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My sister's reminder to keep things in perspective (Original Post) Scuba Dec 2013 OP
Thank you! SouthernLiberal Dec 2013 #1
and your existence is absurd and pointless The2ndWheel Dec 2013 #2
Mine certainly is! Scuba Dec 2013 #3
No. You made me laugh just now when I needed a laugh, loudsue Dec 2013 #8
Thanks. Back atcha! Scuba Dec 2013 #9
Good reminder, along with the Earth as one blue pixel as seen by Voyager. Warpy Dec 2013 #4
Very good reminder! logosoco Dec 2013 #5
I blame myself because... TreasonousBastard Dec 2013 #6
actually I was there er million years ago. grantcart Dec 2013 #7
that's Sag A*! aieeee! MisterP Dec 2013 #10
So is the sum total of everything that everyone ever did, hoped, or dreamed of, Egalitarian Thug Dec 2013 #11

loudsue

(14,087 posts)
8. No. You made me laugh just now when I needed a laugh,
Thu Dec 26, 2013, 03:35 PM
Dec 2013

and you shared your sister's wisdom at just the right moment for me.

So, as far as I'm concerned...you're good!

Warpy

(111,341 posts)
4. Good reminder, along with the Earth as one blue pixel as seen by Voyager.
Thu Dec 26, 2013, 01:06 PM
Dec 2013

I comfort myself with the fact that a century from now, no one will remember I was ever here.

It's very comforting when I screw something up.

logosoco

(3,208 posts)
5. Very good reminder!
Thu Dec 26, 2013, 01:48 PM
Dec 2013

Sometimes when i get too worked up, I close my eyes and tell myself we are all made of stardust and connected with love.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
6. I blame myself because...
Thu Dec 26, 2013, 02:01 PM
Dec 2013

you are all figments of my imagination and I must work to better that imagination.

(Solipsism has its downfalls along with its rewards.)

 

Egalitarian Thug

(12,448 posts)
11. So is the sum total of everything that everyone ever did, hoped, or dreamed of,
Thu Dec 26, 2013, 04:23 PM
Dec 2013

and it is run by psychopaths that possess the capacity an will to wipe it all out, forever.

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