Can someone explain life?

clueless kid wrote:

Does life get better?

Stick around for a while and see. You got something better to do?

What is your spiritual life like?

It has been better

After we experience crap it helps us to appreciate the good times.

It all goes in cycles so don't worry too much about it. Just keep plugging away and you'll be fine.

Consider this from the New Testament Book if Romans:

“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭15:13‬ ‭NIV‬‬

http://bible.com/111/rom.15.13.niv

I do love that verse, it reminds us that hope is found only in Jesus Christ. Please consider this. A wealth of joy and peace are there.

You have to find your own meaning in life. Doesn't matter what it is, just find one. I also think you've decided too soon what sort of academic fit the school is for you. You haven't even taken a class there. Also, make sure that meaning in life isn't feeling sorry for yourself with a bunch of strangers on a forum.

Life is just a cycle.

Blitzkrieg BLITZKRIEG wrote:

Life is just a cycle.

I thought life is like a box of chocolates?

Let's Get To The Bottom Of This wrote:

Blitzkrieg BLITZKRIEG wrote:

Life is just a cycle.

I thought life is like a box of chocolates?

I think you're meant to eat the chocolates while cycling. if you balance the box of chocolates on one hand and steer the bicycle with the other, it gives you a sense of being almost in control and yet mere moments away from disaster.

cheers.

Mikeh33 wrote:

Consider this from the New Testament Book if Romans:

“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭15:13‬ ‭NIV‬‬

http://bible.com/111/rom.15.13.niv

I do love that verse, it reminds us that hope is found only in Jesus Christ. Please consider this. A wealth of joy and peace are there.

+1

God gives life and He can sustain it.

I'm being serious about this.

Humans need the grind. I assume you can't see a point in life because you don't have targets. Find a few things that you can enjoy, running and whatever academic or business pursuit you most enjoy. Then make ambitious targets and start working. It's not the end product but the process that you really enjoy.

Yes, it gets better. There’s a saying: “When you’re going through hell, keep going”. Tough times don’t last. Things are going to turn around, you are going to figure out the next steps, meet a wonderful girl, have some good races, and start enjoying life. ?

The point of life is to spread as much love around as you can. It’s that simple. Most people don’t realize this until they die though.

If it helps, find a religious tradition that appeals to you and use that to grow yourself. Religion is not necessary though, but it seems to help a lot of people in learning to be more loving creatures.

Martin Luther King, Jr had many inspirational quotes about mountains and valleys in the 1960s, but the message coalesced beautifully in 1974 in a quote from an unlikely source... a man who definitely had his ups and downs in life. Here's the quote.

"Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain."

You're in a valley right now, but don't despair. The path to the mountaintop is never clear from the valley.

Life is a series of mountaintops and valleys. You'll spend more time in the valleys, but it makes the view from the mountaintops that much sweeter.

You're exactly where you need to be.

Life has plenty of low points, but the great ones are certainly worth it and why we plug along. Like Rocky says- it's about how many times you get back up.

As a non relgious type, I'd recommend art. There's this human connection thing we gain hope from in relating to each other. Find the music and books that speak to you. If a new hobby arises from that then follow it. Sometimes it's all about wriggling through the cracks of the dusty wasteland for water.

Life is not about you. Find someone to love or a way to help others and you will find meaning/happiness.

Many people mention "religion" as sort of an optional self-help therapy. I would discourage this approach.

May I offer you some light reading? Study the preface and the first lesson. I would love to hear your thoughts on it.

http://www.savannahnavigators.com/uploads/4/9/4/3/49437375/lessonsonassurance.pdf

I will take a look at that. Thank you

theJeff wrote:

Many people mention "religion" as sort of an optional self-help therapy. I would discourage this approach.

May I offer you some light reading? Study the preface and the first lesson. I would love to hear your thoughts on it.

http://www.savannahnavigators.com/uploads/4/9/4/3/49437375/lessonsonassurance.pdf

Discourages religion and then promotes a book on the world’s buggest religion.

LOL

Cue: “It’s not a religion, it’s a relationship”