. We leave this world with that same desire and for many, a hope that there is more to follow.
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