Your nirvana?

[Betheny]

I'm just wondering what you folks' various ideas of 'the good life' is. Not the religious 'when you die' kind of heaven, but where you'd like to be, w hat you'd like to accomplish before you die, and what you'd like to be remembered for. That kind of thing.

Personally, my idea of the good life is living comfortably, surrounded by persons that I honestly love and care about and that care about me. I'd go into what I'd like to be remembered for, except there are persons here that would simply ridicule me, so I'll keep that to myself.

[Bobmuhthol]

Living alone. Forever. And I can make women magically appear. And then eat pizza and drink soda forever.

Other than that, I don't care how I live, I just want to not be bothered by idiots and get a bunch of money.

[Meos]

Have ya ever seen that saterday night live skit with Will Farrel as the yoga student.......?

[Betheny]

:shrug: nope.

[Meos]

Uch I gotta explain this for you, this is gonna kill my joke.... he finally learns how to suck his own dick....

[Sean]

It's funny, thats quite a lofty goal there Meos.

Personally I just want to be happy without infringing on anyone elses happiness. Material wealth isn't really important to me, as long as I have enough to take care of myself and those I love and care for.

As for what I want to remeber for? Recently someone close to me died and it occured to me that what everyon remebered him for was just bringing people together. He wasn't rich he wasn't the best guy. But he had this ability to enjoy life to its fullest and just make friends and just bring everyone together.

I guess what it comes down to is I just want to live life, enjoy the simple pleasures, and I'd rather be rich in friends and family than money and cars.

[Edaarin]

Money buys happiness.

Maybe I'm just cynical like that.

[Mint]

Yeah, what Tijay said. I guess I am pretty happy with the way my life is now so don't really have any burning desire for more. Or maybe I am just not a deep thinker. :?:

[Drew2]

I want to matter.

Then I'll be happy.

[Kitsun]

I want to earn enough money to retire and play video games all day, feed myself on nice burgers and drink those hella sweet frozen slushy cherry cokes from burger king.

[Mint]

Originally posted by Kitsun
I want to earn enough money to retire and play video games all day, feed myself on nice burgers and drink those hella sweet frozen slushy cherry cokes from burger king.

That made me wonder...do you think we will lose interest in gaming when we get old? I mean I love it but most older people do not, maybe because they did not grow up on playstation. Since most of this generation has, will there be millions of 70 year old gamers eventually? Hm, maybe I AM a deep thinker. LOL

[Miss X]

I want to fall in love for real (not sure if I ever have, and I guess if I'm not sure, then I probably havn't) I want to have children and look after them and stuff.
I'l be happy if I never settle into the 9-5 routine that I hate so much, I hope I never lose the passion I have for my beliefs and that I'm never a slave to the system I despise. I want to still believe in socialism in 60 years time. I guess in a lot of ways I want to be like my mother is now, still a socialist and still fighting for what she believes in. If I'm as wise as her, and have done as well as she has when Im old I'l be happy.

One thing that does bug me is the fact that it all has to end. I don't ever want to get to the end of the journey but I know its coming. Depressing....

[HarmNone]

I am pretty satisfied with my life, all in all. I enjoy what I do for a living, and I have sufficient leisure time to spend with family and friends. I am not wealthy, in a monetary sense, but I am able to obtain all of my needs and most of my reasonable wants.

I guess I would like to be remembered as someone who cared, about myself and about others. I would like to be a person who has left footprints on people hearts instead of on their heads.

As an afterthought, I am always amazed to see profound thoughts change as they pass through various minds. Some can make them so much more profound, while others reduce them to the mental equivalent of unset Jello. :D

HarmNone

[SpunGirl]

I like being in places that are conducive to staring and contemplating. Lake Powell (Utah/Arizona) is a good place for this, especially in Padre Canyon or up in Warm Creek. There was a place I went in Portugal that was right outside of Lisbon. It was the top top top top of this really high cliff, and it's advertised as the easternmost point in Europe. The edge of it was marked with this really simple wooden cross, which was meant to be like a symbol of protection for the Portuguese (sp?) explorers. I could have sat there for hours.

The abbey in Bath, England was like that too. It's so old it's like you can feel the ghosts in the air, really thick.

The last place I'm thinking of is really weird. It's a rock formation on I-40 right outside Needles that I always pass on the way to California (when I was driving from Flagstaff, that is). It's like a giant semicircle that starts low and rises up, amost like a horseshoe balancing on the edges. It makes me want to pull over and just stare at it, sometimes I do.

Anyway, that kind of stuff makes me happy, it settles my thoughts.

So I guess that's kind of nirvana-ish for me.

-K

[Pierat]

Lets see, um, during the summer I lay out in my hammock and teach sailing from a boston whaler with a car audio system on it and a electric cooler with ice cold drinks. We lay out, get sun, meet girls on the lake I teach on. The "kids" who are learning love hanging out there, and wash my boats, and cars for me out of gratitude of being able to skip out from other things and "chill" with us.
At night, I DJ at local bars with 100's of my friends, a entire bar full of close friends.
Thats my life (During the summer at least)..... And... Its perfect

[Skirmisher]

Money matter yes, but only in as much as it facilitates a great deal. If I were to find myself with a goodly sum of money, my lifestyle wouldnt change remarkably but the thing would be that it COULD.

I, would like to meet and grow old with someone who makes me laugh and challenges me, who supports, but also pushes me when I need it.

I would like to be financialy comfortable enough to enable me to spend a good percentage of my time working with philanthropic organizations helping people who are not able to help themselves to the same degree most of us can. Here in the US to some degree, but moreso abroad is where I would like to spend much of my time.

There is nothing better than helping someone, I mean clearly having a positive impact on someones life. No high can really compare to that.

[Sean]

Originally posted by Skirmisher
There is nothing better than helping someone, I mean clearly having a positive impact on someones life. No high can really compare to that.

skirmisher would know all about that..

on a serious note one of the things id like to accomplish in my lifetime is also travel. im always jealous of people when they tell me where they have been and what they have seen. i just hope when im out of school my job offers me the flexibility to achieve this.

[Latrinsorm]

5 mil in the bank, three sons, keep my legs and hands, stay (reasonably) healthy, keep the band going. That'd do it for me.

[Skirmisher]

Originally posted by Tijay


skirmisher would know all about that..



Someone wants back in the basement.:yes:

And yeah traveling to new places is one of the things that help us most have the appreciation for what we have everyday.

[Xcalibur]

Immortality, an harem, my gf:aww: and my son.

That's all

[Skirmisher]

As long as thats all then.

[Xcalibur]

I'm the kind of guy that doesn't need a lot to be happy :socool:

[Nieninque]

Originally posted by Meos
Uch I gotta explain this for you, this is gonna kill my joke.... he finally learns how to suck his own dick....

Indulge me....why would you wanna?

[Sean]

Originally posted by Nieninque

Originally posted by Meos
Uch I gotta explain this for you, this is gonna kill my joke.... he finally learns how to suck his own dick....

Indulge me....why would you wanna?

Cause women are a pain.

[Skirmisher]

Thats just a rumor.

No truth to it at all.

[Meos]

Thank you Tijay

[TheEschaton]

Originally posted by Edaarin
Money buys happiness.

Maybe I'm just cynical like that.


No, Edaarin, you simply suffer what I like to call IPS....Immigrant Parent Syndrome (of course, making an assumption about your parents). It also applies to Asians in general (and yes, damn it, I'm including "Indians" in the term "Asians").

I had to beat myself with a stick to figure out it wasn't all about the benjamins.

-TheE-

[Kitsun]

Originally posted by Mint
That made me wonder...do you think we will lose interest in gaming when we get old? I mean I love it but most older people do not, maybe because they did not grow up on playstation. Since most of this generation has, will there be millions of 70 year old gamers eventually? Hm, maybe I AM a deep thinker. LOL

I'll be a gamer so long as the arthritis isn't completely crippling.

I'd attribute the non-elderly gamers to the generation gap really. Who knows, maybe the newer generation won't even play games. They'll all be virtual training worlds and we'll be stuck on keyboards and controllers.

Add no arthritis to my list of Nirvana items. Or direct linkups like in the Matrix. Mmmmm gaming without using your hands.

[Latrinsorm]

I want to change mine after seeing the movie Lost in Translation. That is my nirvana. In fact, the only way I can describe the movie is "nirvana".

[Betheny]

Originally posted by Latrinsorm
I want to change mine after seeing the movie Lost in Translation. That is my nirvana. In fact, the only way I can describe the movie is "nirvana".

It's worth seeing then, huh? I might have to rent it. I was a little apprehensive that it might be another American Beauty though. Not that American Beauty was bad, it was good, it just... puts me in a mood when I watch it.

[longshot]

I'm convinced that as soon as I achieve whatever my Nirvana of the moment is, it will cease to be my Nirvana.

I'm most happy when I'm challenged.

I know that I'll never be satisfied with anything for a significant amount of time.

[HarmNone]

Heh. Talking about "old" people...my mother would still be playing GemStone (and other games) if she could, and she is in her 60's. Imagination does not disappear with age, believe me! :D

HarmNone

[Myshel]

Originally posted by longshot
I'm convinced that as soon as I achieve whatever my Nirvana of the moment is, it will cease to be my Nirvana.

I'm most happy when I'm challenged.

I know that I'll never be satisfied with anything for a significant amount of time.

I'm with you, there have been times in my life when things seemed great and I had what I wanted. Then I would always find other things to want and achieve.

[Latrinsorm]

Originally posted by Maimara
It's worth seeing then, huh? I might have to rent it. I was a little apprehensive that it might be another American Beauty though. Not that American Beauty was bad, it was good, it just... puts me in a mood when I watch it. Wellll I think I recommend against seeing it on the small screen. The thing that made the movie was the immersion, which might be difficult to achieve on a TV/computer. I haven't tried it, but better safe than sorry, right? :D