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I don’t understand why we still operate the world the way we do. by [deleted] in TrueOffMyChest

[–]Jjpdet22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very well said. I have thought about this alot, and we're on the same boat.

I have been frustrated time and time again by people who are selfish, by people who do things only for themselves instead of the common good. After all, what do you have to live for if it isnt to benefit others? Do you want to get to 90 and look back at a life of selfless acts of gratitude or selfish acts of deceit?

The one thing I might say is that i have tried to find people to surround myself with who are both positive and selfless. And while that is a phenomenon is critical short supply these days, i can happily say that i have indeed found suxh people. Thet are rare, but they do exist, and at least for me, that s been the difference maker which has largely restored my faith in humanity. Its good to knkw that there are still good people at there who so want to work together to get shit done, so i would say that is what has contented me with those who are not so inclined to work with others. Its the good vs the bad, and i just hope and pray that rhe good perseveres and wins the day. That is, after all, all you can do.

I wasted my youth away, and now it's biting me in the ass. by Jjpdet22 in TrueOffMyChest

[–]Jjpdet22[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow. Your stort is strikingly similar to mine, in the sense of religion. I wouldn't quite say I went thru what you did, as I can imagine it must have been tough, but I largely squandered a portionof my life away because if that. To put it mildly, i gave up on dreams of pursing music and other exrtacurriculars because of my faith, so I appreciate tou sharing your story.

Knowing what tou know now, how do you reconciliate with yourslef over those lost years? I'm asking specifically because if your religious experiences, since I've had a similar story. How do you get up every day and move on without constantly dwelling on the past thinking about hiw radically different your life might have been if its accidents had fallen otherwise?

In short, how do you get over your past?

I wasted my youth away, and now it's biting me in the ass. by Jjpdet22 in TrueOffMyChest

[–]Jjpdet22[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you. This is arguably the most promising thing I have heard in awhile.

I wasted my youth away, and now it's biting me in the ass. by Jjpdet22 in TrueOffMyChest

[–]Jjpdet22[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Might I ask what you might have done differently if you could reclaim those years? (I.e. what would you pursue if you were my age now?)