Read it here.
Here is a snippet: "Wow. No God. If mum had lied to me about God, had she also lied to me about Santa? Yes, of course, but who cares? The gifts kept coming. And so did the gifts of my new found atheism. The gifts of truth, science, nature. The real beauty of this world. I learned of evolution – a theory so simple that only England’s greatest genius could have come up with it. Evolution of plants, animals and us – with imagination, free will, love, humor. I no longer needed a reason for my existence, just a reason to live. And imagination, free will, love, humor, fun, music, sports, beer and pizza are all good enough reasons for living."
'Tis the season and all that. BTW... I am having a VERY hard time being anything other than depressed this Holiday season. If I could just randomly punch passers-by in the face I would. Can't really say why I am so angry... I really don't know. All I do know is that if slipping into a coma for the next three weeks were offered; I should instantly close with such a deal.
Bah, fucking, humbug!
HH =)
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that comatose option is available. i'm guessing it will take about 20 jeigermeister shots. sounds like i'd better drive tonight.
lol-- don't tempt me.
I hope you're doing better now, it's been a few weeks. Or perhaps you are just emerging from your jeigermeister coma.
I love the part of that quote where he says, he know longer needs the reason to live, just the will and that this will can be found nearly anywhere, (pizza and beer even) But this "will to live" isn't necessarily a static state. More like ebb and flow. For me, some days I rush out to greet the day, like I'm greeting it with a huge welcome embrace. Other days, its more like I wish to simply endure the waking hours without doing too much harm to myself or anyone else so I can go back to bed and become unconscious again. But maybe both kind of days, and every kind of day in between, can have their particular kind of beauty and meaning.
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