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I understand what you are saying and you are right. As an example, one dear old friend I grew up with as a child, she always has to check in. Of course, she does not call it check in. I call it 'check in'. Check with a friend to see if it is ok Check with her spouse to see if it is ok Check with her daughter to see if it is ok And...she has the 'I don't want to make anyone mad' syndrome. I better check with my friend because I would not want to make my friend mad..as an example. Don't take me too literal here. Of course some things need to be discussed with partners, friends, and family. But many people do go thru their life trying to make other people happy. Doing what society wants them to do. Doing what society expects them to do. Then they find themselves at an older age, often with many regrets. I wish I had did this. I wish I had did that. I've heard lots of people say they have no regrets. I always find that so unbelievable. It must be wonderful to never have any regrets. Personally, I have lots of regrets.....LOTS. Some of my regrets are just things that cannot be undone that I did in my past. Some things are simple things that I wish I had acted on but did not.....and vice versa. I think people need to live their lives for themselves. If you live your life for other people, I think you are never going to be fully happy...unless of course, what makes you happy is living for everyone else. I've always felt it is such a shame we only have one life to live. If we only knew then what we know now. It would be great to have a second shot at life and try something different. There are lots of things I want to do. The old saying, never enough hours in a day and ..... never enough years in a life span, is so true. I watched an old segment of Audrey Hepburn, the actress, speak on an old talk show and I just never forgot what she said. She said she had no regrets at all. She said it is impossible to do everything in life. She chose to be an actress and she had a great life and no regrets. She wished she could do other things but life did not give her the time to do those other things. So there is a sadness in it all. No doubt about that. All one can do is to live life to its fullest, try to do the things that will make themselves happy, and if you have regrets, understand that most people do and you only have one life and not to be hard on yourself. I just think the pursuit of happiness is more difficult today than yesterday. Life was simpler. People took time to actually LISTEN to people. Families discussed and shared. People really helped their neighbors instead of competing with them.

hey netmoneynews.. Thanks for taking the time to read and comment... Yeah, I do eye to eye with you on some stuff you said... Yeah, some things need to be discussed with family and partners, but I guess when it comes to happiness, only a person that is happy with themselves, first and foremost, would be able to make others around them happy. It's like in a when the oxygen masks come down in a plane, you're supposed to put on your mask first, and then think of helping anyone else. I know that's a weird example, but I guess you can understand what I'm trying to say. You gotta look out for yourself first, and only then do the needs of others become clear.. About the regret thing, I guess that's a very individual thing, I guess some of us would like to have lived our lives differently and some have gotten to the point they have, because of the way their life has been. I'm too young now to have regrets, and where my life is right now, is not so bad, and so whatever led me here, good or bad, has been my journey to this point, so if I change any of that, then maybe my life would not be what it is now... so in that way I can say that I have no regrets. Although I have always believed that we live in such a realist world, and I'm an idealist in this real world, I got a dream, and even though people have told me, like they told you Jazz that I can't make it, I wanna at least give it my best shot before I realize that for myself. I don't care if anyone thinks my dream of becoming a movie maker is stupid or unachievable, I know that if I don't try it, and don't try my best to do it, then I will regret it for the rest of my life.... If I do try it, the worst that will happen, is that I won't make it big, but at least when I'm old I would never think that I should have tried it, and I would have no regrets. But when it comes to the view that life was simpler or the pursuit of happiness was easier in the past.. then I think that this is one of those "the grass is greener on the other side" syndromes. Since we're not that era anymore, it seems more golden to us now.. when really I think the pursuit of happiness doesn't really depend on the era but on the individual and your perception of life...

As strange as it is.. It's a path that can be relentless this day in age. I can proudly say that I'm living proof, that I jazz live life for myself alone. Feeling happy to have made the decision to rebel against.. the norm in our society today. I have had so many aquiantances tell me, because I'm from Canada that I'll never make it to "hollywood". My goal was never hollywood, it has always been my own backyard.. Canada. It would be nice to go but, the feeling of extending the industry that I love so much in the country I love.. it's a priceless feeling!

WOW!! OMG!!! That really blew me away,.. lol I don't even know if anyone can... continue the thread! Sorry about that nmnews,.. You have captured my mind with your thirst, and speaking as an artist(thespian) that was magical, gratifying, moving and intensifying. I'f it's alright with you I'd like to quote your response on national TV in Canada, because I have an announcement for the city I live in. It's a speech which of course... lol.., to you're response. Is related to your response.. quoting is fun! I'm not ... I don't think... can anyone top this!!