ive always considered myself a athiest/materialist, in the sense I only believe in what i can see and touch with my own eyes and hands. ive been struggling though latley with the question of why should i contenue living if the only thing i realy have to look forward to is rotting in the ground. How do you make your life feel worthwile when everything seems so pointless. I know i dont want religion the though of following some god just because i dont know whats coming seem ridiculous to me, i just want to find some purpose. I just dont know how.
Purpose cannot be found, because it doesn't exist. That sounds bleak, but it implies a great freedom: we are not bound to any single path, but rather can chose to go where we are the most useful and appreciated. External purpose may not exist to be found, but purpose within the scope of our human existence can be created.
Life is what you make of it. Sure, we're all just borrowing a little entropy from the sun, due to be paid back in a handful of decades. But within that time we can do some pretty amazing things, if we're able to properly develop and maintain the motivation to do so.
Life is what you make of it. Sure, we're all just borrowing a little entropy from the sun, due to be paid back in a handful of decades. But within that time we can do some pretty amazing things, if we're able to properly develop and maintain the motivation to do so.
that's a good amswer right there ^
also, not every religion requires worshipping a god.
also, not every religion requires worshipping a god.
To paraphrase clive barker's sacrament; "In that moment I learned to cherish this life, not because it is short, but simply because it is."
Point being, being grateful is a choice - it's a learned behavior that takes time and effort to develop (in everybody, some people are just lucky enough to develop some too young to remember the process) and the fact is you are alive. So even if there is no point and you hate every moment of it, tell yourself you are glad to at least have the experience, as often as you can stomach the thought, and eventually you'll come to believe it with your innermost self. Got nothing to lose by at least trying
Point being, being grateful is a choice - it's a learned behavior that takes time and effort to develop (in everybody, some people are just lucky enough to develop some too young to remember the process) and the fact is you are alive. So even if there is no point and you hate every moment of it, tell yourself you are glad to at least have the experience, as often as you can stomach the thought, and eventually you'll come to believe it with your innermost self. Got nothing to lose by at least trying
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