Enjoying Life is an ART
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Enjoying Life is an ART
please take this topic as you wish, depending on your current mood.
ok.
some say everything is an art. clearly they are not being serious. think of dog poo.
some say only certain things are an art. think of love.
lets talk about enjoying, particularly ENJOYING LIFE.
you all me by now, and as you know im mostly silly.
being serious is only for a very few serious points in life, points which set its direction, for example, selecting for yourself the right woman, or Mr Right for the journey; and, also setting the goal journey - its destination.
what else would you say ought to be on THE SERIOUS LIST, in order make sure that this art remain an art.
kindly give your opinions, and cast a vote.
thanks in advance.
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That, I suppose, is the thing to be taken most seriously. And all the other stuff, the greater part of existing, where the foraging and shelter gets tended-to alongside those embattled busybodies, who are ever at once fun and dangerous, only requires the "less serious" attention of following the function (as you plot your next detaching).
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Be serious about the problems of the world that would lead to the destruction of your ideals, assuming that your ideals are based on morality.
Be serious about bringing about the change that you would like to see, be serious about acting accordingly to your personal beliefs, be serious about being courageous in your daily life and be serious about finding the humour in all of your troubles as well as pleasures.
If one takes his or her own survival too seriously, then they will bear the fear of death and may never achieve what they are capable of.
Some of the greatest people were not scared of death, they would rather die a virtuous person than to live in a state of self-treason.
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I take God very seriously.
Because if God exists, then after my death, I will be facing him.
No one can escape death. Its coming to all of us.
Maybe by creating death is God's way of hinting to us to think about the significance or insignificane of our short life here on earth.
I cannot ignore God any more than I can ignore death.
Therefore, death forces me to take very seriously God and the possiblity of his existence.
Top Scientists like Pascal do the same.
They bet that God does exist.
They do not want to land in trouble by
being charged with the crime of "wasting their lives for nothing", or for living for "selfish persuits".
That is why these Scientists live their life out for God's pleasure, hoping that he would look after them on the other side.
God and life after death is a serious matter for these Scientists.
For example, read "The Pensees" written by top Physicist and the greatest Mathematician. He describes how seriously he takes death and existence of a Supreme Being.
I believe in God and believe Quran is His book that He sent down to all of us.
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Not only if there is an afterlife, but also if there isn't.
The post is fine, but the topic didn't ask what book you believe God sent down, that is your business, not ours.
You are inviting an argument into this thread and we have enough of that around already.
Thanks.
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Yes, you are right. I was off topic there.
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