Philosophy

[longbow97]

This is directed at no one specific, but moreover at every teen who philosophizes about the world.

Everyone is a philosopher nowadays. I can't say I blame you. I was and still am the same as you are now, I think. However, reading what other people believe and feel makes me look upon you all as naive. It's ironic, though, because what you write is

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[mi3fit]

you've grown up.
not everyone in your age realizes this.

And the question remains, whether we
should still try and build our world, or
should we just give up and compromise to this world, cold and dirty, accepting that it's too hard to change..

It's not easy to be successful, but as you mentioned, "success" means different to everyone, (although non-philosophical people take conventional meaning of success for theirs as well) And I think it's important to have a dream, whether it's realistic or not, for before it happens, we will never know if it really was unrealistic.

You're damn right tommy, the world isn't easy, and it will get harder and harder, and it will grow colder and colder as we grow older and older.
but believe in yourself, personally I think, something is only hard if one thinks it's hard. well that's me.

but don't get discourged, keep on going, fuck the world, build your own!

[lightning345]

well said.

[__supercool]

mm hmm

[charmed3687]

i dunno, tommy, obviously everything you're saying makes sense, but at the end of the day, i'm sticking with my tried and true idealism.
just imagine if everyone had your attitude: "well, i could try to change the world, but i'll have to work really hard and in all honesty it probably won't amount to anything." what would get done? nothing.
even if all the idealists don't get everything they want done, i'd rather have this world filled with people who are willing to try rather than people who accept that it's too hard.

[longbow97]

I agree, although I don't think it's too hard and I'm not afraid to try. However, I think that most people who actually do try end up failing. Why? I don't know. Maybe it's a lack of willpower. This entry wasn't about me, but mostly about the people I see in the world; adults and teens.

Being happy isn't a failure though. Being a success to me just means doing whatever you want. What I'm really referring to in the entry is the people who want something amazing out of life but just aren't prepared for the burden that comes with such demands. I think maybe they fail because they just didn't expect the world to be so harsh and they lose their determination under the pressure.

My attitude is that you can change the world but you must work hard at it. It will amount to something, only if you don't give in. I hope that clears stuff up.

I doubt you'll believe me, but I do consider myself an optimist. I really do.

"Never give in, never give in, never give in. Never, never, never, never, never, give in." --Winston Churchill! Wooooo.

[amour__vrai]

I completely understand what you're saying. It's definitely harder than it seems to achieve our goals and it can be discouraging, but at the same time if we were all pessimists nothing would get done. It's the dreamers, the idealists, the unrealistic and perhaps a bit naive people who make changes. Sure, it's important to be realistic, to look at our lives and understand that it may go downhill from here, that we may amount to nothing. At the same time, though, and maybe this is just me being an idealistic teenage girl, I think there is something to be said for reaching for the impossible.

Besides, senior year's almost over. Let's stop being so philosophical and emo and just party for a while, mmkay?