I've been wondering recently why is it always that no matter how hard we try we are consistently worrying about something. Some sort of problem that arises in our lives that needs to be solved. When you finally solve that problem, another soon comes to take its place. And I thought about the short lived times in between the problems to try and understand why we consistently have them.
What are your options as to where you go when your on top of a mountain? Down. And, if you're on cloud 9 you're going to have to come down sometime. At least for me, when I'm at the top, it's a fast fall to the bottom. It's like not having a direction as to where to go next, or moving and not going anywhere. But it doesn't last long because something else comes up to worry about. So the mind tries to set itself in a middle ground; worrying, but not excessively. So it's kind of like the mind trying keep itself in a stable state. This always gives something to strive for (a goal), which gives a purpose for the things that we do or at least what we should do.
So thinking about worries and problems brought me to another question 'Do we strive to be perfect?' For some it may be a goal they have (and good luck with that). But in general, I don't believe so. I believe we strive to have a purpose. And I think our worries and problems that we have in life, give purpose. And if you have no problems or worries, then what are you striving for? If you've already reached your goal, well why the hell are you still here? And going back to striving to be perfect, if someone ever became perfect, then I'm sure they still try to find some purpose in their life, like helping others (Think God).
So I guess to sum up my thoughts, our problems give us goals, our goals give us a purpose, and that purpose gives a reason to live.
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well for one thing, you've written in it "more than once" so that's one goal achieved for this year :)
ReplyDeletemhrm, a couple weeks (less than a month?) ago i was pretty apathetic towards life because i was actually wondering what to do with my life/purpose/what to live for/any particular meaning. it was kind of sad. well, it ended up being i didn't have an answer (once again), so i just pushed it aside and found something to busy myself with (school, or maybe not) and think about for a later time to ... worry. it's as if i convince myself i don't have enough experience to handle that problem now so i'll just look at it the next time it really bothers me again, say, in a year or so. but then, well, when are you ever truly, really, ready for something? most times you're not, you just kind of let it take you on surprise, and then you prepare for it. so i think i should prepare and try to find out if there is some purpose.
o wait, i'm just rambling again aren't i? (that's why the subtitle for my blog is digression, there's actually a reason for that one, heh).
one thing i did want to mention on worries though was how we (or especially me) don't ever really learn from it. i find for myself that most of my worries, especially when i talk to other people, are actually quite insignificant and when i keep them inside myself, the "problem" just gets out of control/blows exponentially. in general, you would have thought by now that i realized worries are worthless. well, the kind that you can't do anything about. and without action and just thoughts, well, that's a lot of wasted energy.
... oh what am i saying. i think it's time for bed. anyway, neat to see you started a blog as well (first person being myself).
Yea, I also push aside some problem in my life because I don't have an answer. There's no possible way to solve all of our problems or even answers to them. And I guess when I wrote this I was assuming only one problem at a time as well as it having a solution. But that's far from true.
ReplyDeleteAbout pushing problems aside, I do it too. For me at least there is one problem I've had for years that I've been trying to solve. And yes, other things have come up and preoccupied me. But even though I'm not consciously thinking about it, in the back of my head I am. And when I come back I may just have a different way of solving it, or just maybe even getting closer to the answer. One thing I've learned from college is the harder the problem, the greater the excitement at finding the answer.
Well obviously I believe worries are important. If worries are worthless then why are they worth worrying? I didn't mean by when I say we worry that we freak out, but more or less think about them constantly. I don't want to go so far as to say worrying about something we can't do anything about is pointless, but it does seem like it sometimes.
And I agree with you about keeping problems to yourself. When I keep them inside they sometimes grow out of proportion. And when you finally do tell someone, you can get a different perspective and maybe even someone with the same problem so that you, at least, don't feel alone.