soulonfire, how bout some paragraphs?

suffering is part of the journey. no shortcuts. ill kill myself with stress, cigarettes, and booze ty.

Have you even considered Buddhism?

Is it?

It's the first of the "Four Noble Truths" of Buddhism:


1. All Life is Suffering.


I dunno about all life...but puberty sure was tough.

Hmm... well, no disrespec' or nuffink, but that philosophy can be taken out of context (as in life is suffering when compared to the joy of what is after, or whatever); or some introspective mumbo-jumbo from someone missing the good stuff of here and now.

IMHO, of course.

Good luck. We're all counting on you.

Yeah well, my quote was a HUGE oversimplification of that philosophy.

I think it's more like, as a condition of existence (and because all things are impermanent) so all sentient creatures will undergo suffering. (Pain, loss, sadness, death, etc...)

As opposed to "Life is nothing but misery, then you die.", it's more like "Life has a lot of pain in it...it's just a fact. We live, love, lose and die. Can't avoid it."

But there is pie...

"Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently selling something."

i think i have decided to stop being anything but a smartass on this site. ill just take it all in and make fun of it. like i should have done from the beginning

Good to know.

my turn for lyrics...
Life Sentence-DeadKennedys

Unfortunately, Jello Biafra is now something like 55...

You've got a long way to go before you rate as a smartass.

My oldest daughter and I went to a reading Tuesday night of passages from banned and challenged books...we both really loved it, but she told be that this was the best part (well, she said it tied with Studs Terkel, and Jodi Picoult..):