With that attitude it's no wonder if everything looks bleak to you. :)
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With that attitude it's no wonder if everything looks bleak to you. :)
The Sooner you conform to peoples views of "the Perfect Person" the sooner you lose yourself.
I think that people is getting just tired and hope can't be fed like a medicine, and it's not something endless and inexhaustible.
And having the perception that everything in the World is going down the toilet, from the climate, to the overall quality of life, to wars, to natural disasters doesn't help.
You can smile to people how much you want, but there's a time when people get home, switch the TV on and see only horrible things that add to the little and big things of everyone's life.
You can bury your head in the sands like ostrich, but your bum remain exposed, if you know what I mean.
There's this kind of fear to become a mechanic shadow, that either alienates from the world or gets cynically immune to things or just doesn't care.
That's where sometimes I see we're going straight.
Obviously there are areas where this feeling, this kind of life, is perceived with different degrees, diverse sensitivity...but that's not good overall.
There aren't pure oasis of peace :(
Edit: @Kernel
World doesn't need perfection, it needs a will to get better, perfection is a point of idleness, of no motion, no progress, no evolution, though the direction, or just the concept of perfection is clearly messed up.
Gray? The world is full of rainbows!
Yeah, world is even full of hallucinogen stuff Brem :p
That has only a temporarily effect though :p
And some undesired overcomes :D
So you're saying...i'm high?
Touche..
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Originally Posted by OmegaSlayer
thats what i meant :D
I don't really think about it like this. The world isn't really changing, if you look back over the last, however many years, there have always been murduers, natural disasters, etc. Anyways.
I do agree that in some ways people are having a more depressed outlook on life. That's because some people just have really bad situations, or are living in tough times. I know that I still see the world as a good happy place. It compleltley depends on your outlook of life. The WORLD it self isn't changing. What the world can change its additude now? It would be the people in it that are different. maybe less people walk around with a smile on their face because when they did, they go a frown in return from the people they smile to. This eventually will have the same effect on that person.
Or they'll look at the person who smiled at them, Feel Paranoid and recede within themselves...Quote:
Originally Posted by larochepower
Exactly! :PQuote:
Originally Posted by KernelM
The world is always changing, evolving.
Because it's human nature to go "somewhere else", I can't feel like sayin' forward.
And while we can agree that history repeats itself, even the same mistakes are brought back.
Eh, we're getting better at this whole humanity thing. It's not good now, but it was worse back then. Our generation's going to grow up soon, and us Internet dwellers will rule and provide the world with the awesome it needs to advance as a society.
But yeah, lack of jokes. Must be situational, though.
Look, look, look. I too see how the world is getting so bleak. I started noticing it around last Halloween actually. There really wasn't much talk about the holiday around, and the same happened on Christmas.
But I have sayings I tell myself, "The true meaning of life, is the meaning you give it." And "Sure someone just got robbed, but someone had to come happy out of it."
I'm a bit of a believer in Karma, not too much, but when something gets me down I always look at the silver lining.
I look at it this way. When you've fallen as low as you can, the only other way to go is up. Sure, some joker can look at this and go something like, "NoT If YoU DiG A HoLe." But that's their inner downer trying to get to them.
But hey, go hang out with some friends and do something fun together, don't just hang out, actually DO something. More than likely, it'll cheer you up. :D
I'll just leave this here. :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tiynTPuUUM
Remember tho that as kinds, we're more lucky-go carefree people, and can percieve that our childhood was when everything was more fun, when its really about the same, you just have a lot more worries and problems as of now, and seen more things than as a child, so you're not amused as easly, so in short, its pretty much a perception problem than a world problem. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by OmegaSlayer
That is true and our memories are selective. Our minds try to remeber the good stuff and forget the bad. We then get left with happy memories of childhood making us think it was good.
The more I drink the more I enjoy life.
Take from that what you will. Although maybe that is more down to the fact that I drink when I'm out with mates, and when I'm out with mates I'm having fun. All is good.
I never thought that alterating my perceptions via substances or alcohol could increase my happyness, since it's only temporary, and it makes your happyness related to the consumption of the stuff, than I'm happy and I understand and appreciate things when I'm sober.
So alcohol distorts your perception of reality for a while, but the reality is always the same, the only things that changes is how something else made you look at it.
Not counting how much unpleasent the sheer egoism related to the decay of inhibition, could become for the people who's around you.
So happier you, most sad who's around you.
Not quiet the coolest move to make a better world in my humble opinion.
I'm not against alcohol or whatever, but totally against the habit.
Sometimes the world can be dreary...But it's the little things, like a smile from a stranger or an act of kindness from a friend, that really brighten it up. When you've got friends or family or even a big community that cares about you, it's as fun or happy as you make it to be. So if you keep your chin high and your attitude great towards others, they might just follow suit, and those "little things" may turn out to be bigger things.
I've felt the same way today, dude.
Sometimes in life, you hit points like these when you feel down in the gutter and all drab. Things may look bleak- heck, even down-right depressing- but, like a shift in the weather, it doesn't last forever. They change. And just like the clouds that constantly shift and change in the sky above, so will this phase.
Right now, to be honest, the world isn't exactly a happy place. I mean, Japan's still recovering, Libya is warring with itself and the economy still needs to get better. But in times like these, there's always one prevailing factor: hope. That ever-present optimistic feeling of doing the right thing when situations arise. The world has grown wiser from its 20th century strides, and I'm quite confident that these problems will be swiftly dealt with and done in a sensible, righteous manner. Give it time, and the wounds will heal.
This is perfectly normal for anyone. Sometimes you have good days; sometimes you don't. But like everyone else has said, you just need to put things in a different, brighter light. And, I can assure you, you'll feel better in no time. :)
Thanks everyone, but seriously people, this is not "give Omega advices for his wrongly presumed depression :p", since all the answer seems addressed to my perception :)
It's just "who" you see around and how you see them when you get out of your home.
What you see on TV, on the net.
Cryogen said a thing that I noticed too, this X-Mas passed really without leaving a mark, we have not Helloween in Italy, but our Carnival passed away unnoticed too.
It seems that people doesn't even want to party anymore...just my thoughts.