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Life's Achievements
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So, what's it all about then eh, this thing we call "life".
If you could define it in one paragraph/sentence/word, when you arrive at the Pearly Gates, how you would show that you had really "achieved" something in your life?
If you could define it in one paragraph/sentence/word, when you arrive at the Pearly Gates, how you would show that you had really "achieved" something in your life?
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But that only makes someone's existence important to the rest of humanity. The question I've not been able to answer is "What good does humanity do to the planet?" All I can see is that we've done mostly bad things, and that the planet would be much better off if we didn't exist. So, you might say that living is inexcusable if you're a human.
Which is why I didn't post it yesterday
There should be other reasons for not posting yesterday..
/coming from me who stayed in all day :razz:
I'm a demon in the sack too. I hope St Peter takes a note of that
Bollocks, we'd still pay as much if you, as an individual, were gone. It's the collective effect the society has which determines the tax rate, including the bloody Gov't. And nobody should complain, in Sweden the tax lies around 50% for the upper class. zomg i say.
Sounds gooey but I suppose when I die I'd have liked to have had a family and I think having friends/family that care for you is an achievement. (end/gayness)
As it is just now, at this point in time however, I am happy to say that i have lived my life putting others happiness before mine, making people laugh and being a great friend, I've gone out and worked contributed to society [for what thats worth anyway!] I've helped people and hopefully put a smile on many a strangers face and made there day whilst shopping.
and long may it continue
A hundred years from now
It will not matter
What my bank account was,
The sort of house I lived in
Or the kind of car I drove
But the world may be different
Because I was important
In the life of a child
I like to think that I might have been important in the life of a child or two. I've taken spoilt brats and deprieved kids on camp ( and it's taught both groups a lot, albeit very different things), taught quite a lot that water and the sea is a powerful force of nature that can also be a lot of fun and should be respected and enjoyed, and possibly the highlight of it all was taking a hemiplegic girl out on the water with her friends in a boat where she could join in just like the rest of them. I don't think I'll ever forget her grin.
I’d like to do something life-changing or something worthwhile, but I can never be arsed. So long as I've got a pint of cider in my hand, and a nice girl comes along every couple of months and Aberdeen win on a Saturday then everythings fine.
That worries me a bit, reading it back.
But aside from getting a BA and an MSc, buying a house (in london which is a pretty major achivement), going travelling and getting married I've not done anything special and I consider all of these to be selfish and not helping anyone other than me.
However I have worked for 8 years in international development with some of the most marginalised people in the world given up; every friday night for 5 years to do guides, tried to be a good granddaughter and friend.
That doesn't mean i've not done loads and loads of bad things as well though - arrghghg....
I don't think I'll achieve much in life, but I don't think I'l fail too much either. Maybe one day I'll have another relationship, get a job, get my own flat but I don't expect much from myself tbh.
I guess at least I could say Ive worked very hard.
For me you have achieved something worthy if you reach your potential. There is little worst that to see someone who could be so much, achieve so little.
Yes making a difference is worthy and I love Scary's "poem" but making a difference can also be something negative. Saddam "made a difference"
We only have one chance at this and we all start out with potential. Some more so than others - class is relevant here, for example - but if we don't even achieve that, or strive to achieve that, then I believe we have failed.
For example, I finished school with 4 o' levels. I didn't apply myslef and I deeply regret that. However, I have recognised that since and I know that I could have gone onto university etc. Now I work hard to get myself to that level so that I don't feel like I have completely wasted the opportunity which "life" gave me to make something of myself...