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Question: Life!.!.!.its all a game!?
i feel like my whole life has been a game!.!.!.ive had to play it right to get what i wanted!.!.!.and i got very far!.!.!.but i dont want to play anymore
i read that life is an experience and there is no winners/losers its just an experience!.!.and u live!.!.!.
i feel like without winning i am nothing!.!.its scary!.!.i know its selfish but itsjust how ive lived my life
i want tostep off of the game and just be but i dont know how to do that!.!.does anyone hereknwo what im talking aboutWww@QuestionHome@Com
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HEY! listen man, I know EXACTLY what you mean!. This is a lot of where the movement in the 60's came from!. Why do we have to adhere to the standards of society!? The short answer is we don't!.
You have to let go of that need to feel like you are winning!. What are you winning anyway!? At what price!?
Sit back for a minute and just imagine your life where you get to say the things you want, where you don't care about other's opinion of you and you are free!. The need to "win" as you are describing it is purely a construction of society!. You see others "winning" and feel like you have to keep up!.
Let me ask you this:
If you won an award, and no one knew you won it, what good would it be!?
"Winning" is only appreciated if there are others to witness it, without others, it's just you being proud of something you accomplished!. Instead of being concerned over others, try enjoying yourself and try day by day to reach that self of yours where you get to be the way you wish you could be!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Yes, I know exactly what you mean!. I was miserable a year ago!. I was a hater!. I wanted to be first!. When driving my car on the interstate, when at work, in social life!. I just wanted so much out of life!. Then i almost died!. Wrecked my car 80 mph hit a pole, cut the car in half!. i should have been dead!. I started to appreciate life!. i woke up in the mornings and was glad to see the sun!. i knew I could have missed it all!. i appreciated my friends, my family, started focusing on the people who had been there for me!. I started to do nice things for them!. It felt good!. really good!. Now I focus more on me, my mind and my body!.!.!.and still family and friends!. But mostly just appreciate life!. Can you do that!? Is it possible to appreciate the breath you take!? You could have a disease, be disfigured, be mentally challenged!.!.!.all kinds of things to be thankful for!. try it you might be surprised!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
life is life, its not a game!. the only winners are those who get to live long and meaningful lives and since the only way to "win" is to not die, were all losers!. but at least you get a shot at trying not to die!. alot of people never even got that chance!. be greatful!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
What disease do u have!? Sweetie, please get proffesional help!.!.!.!.!.!.!.My husband comitted suicide 5 yrs!. ago, I know that wanting to give up feeling!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.honest to God!. You are here for a reason, and that reason is NOT to die by ur own doing!. I have felt this very way myself, and its an awful feeling!. I hope Iam not stepping on ur toes, 'per se!.
I also beleive that everyone has to find there "own" reason for their life, mine is being a mom!. lol We are all here for a reason!.!.!.!.!.!.!.you're might be right under ur nose!. Let me give u this number!.!.!.!.!.!.1800suicide!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.:)Www@QuestionHome@Com
yes!. youre a product of modern western soceity!. as am i!.
break free from expectations!. its your only hope dude!.
Living is an art!. youve got your canvas and ive got mine!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
You "feel game" which is a step or more above depression-feeling!.
If you have the notion "Winner" or "Loser," that can be turned against you, in terms of times of depression!.
Wanting to "step off the game" is not necessarily self-murdering, perhaps simply "Stop the world, I want to get off (the merry-go-round)!."
What is sometimes superficially termed a "mid-life crisis" is actually one's soul awareness warning that one needs to be more than the "rich man" or "Saint Martha" who is not "keeping the thing that will not be taken away!."
You seek some additional opinions and perspectives!.!.!.!.
Here is a selection:
http://www!.carolbowman!.com
http://www!.dreamviews!.com
"The Masters and Their Retreats" and "The Path of the Higher Self," Mark Prophet
"Testimony of Light," Helen Greaves
"The Great Divorce," C!. S!. Lewis
"Man, Master of His Destiny," O!. M!. Aivanhov
"Watch Your Dreams" and "Men in White Apparel," Ann Ree Colton
"The Master of Lucid Dreams," Dr!. Olga Kharitidi
"The Reincarnation of Edgar Cayce!?", Free and Wilcock, http://www!.divinecosmos!.com
"Life before Life," Jim Tucker, M!.D!.
"Babies Remember Birth," David Chamberlain, Ph!.D!.
"Expecting Adam," Martha Beck
Giving a call to 1-800-232-6459 http://www!.family!.org during business hours Mountain Time, M-F, ask for Counseling dept!., give your story and concerns!. They will provide good, trusted local counseling resources!.Www@QuestionHome@Com