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gregthecrazy

A Dissertation on the Human Condition

May 12, 2005 03:12

At face value, I know that you're thinking this post is way too long to give a good read, and that--at best--you plan to skim through it. Don't. I encourage you to read what I have to say here, and to do so with an open mind. Afterwards, give it some thought. And, if the spirit moves you, post your opinions--they'd be greatly appreciated.

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klok99ah May 12 2005, 01:03:23 UTC

LJ CUT PLEASE
nice post by the way

yourshowerscene May 12 2005, 17:05:47 UTC

oh greg, i just love reading what you write. i love you, kiddo ♥

anonymous May 12 2005, 17:30:35 UTC

Hey I know you dont know me very well, I'm Patty, we talked once or twice, but im Caitlin's friend. Well anyways I wanted to say that I really enjoyed reading your post. It throws out all the bs cliches that everyone is spewing out these days and actually shows how important being optimistic is, not just to see the glass half full, but willing to put the damn glass under the faucet and fill it all the way up to show everyone its full. Anyone can say that they are optimistic, but you sir, you show it. I like it. okay well talk to you later maybe.
Patty

anonymous May 12 2005, 19:13:01 UTC

hey greg, I found myself coming home tonight to an empty house with nothing to do and at the same time so much to do. I saw your away messege and was extremly curious to see what thoughts you had in mind today. I see what you are saying about people settling for a life besides the one that they have dreamt about their whole lives. But unfortuantly i once heard this quote when i was about fourteen years old and i understood what it meant but never until recently can put myself in those shoes " life is what happens while your busy making plans" you can dream your whole life about the man you will marry, the freinds you will have, the career you will be recognized for, and the family you will help build. However, no one is perfect and therefore you will never find a man you loves you exactly the same as you love him or vise versa... while at the same time is the perfect everything because in reality i belive the whole " do you love him because hes perfect.. or is he perfect because you love him" i belive that when u marry some1 that is ( ... )

gregthecrazy May 12 2005, 22:01:33 UTC

It was John Lennon who so famously sung that "life is what happens while you're busy making other plans" in a song for his son, Sean, called "Beautiful Boy." And as a rabid Beatles fan, as most everyone knows, I accept the words of the Fab Four as sermon. However, the life of John Lennon suggests a man who never believed in changing his mind to change his world. When everyone in his life told him he'd become a failure, when both his parents had abandoned him, he proved the world wrong by never giving up and becoming perhaps the most iconic rock celebrity of all time. When he felt as if The Beatles were no longer what made him happy--a notion that seems bizarre to the rest of the world looking in--he quit and followed his passions, the same passions that led him to the love of his life, a love that nearly everyone criticized and counted out ( ... )

knightchic24 May 12 2005, 21:29:22 UTC

Hey Greg, I don't have an exact reply except to say that there are things I agree with (who the heck actually would feel better about their own problems after contemplating the greater tragedies of this world??) and there are things I disagree with (this "settling" and giving up business - eh eh, I don't think it's as bad a picture as you depict, besides which I also see it in a different colored light). Anyway, I'm so much better at active conversation than measly little comments, so I'll talk to you later...
~Patricia