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Will I become jaded?

We live our lives with assumptions...

and sometimes - when we are confronted with our own naivety,
we are unsure of how to respond

while there are often multiple truths,
I sometimes wonder If I am too optimistic -
believing that anything is possible
but practically speaking - the possible is never fully realized

so we aspire for a moving target
perhaps never to be reached

so I ask...Is it worth the struggle?

What is the basis for my sense of hope?
Survival of my own spirit?

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Edward
October 17, 2006 | 5:05 AM

Interesting ...
but practically speaking - the possible is never fully realized
What is the basis for my sense of hope? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????/

i enjoyed every letter in it...

Cherrie
October 19, 2006 | 6:04 AM

Is it worth the struggle?
It depends on your outlook on life?
What is living about to you?
What does your life mean to those around you?

Is an endpoint that is easily obtained worth any effort?
Is the struggle worth the endpoint whatever it may be?

I'm one who believes in the irrelevance of absolute truth and believes wholeheartedly in its interpretation and layering of meaning/relevance. I guess in the same way, I believe very much that the struggle is the endpoint/target and that target is up to you to decide - is gravity holding you back or keeping you grounded?

The basis for my sense of hope? Perhaps the hope and spirits of others. If we can take some of the burden that others carry with them... or increase their love of life... I see it as a great privilege if and when people let me in to help - which can be passive or active... I guess though we don't want to, a lot of the time, we end up pouring any suffering or pain upon our friends and family - those who we love and would never want to cause any pain. But it's not neccessarily a bad thing. I think we need pain as much as happiness. Struggle as much as ease. It doesn't mean nothing has changed.

What assumptions do you speak of?

Cherrie
October 19, 2006 | 6:04 AM

I don't know, the basis of your/my/our hope as humans may be our senses. We can keep collecting information to mold our interpretations and actions. Survival of our spirit might be quite right, but it may be wiser than we know in that it understands the importance of other beings and surroundings and 'existences' to create that larger spirit - that large, dynamic, bustling system we call "being".

hmmm.. now I got myself a bit confused. But at the end, I just think - well if THIS isn't worth it, if this GIFT OF LIFE, OF TALENT, OF ABILITY - whatever it/they may be - THIS is worth it. Imagine the scores that didn't make it - the billions of unborn. Then, of the small percentage that made it - those who cannot/will not see that they have talent, that they have ability - that is the most tragic of all. Every person has a different idea of LIVING. What it means to have a good life, what it means to be. For me it's about reaching into that part of life that I never thought would be for m - fulfilling a potential that I never thought existed - i.e. the target was unknown - but whatever I felt or knew was right, I did - whether it was a marathon, sprint or frollick in the park.

Hmmm.. thanks for this post. It was quite inspiring and motivating for me. Meanwhile, I need to get back to study.

dokoohakoo
October 31, 2006 | 12:32 AM

Finding your own truth is enough.
Marion Wright Edelman once said: "Service is the rent we pay for being."

Life is a gift and every action within it touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity. I don't think the point is to reach the ideal or that perfect state; this is a world of dualities, the good couldn't exist without the bad, and happiness couldn't exist without pain... what we strive for is the possibility of balance despite the multiplicity of truths... Therefore, the basis of our spirit/survival lies in finding our very own truth and satistify it with a life well-lived to our very own standards, not that of others.

You've been so bravely staying true to yourself, my dear, and look how far you've arrived. And though you may not yet see how long or how far your chords vibrate... but therein lies the hope, don't you think? =)

Mahmuod Abbadi
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