why are we here on earth ?? [ motive of our lives ] is it happiness or sufferings?

  • slazer2au@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Enough rocks slammed together billions of years ago and now we have to pay taxes and watch corporations ravage the planet in the name of shareholder growth.

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    4 days ago

    I am here because my parents thought the only ethical way they could have sex was to get married and have children. They had no interest in actually raising those children. I have been suicidal all my life, but at least I am finally far away from them.

    • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
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      3 days ago

      I listened to your song this morning. Broke my heart.

      Best wishes on turning your world into something better than what was handed to you!

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        3 days ago

        Thank you. ❤️ Your words bring tears to my eyes, just knowing that I am seen.

        Best wishes on turning your world into something better than what was handed to you!

        I hope I am clearing that very low bar, lol, but it is difficult. Backwards thinking was violently programmed into me. I have to keep reminding myself that my parents were wrong. I feel like a broken person, but it wasn’t my choice.

        I try to use the pain as motivation. I know others have it even worse and I want to do whatever I can to help them. I wish I knew how.

  • hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    “is it happiness or sufferings?”

    Or maybe it’s just a big cloud of gas, compacting into mass, exploding and growing into a universe. Maybe we think we are so incredibly grant but we’re just part of a historic cause and effects chain that’s still going. Maybe we want a reason but there is none and what we really want is the feeling of making a lasting impression on the world, or having something to work towards. But it’s all just happenstances and probabilities.

    I’m sure you can find a thousand answers but never underestimate the power of Occam’s razor if you wanna find the most probable one.

  • chris@l.roofo.cc
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    3 days ago

    We just are. No reason in particular.

    But since I’m here and there was a lot of time where I didn’t exist yet and probably will be a lot of time when I won’t exist anymore I might as well make the best out of the time when I am here.

  • MagicShel@lemmy.zip
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    3 days ago

    We get to decide that for ourselves. It might be for selfish or selfless purposes that we decide, but the decision remains in our own hands.