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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	I've gone through some serious soul searching over the last 3 years and much of it relates to what's being discussed here. argo navis, the quote about self esteem definitely hits home with me. I believe one of the biggest problems I had was denying reality and constantly looking for escape from it. Once I began stepping up to living my life instead of riding in the back seat I saw improvments in my outlook. As you both probably know I'm a strong believer in God and the christian faith. tj333, since you mentioned above that you don't mind us telling you about what we think I cannot stress strongly enough how important it is to realize we cannot do it alone. I believe wisdom begins with God. That does not mean that you put your brain on a shelf or stop looking for answers in science and reality, it simply means that it is the starting place for any sound philosophy of life. Descartes searched for years for a foundation he could rely on and finally settled on "I think therefore I am". In that sense I decided a few years ago to start with "God is". So I have taken the approach of "believing in order to understand reality" rather than "understanding the world in order to believe". So along with all of the learning about self esteem and how we behave socially and maintain some sense of purpose and peace I would ask you to consider sources from faith. Jesus was asked to summarize what God wanted from us and he put it like this, [quote]36"Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" 37Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' 38This is the first and greatest commandment. 39And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' 40All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."[/quote]I've found that when I'm putting these commandments into practice my self-esteem and sense of well-being sky rockets. I've often wondered whether or not I'm in the right industry working in software. When I'm helping others and serving others things seem so much more meaningful. [quote] [b]tj333 said:[/b] Bugimus: I just wasn't very happy with the way I was before. Or at least with the job I have. Then in reading about Ancient Greece and Nietzsche the philosophy I picked up from there were ones requiring more action then I currently do. "A man uninterested in politics is not merely apathetic but useless." And Nietzsche preaches the superman and preparing for his coming. But is that wrong? I want to create. I want to see things that I have made. Sitting around and playing PC games or fixing computers do not meet that need. [/quote]I wasn't very happy with the way I was 3 years ago and I was even more unhappy with my job. So I decided just recently that I had to stand up and take control of things. I cleaned up my act and got a much better job and that has helped me a lot. But not just because it's a better job but because I have an attitude based in reality instead of escape and/or simply letting things happen without my inputs. Is it wrong to study Neitzsche? Not at all. It's very important to study and learn about as much as we can. But everyone that we read doesn't agree so there is also the reality of having to choose the philosophers and teachings that actually, and in reality, mirror the way this vast creation operates. I share your love of creating and I had a similar realization a few years back about cutting back on the video gaming in favor of writing cool and interesting software. I believe the love of creating things is part of the spark of divinity within each of us. I just wrote a bunch of stuff here without a lot of proof reading so I hope you don't mind I did a bit of rambling. I wanted to get my thoughts out on this while I could. . . . : [url=http://www.bugimus.com][img]http://www.bugimus.com/sigs/small-sig1.gif[/img][/url] : . . [url=http://www.bugimus.com/]Innervating Your Eyes & Mind[/url] : . . . Loading...
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