What is it that we’re trying to find? What is it? What is that thing we’re all looking for? Some say it’s happiness. Others contentment. Some says it’s excitement. Others peace. Some say it’s silence. Others the noise of life.
What are you spending a whole lot of time trying to find? And if I may dare ask the question, is it worth the effort?
So what is it we’re all chasing? And I wonder if we’ll get fulfillment if we find it.
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Anonymous
August 14, 2015This feels a little weird considering I don't know you, but at the risk of sounding like a meddlesome busybody – I really hope life starts going better for you soon.
Joanna Haughton
August 14, 2015Oh life is good. These are just more of my philosophical life thoughts on existence and the universe. I'm reading a lot of philosophy and anthropology and it's making me think about things. It's not a reflection of my life status just a reflection of my own academic studies. And apologies if this sounds sad, it's actually a reflection on the rat race – that idea that we have to chase happiness instead of experiencing life as is. And this false idea that if we find it our lives will be complete.
Joanna Haughton
August 14, 2015Also, I personally think a search for something – whatever it is – is the natural state of being. We're hunter gatherers which means we're constantly searching. I just wonder if people place too much emphasis on the end result rather than enjoying the search itself. Perhaps that is the true happiness. See…thinking very philosophically lately 😉
ZZ
August 15, 2015Well, Maslow's hierarchy, right? We seek shelter, food, after that companionship, esteem, then self-actualization and a sense of achievement. Beyond that, we seek meaning associated with a moral universe. In the Judeo-Christian tradition, that always ends up with God.
Taking the opposite tack, naturalism dictates that any search is ultimately futile and pointless.
Ultimately we can avoid taking ourselves too seriously be remembering these are all first-world problems. The hierarchy for people in Sudan is Food, God. Period.
For many, the search for Beauty is important. You, personally, make that search much easier for your readers. Thank you.
Joanna Haughton
August 17, 2015Agreed, these are definitely first world problems. We in the first world have the luxury to wax poetic about life and the meaning as we don't face a daily real life survival struggle.
And thank you. I hope to bring a little sunshine into someone's day, so it warms my heart that I succeed even a little.