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| Recipe for dysfunction |
I found this image on one social networking website. No wonder, it’s got millions of “likes” and “thumbs ups”. It contains such valuable advice!
Let’s dissect it into pieces and see how meaningful it is:
This is your life – Yes! This is MY LIFE!
Do what you love, and do it often – I LOVE playing video games. Yes, so I should do what “I” love. And do it as often as “I” like. After all this is MY LIFE.
If you don’t like something, change it – I don’t like my friends because they don’t understand me. Maybe I should change them. In fact, I don’t like anything that is not how “I” want it. Yes, I should definitely change things then. After all, this is MY LIFE; and it should be the way “I” want it. (I don’t like my parents, too.)
If you don’t like your job, quit it – Done! Yeah! I feel so POWERFUL!
If you don’t have enough time, stop watching TV – But I have plenty of time now. Just quit my job. TV is alright for a while. And video game!
If you are looking for a love of your life, stop; they will be waiting for you when you start doing things you love – Oh, really! Hah, wow! And priests say God loves you when you do things that HE wants you to do, and not the things YOU love. My parents also always told me the same thing. That people will love you when you behave how everyone likes you to be. What a bunch of losers they must be! This is MY LIFE! Yeah! I do what “I” love. Come, my people, love me!
Stop overanalyzing, life is simple – You said it! Life is SO simple. Just do what you love, and people will start loving you. Why bother about anything! Just do whatever YOU love!
All emotions are beautiful. When you eat, appreciate every last bite – Not sure what it means, but looks good. Yes, emotions are beautiful, sure.
Open your mind, arms and heart to new things and people. We are united in our differences – But I don’t like different people! They give me advices, and don’t let me do what “I” love and be myself. Yes, but I am always open for new things and people. But they should understand better.
Ask the next person you see what their passion is. And share your inspiring dream with them – Ok. But they are a bunch of idiots. No one wants to listen to meaningful things. Everyone wants to live their own dreams and passions. That’s fine. What do I care!
Travel often – But I quit my job. Yes, I had got another one. But you see, that was also bad, so quit that too. Running short of money now. Should I eat, or travel? Are you sure on this one?
Getting lost will help you find yourself – I still have to find myself? Yeah, they always say tough times only make you realize great truths. I feel so excited! I want to get lost. I am on such a grand path of self-discovery. Ah, I already feel like a protagonist of some great film with a great message for the humankind!
Some opportunities only come once. Seize them – You are not making sense, I’m afraid. What opportunities? What about the things I love doing? How am I to know when the opportunity comes? What if I don’t like it?
Life is about the people you meet, and the things you create with them. So go out and start creating – But I don’t like people! Didn’t you say I should do what “I” love?
Life is short – OH MY GOD! YES!
Live your dream and share your passion – Yes, “my” dreams, “my” passions! They are great! I am so great! I want to share my greatness, but no one wants it. Why is it so? What’s wrong with the world? No one is fucking interested in anyone else! What the heck! I am so confused! Life sucks!
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Such claptrap is becoming increasingly popular in modern times, since traditional wisdom has become passé. God save people from these feel-good, but disastrous, philosophies!
he he.. seems like we are in the same boat, but i have decided to take one thing seriously.. i.e. travelling.. everyone says a lot of gd things travelling.. i dont know man, but i mostly find it boring.. but i m giving it a try this time, and u dont really need money to travel, if u are ready to experiment a bit deeper.. and i think the message here is to travel alone.. and get lost.. thts exactly wht i m going to do
ReplyDeleteAnother one of the biggest problems with the tech-y trendy era: people who write in all lower or upper case letters in English- almost impossible to read, especially if there are many short-hands for different words!! I think this also diminishes meaning. People in our country want a "fix in a box" or a plaque that states the simplest truths to live by regardless of how complex real life is and how we must all think about ourselves individually before we understand where and how we "fit". Since I feel I am in the process of doing this I really see how choosing to take these spirited feel good messages literally can probably damage any progress I've made- since anyone with half a brain understands how easy it is to turn such messages in to a disaster for everyone involved! Personally, I find that more "meaning" can be found in reading stories or poems with allegorical reflections in them - or even reading material that is non-fiction like biographical or historical can be useful in self-growth. Wearing a smiley button or carrying a sign that purports to create an all-powerful cure for a crappy life is a pathway to personal hell!! Americans need to stop trying to get a box with the cure, get a pill, or get an ideal and begin educating themselves...
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