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My sister's reminder to keep things in perspective (Original Post)
Scuba
Dec 2013
OP
So is the sum total of everything that everyone ever did, hoped, or dreamed of,
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2013
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SouthernLiberal
(407 posts)1. Thank you!
and your sister
The2ndWheel
(7,947 posts)2. and your existence is absurd and pointless
Scuba
(53,475 posts)3. Mine certainly is!
loudsue
(14,087 posts)8. No. You made me laugh just now when I needed a laugh,
and you shared your sister's wisdom at just the right moment for me.
So, as far as I'm concerned...you're good!
Scuba
(53,475 posts)9. Thanks. Back atcha!
Warpy
(111,341 posts)4. Good reminder, along with the Earth as one blue pixel as seen by Voyager.
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!
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...
you are all figments of my imagination and I must work to better that imagination.
(Solipsism has its downfalls along with its rewards.)
grantcart
(53,061 posts)7. actually I was there er million years ago.
Now I am over here.
MisterP
(23,730 posts)10. that's Sag A*! aieeee!
Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)11. So is the sum total of everything that everyone ever did, hoped, or dreamed of,
and it is run by psychopaths that possess the capacity an will to wipe it all out, forever.