Is life too long or too short?
By scheng1
@scheng1 (24649)
Singapore
October 3, 2015 12:16am CST
Sometimes I think that life is too long, and sometimes I feel that life is too short.
When it is the beginning of the work week, and I see those kids in school, I start to wonder about their working life ahead. They probably have to work for 50 years before they can retire, since retirement age keeps on increasing.
I feel that life is too long and too miserable.
When I am in a great mood, I feel that life is too short.
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@swissheart (6482)
• Romania
3 Oct 15
I don;t think there is anyone of us who could say life is too long( or at least people who are in their right mind). most of us want to lvie as long as possible
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@swissheart (6482)
• Romania
3 Oct 15
@scheng1 and why don't you do something to change this aspect of your life: enjoy your life a little bit more
@softbabe44 (5816)
• Vancouver, Washington
4 Oct 15
i think alot of us to want to live as long as we can enjoy some of the things you haven't been able to do
@joylol (148)
• Austin, Texas
4 Oct 15
@scheng1 Lol, I know what you mean by that statement, but I always was taught bibically that the eternal life is spiritually and not physically or flesh wise. There is no flesh bodily forms in the after life because what is on earth can not go to the after life. What is on earth is temporary.
In the Bible, 2 Corinthians 4:18 reads,"So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen, since what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal." It's up to anyone to believe in a beautiful spiritual life.^_^ However, a physical eternal life where we still have to worry about if we got something done or not all the time like our jobs doesn't sound all that appealing.
@allknowing (139625)
• India
4 Oct 15
I never give a thought to this but enjoy each day as tomorrow never comes. Remember the song Domani by Connie Francis?
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@allknowing (139625)
• India
4 Oct 15
@scheng1 And add to that their childhood is also snatched away by always being with the adults with just a kid or two being there in any household.
@yeezermac (145)
• Singapore, Singapore
22 Oct 15
Indeed. The length of life is quite dependent on how satisfying we find life to be. And our satisfaction is in turn dependent on how we compare our lives with the lives of others, or with what we had before, or what we could possibly have. Happy with life = life is short, too little time to carry on enjoying it. Dissatisfied with life = life is long, can't wait to get out of it. At times we're not actually doing that badly, but because we've had something better in the past, or we are too ambitious, or simply because we're too jealous of another person, we begin to get dissatisfied with our life. That's called "relative dissatisfaction", as opposed to "absolute dissatisfaction".
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@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
23 Oct 15
Yes, that is true.
i think in places where everyone is poor, then everyone is happy.
That is because they do not have to feel jealous or anything, and they are all dirt poor that they do not have to worry about losing their possession.
I think that is part of the reasons why Singaporeans of our grandparents' and parents' time were much happier.
@yeezermac (145)
• Singapore, Singapore
26 Oct 15
@scheng1 As it is taught in Buddhism, having possessions equates to suffering, because humans are always comparing between themselves and others. When humans have nothing, they have nothing to compare themselves to
@vandana7 (100997)
• India
3 Oct 15
I don't think about life's length at all now. Earlier I used to. I mean, I have to plan for 40 years ahead, food, clothing, shelter, medicines, loans, indebtedness, charities, blah blah. Now that I am closing in on 60 the 40 is fast becoming less than 20 presuming I will survive till 75. That makes me feel good.
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