What is the core of your existence?

Sort of what Dan said:

"A man can never enter the same river twice - because he's not the same man, and it's not the same river."

Just to be accepted by others.

The core of my existence? You know I contemplated that a long time, and have come to the conclusion that there is NOTHING at my core. Yes, I have a job I perform, I do it well, don't really care for it, don't really care if I wake up tomorrow either. I rely on antidepressants just to get out of bed, Benzos to get through the day, so in essence, I'm a slave to prescription drugs just to keep from trying to kill myself again and be able to function. So what's my real purpose? IDK, I guess I'm a warning to others about why people who marry into families with upstairs problems should NOT reproduce.

How wonderful it would be, if your emotional suffering, and Tamar's physical pain could be taken away,...and put into Sokar.

Perhaps, someone good with tools lurks this board, and will see this post, and you will serve as their spark of inspiration.

Just by living, you could have sparked a revolution.

You never know.

IDK. I don't think I'm important enough. My last name isn't Romanov, Bourbon, or Hapsburg and suddenly I decide to rally the people to return me to the throne using the mantra; "you're all miserable anyway, now that you've all learned your lessons, you know "I" can't be worse than the EU and Euro."

maybe I'll just get a little high.

that's allegory, btw, although I mean it on more than one level. ya know, like spiritual fulfillment, temperance and indulgence, the unfortunate realities of life, and experiencing what it has to offer.

I'll drink to that. Those revolutions sure solved alot of problems didn't they? Too bad it turns out democracy functions about as well as a legal conference with no one to say, "alright, shut the hell up. I've heard it all, now this is what we're going to do." Certainly not the voters. Let's vote for the same party, just under a different name, flag, or symbol.

Exactly!
Ten years ago, my goal was to escape middle school. Later on it was to graduate high school and get into college. Later I was motivated by wanting to become a doctor, which then changed to wanting to be a researcher.
Now I'm going into a PhD program, and what will keep me going is, I assume, the thought that if I teach, I will influence thousands of lives. Maybe just as a small influence, but every bit helps, right?
Maybe I'll discover something pretty cool and someone will do a magazine article about it.

I guess I'm also trying to see something good in everything, to be happy with all the little things in life. But that's hard to do and it hasn't become a part of my "core" yet, I don't think.

No, that's all career tectonics. Your wants and goals aren't the same as your core. Your core is stagnant. From the sound of it, it sounds like your core is instruction.

Enjoy life. Live life. Experience new things - fun things, not life-threatening things. I'd jump out of a plane, but I don't think I'd bungee jump.

My craft, my loved ones, interchangeably.

If I had a theme song, it would be Tom Petty's "I Won't Back Down."

"Life liberty and the persuit of happiness" perhaps?

I'm surprised John Castle, or Elwood, or somebody didn't post, ah...y'know...

Stagnant? I'd say goal-oriented and driven. I didn't graduate with honors by being stagnant and I certainly didn't get into a difficult PhD program by being stagnant.
And my career field is based on personal research and creativity rather than instruction. I'm looking to be the one giving the orders.
Explain what you mean by stagnant and "instruction" because I am totally at a loss here.

Usually it's a scramble between Marso and Volpone to see who can repeat it most often.

Perhaps.

The core values that drive my existence are all built around the drive to understand and apply the most fundamental truths of human existence. That's probably just a fancy way of saying "Discover the meaning of life," though.

When he says your core is stagnant, he's not saying that you are stagnant, he's saying that a person's core doesn't change.

Music, particularly symphonies, and my long term space opera.
And currently adding being the best boyfriend possible to my girlfriend.

Just to survive another day in the hell I call a life.

Electrical Superstorms!!!!!!

Yeah I wish I thought of that earlyer.

Actually, I know you scrub this board with a Brillo looking for your name, so I toss the occasional one in like that, knowing you'll rep, and show how petty you are.
You were 3 days late on that one chief, didn't stop you.

Wow. Some of you sound pretty depressed.

I can't put my finger on my own answer. I was tempted to say "learning", but that doesn't encompass everything, since there are experiences I'd like to have that don't really fall into that category.

Like being a Capitalist?