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I heard a really similar thing about suffering – which can be a decision if you want it to be. Choose what you'll suffer for, or someone else will choose for y
by RickS 8y ago
I heard a really similar thing about suffering – which can be a decision if you want it to be.
Choose what you'll suffer for, or someone else will choose for you. In other words, you're going to hurt, and struggle, and have your patience tried for something. Pick something you actually want and suffer intentionally for it, or you'll suffer for nothing as a consequence of trying to avoid hardship.
- drieddust 8y agoI am stealing this quote from you. It is print worthy. On similar lines I have started to feel that happy life is not necessarily a good life. Often they don't gel together well. Unhappy struggle for the principle is way better than living a false Facebook Happy Life.
- RickS 8y agoI don't own that quote – I wish I could claim to have known that innately rather than having to hear and learn it in times of pain. The thing you said about happy life not being good life is dead on IMO. Happiness != comfort != meaning. Optimize for meaning. I didn't attribute this quote because hackernews relentlessly downvotes him, but I learned all of this from Jordan Peterson, who has done more than most other people for helping me unfuck my life and be a better man. He's a problematic dude sometimes, including his takes on climate science, but his youtube courses Maps of Meaning are immensely insightful if you're willing to suspend disbelief and listen abstractly and in good faith.
- drieddust 8y agoThanks Watched introduction and he seems like a reasonable man. Guess he have his blindspots.
- tucaz 8y agoUpvoted for mentioning JP. Great guy. Really interesting insights and ideas. Every word he says has a meaning. It is really hard to listen to someone like him talking. You have to pay attention to each word because that will change the meaning of the whole thing. He uses meaningful and precise words. Not just empty and unfounded ideas. edit: now I see how it works. Got downvoted for mentioning JP.
- quickthrower2 8y agoSounds like the Subtle Art Of Not Giving A Fuck book. It’s core premise is this.