Everything is futile?
I can't say I agree with that. I'm a firm believer that everything has a point: the good, the bad, and the downright ugly. Every good thing that happens has a point, and every bad thing we suffer through has a point (and it's not, I repeat, NOT all because we deserved it). I've heard (and I believe!) that there are three reasons why bad things happen: first off because of the choices that someone else has made. No one can control that-why would you want to?! Individuals always have their agency, and that is such an important thing in life- it gives it meaning!!- henceforth dispelling some of this futility of existence problem. And a person can't blame the "futility" of one's own existence on another's actions either, since we can decide for ourselves how we act, either in response, or personal initiative. One of the best teachers I have ever had said something that has stuck with me ever since (obviously, or I wouldn't be writing it): "You can either act or be acted upon. It's your decision."
Second: because of choices you make. I should not be surprised or frustrated that there is something (I haven't decided what yet- right now it's more of a bush, but it is well on its way to tree status) LIVING on my counter if my roommates and I take the chili out of the fridge and leave it sitting on the counter for a few weeks. Scary? yes. Scarier-we left it over Thanksgiving break. Yuk. Suffer the consequences.
Third reason: we need to learn something. I've noticed that when a negative situation in my life consistently keeps happening, it is best to try and see what I could learn from the situation and go from there, because whatever it is will persist until I get it right. And then I guess I need to add a semi-fourth reason: because it is just a natural law and it is something that happens. I have a friend who recently had his wisdom teeth out and he was absolutely miserable for about a day. I'd say he suffered some pretty extreme pain, since he is anti-pill and refused to even fill his prescription of Vicadin. I guess that could fall into the second category of suffering because of a personal choice, BUT wisdom teeth are also a natural phenomenon. Pretty much everyone has them and has to deal with some degree of suffering incited by them just because it is natural to have them. It is just something that happens just because.
Since I've already gotten this far in, I guess I'll just keep going. I've already written my thoughts on Ecclesiastes: I've heard that at least part of it was written to show what the world would be like if it wasn't for Christ. Everything we do would be pointless. Because there would be no reason for us to be here other to exist for whatever time we are alloted, or else we would not have a chance of making it anywhere but Hell, since there would be no one to save us from our sins. Anyhow, random tangent aside, Ecclesiastes could possibly be saying that because of Christ, life is not futile? I've already said I don't believe life is futile. I believe it has a point, and I think it is a gift, and what we do with it is up to us as individuals.
from Calvin & Hobbes- Bill Wallace**sidenote- if you have never read Calvin & Hobbes... you need to : ) check it out at:
http://www.ucomics.com/calvinandhobbes/
Click on the comic for a clearer view of it
Second: because of choices you make. I should not be surprised or frustrated that there is something (I haven't decided what yet- right now it's more of a bush, but it is well on its way to tree status) LIVING on my counter if my roommates and I take the chili out of the fridge and leave it sitting on the counter for a few weeks. Scary? yes. Scarier-we left it over Thanksgiving break. Yuk. Suffer the consequences.
Third reason: we need to learn something. I've noticed that when a negative situation in my life consistently keeps happening, it is best to try and see what I could learn from the situation and go from there, because whatever it is will persist until I get it right. And then I guess I need to add a semi-fourth reason: because it is just a natural law and it is something that happens. I have a friend who recently had his wisdom teeth out and he was absolutely miserable for about a day. I'd say he suffered some pretty extreme pain, since he is anti-pill and refused to even fill his prescription of Vicadin. I guess that could fall into the second category of suffering because of a personal choice, BUT wisdom teeth are also a natural phenomenon. Pretty much everyone has them and has to deal with some degree of suffering incited by them just because it is natural to have them. It is just something that happens just because.
Since I've already gotten this far in, I guess I'll just keep going. I've already written my thoughts on Ecclesiastes: I've heard that at least part of it was written to show what the world would be like if it wasn't for Christ. Everything we do would be pointless. Because there would be no reason for us to be here other to exist for whatever time we are alloted, or else we would not have a chance of making it anywhere but Hell, since there would be no one to save us from our sins. Anyhow, random tangent aside, Ecclesiastes could possibly be saying that because of Christ, life is not futile? I've already said I don't believe life is futile. I believe it has a point, and I think it is a gift, and what we do with it is up to us as individuals.
from Calvin & Hobbes- Bill Wallace**sidenote- if you have never read Calvin & Hobbes... you need to : ) check it out at:http://www.ucomics.com/calvinandhobbes/
Click on the comic for a clearer view of it
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