What goes on in your everyday life? I pretty much feel that life is really depressing sometimes. As a child you remark of all the fun things you enjoyed in your childhood like watching a touching movie, anime, favorite cartoons or reading a good book. Life seems nice at first but as you get older everything starts to change and you start to develop knowledge that everything you have now will disappear. Like our families, we knew them since we were born and then just one day their gone. As we enter into Junior High (Middle School)/High School the people you been around with automatically changed and you feel like you don't know them anymore. Even going to College means your finally entering into adulthood but you wondering how time flies by and remembering the good ol' days. It seems so depressing to think about that because we won't be able to experience the good times again. As the years go by and life start to change dramatically we start to embark on our generation wondering what happened to "this or that". As our generation starts to end, a new one will begin and so on, till it's time for us to disappear.

I definitely see where you're coming from there. Sure, sometimes I feel that life is nothing but a never-ending spiral of sadness, loss, and suffering, but sometimes I have to look at the good.

I've never considered my life to be all that great. I've sort of been like a rabbit; extremely vulnerable and timid, hiding from anything exciting in the world. I suppose it's just my way, but it's made my life rather boring. And I have to remind myself that our time is limited and I'd best make the most of it. But then I try and my timidity rushes back in my head.

But looking in the future's something that I wish I didn't have to do. I know it's coming, and when it does, I'll wonder: what am I going to do with myself? Will I ever get on by myself? People can't wait for the future, but they usually forget that when you get older, they'll want to go back to childhood.

So, I think I've set a bad example for the generations to come. Embrace the time you're in now, because once it passes, you can't grab it back. It's too late for me to embrace childhood, and it's too late for me to change my personality. All I can do is push the next generation to stay away from a lifestyle of stagnant enjoyment.

Well, you pretty much just have to have something to look forward to. Like right now I'm looking forward to getting through with school, getting a job, starting a family.. And at that point I'll have kids to take care of. There are fun things in life, too, and that's always something that you can look forward to.

Also, my religion tells me to spread what I believe to everyone that I possibly can, so Ill do that, too. It my purpose in life. and when it's time to go, it's time to go.

I understand. What keeps me happy is when I watch some of my favorite cartoons like Hey Arnold for example. I've always wanted a life like his you know? As a kid, I never really had a close friend and didn't really hang out with a bunch of kids playing baseball or basketball. It's kind of emotional for me.

This is a great thread for philosophizing about my perspective on life. I'll start by addressing all of your opinions about life as posted over here, then I''ll post an overview of my own life. Before I start, though: I want to make it clear that I'm not specifically talking about anyone over here, so don't take anything at heart.

I understand that a good number of members around here are unaccepted by their societies or feel isolated. If people are not willing to socially accept you, then it can mean only two things: either they are uneducated jerks, or you have certain faults. For the sake of making things short, I'm not going to go into the former, as it is not something which you can always influence easily. However, with willpower and sensible thought, you can very well change yourself today.



It's true that people should accept you for who you are, but at the same time you should also 'go with the flow'. There are multiple reasons why people might be socially unaccepted, so I cannot possibly cover them all. To be brief about this, sticking to your beliefs, practices, ideas, actions and personality stubbornly without interacting and socializing with people will get you no where in life. It's a necessity for you to keep your individuality and uniqueness by setting yourself some basic ideas to follow, but flexibility is a key factor in making your life much more enjoyable. 



If you don't like things, such as sports, which more popular people do, why not try them out? Friends are essential in this world, and you will never be able to make any if you don't mingle with other people and share some of their interests with them. You should also keep in mind that you cannot possibly find a friend who's exactly like you, so sometimes you need to give in to your basic ideas and thoughts. There's no harm in talking to unfamiliar students more often, to introduce yourself to them, to share with them what you think might get them interested in you. Keeping a good reputation in school is greatly benefecial, so why not work towards that by showing flexibility and embracing different actions which are considered 'trendy'? 



Note, however, that there should always be a borderline between being 'trendy' and being a total jerk. If you need to be a jerk so that people like you, then you don't need such friends. It's not easy to find people who you can easily trust and socialize with, but once you do, you'll not want to lose them at all.

Now about my life:

I rather like it.

From time to time I get some crazy ideas, but I have some very supportive friends by my side and around the world. My family have been absent since always, but I think that helped me to develop more independence in my attitude in some ways. They will always have a place in my heart, though. It's not that easy to get detached from the ones who brought you up, I gues...

I really enjoy learning new things, like learning about a plant species that I haven't heard of, or learning a new kanji with all the readings, or trying new kinds of food, for example. And learning new skills, like cooking, fixing things, etc.

My childhood was kind of creepy, and I don't have many good memories from it. I don't agree with the whole "remembering the good ol' days" thing. I think the good days can be now, or tomorrow.