We are all May flies, or more poetically day flies, those dainty insects with lacy wings and slender trailing tail, who live but for a day. The adult May fly lives only a few hours, just long enough to mate. He has neither mouth nor stomach, but needs neither since he does not live long enough to need to eat. The eggs the May fly leaves hatch after the parent has died. What is it all about. What's the point? There is no point. That's just the way it is. It is neither good nor bad. Life is mainly simply inevitable. Sheldon B. Koppe| If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him.

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Svetlana

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Sounds almost therapeutical. Life is not a race or competition with a big prize at the end. Even if i live meaningless life in other people’s eyes, it’s ok while i am content with it.

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Well, well, well! I don't subscribe to "building a legacy" and this kind of ***, but I see your point and I think it's valid, just not for me. And since life is a personal journey, I'd just point out that there's no one universal way to live it. What we might perceive as passive can be very active but in a different way. Anyways, this was a passage feom a great book about the pilgrimage of life, I'd recommend to check out if you're interested. 😁

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Death ☠️ Just kidding 😂

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Hah! No…. You literally sound like just a passive traveler in your own life…. What is the point of it for you, to just wait to die? Are you building a legacy which will outlast you? Are you leaving the world a better place than when you found it? The point of life is to live…. What you’re describing is just “not dying”….

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@Gurteg Is it about living or about leaving something behind? I mean, do you really believe that leaving something behind will improve the human condition? That's the question.

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