Beyond the Blue Horizon

[amd1953]

I sense that I am approaching the blue horizon.   Even so, it retreats further away from me as if trying to conceal something important from me.   What is there to hide that is worth so much subterfuge?   What is it I need to know in this final stage of life?   Who knows?   Who cares?   Well, I certainly do.   I want to understand everything that comes my way whether it is meant for me or not.   Life is short enough without the sensation of feeling cheated and deceived.   The challenge is to discover how to cut through the nonsense that cloaks its true meaning.   If I were a camel, I would feel at home in the desert.   If I were a dromedary, I would, indeed, feel cheated.   See Wikipedia for camels/dromedaries.   Spoiler alert!   A dromedary only has one hump.   If I were searching for a new home, I would look to the exoplanets.   Cosmologically speaking, a much better place to permanently reside.   The moon would be much too close for comfort.   I am thinking another galaxy would be great.   Certainly within a short drive to the restaurant at the end of the universe for tea and crumpets.   Like Albert Camus, I am a rebel without a cause.   I choose the absurdist rather than the existentialist philosophy.   Everything in this life is engineered towards those with skills, talent and the will to succeed.   I have now lost sight of the blue horizon.   I am in freefall back to earth where I will lie quietly in the lush meadows and star at the blue sky.

amd1953

[amd1953]

Hi mmMeKitty,

There was an error on the page and when I closed the reply window it posted what I had in there.   Not much!

Perhaps they will delete that post.   Anyway, it was nice of you to reply to the post.   Excellent life lessons, I must say.

amd1953

[amd1953]

Hi Pyschdiaries2,

I had my ten lessons ready to go but there was a strange error on the page and when I closed the reply window it decided to post what I had in the window.

Perhaps I could offer my list here.

1.   It is important to know yourself.   Your capabilities and your limitations.

2.  Don't let anyone diminish your self worth.

3.  Try to be patient and tolerant with others.

4   Be gentle and kind of heart.

5.   Give without expecting anything in return

6.   Develop a sense of humour.   You will need it.

7.   Live for today and be happy.

8.   Appreciate what you already have without wanting.

9.   A kind word goes a long way towards helping others.

10.   Goodness is its own reward.

amd1953

[amd1953]

Hello Croix.

I welcome your disagreement with anything I write on here.   Freedom of speech is like a wild animal when it comes to exercising the will to present it to an unsuspecting audience.

amd1953

[mmMekitty]

Hello amd1953,

How's this: Life itself is a lesson in learning. If we learn how to learn & understand that there's is always something we can be learning, we'll never be bored.

& our parents are people too. Indeed, they were people before they became parents. Becoming parents didn't prevent them from continuing to be people.

I especially like having my sense of humour. Learning to laugh at myself has been useful. Maybe I use it as a shield to keep me from feeling embarrassment. I don't know yet. Sometimes, I am aware my humour crosses over to when I feel like playing, & that's me wanting to feel my 'little me', as a happy, cheeky & bold little me living without fear of reproach (etc), able to be alive in ways I'd stopped being when I was young.

Hugzies,

mmMekitty

[amd1953]

Hi mmMeKitty,

I agree that life is certainly a learning lesson.   If we don't learn then we keep making the same mistakes.   Not a good thing.   Yes, parents are sometimes a good role model for their children.   Mine were not interested in much to do with me.   I think a sense of humour is one of the most important things.   Taking life too seriously paints us into a corner.   Some people are just dedicated to not smiling or not seeing the funny side of life.

amd1953

[Happylife]

Hello amd1953,

Love these life lessons, thanks for sharing...

Take care

Happylife

[trying_my_best]

Hi @amd1953 

I loved reading your life lessons! I think they are a great foundation for everyone to expand! 

For me, I have personally been trying to adapt no.3 & 4, into more of a try to be patient and kind to everyone, but also allow yourself the space to keep a distance from anyone who does not have the same respect for you. 

Wishing you the best 🫶

[amd1953]

I used to dream of being released from my present body into something more acceptable.   A life form that met all of the modern requirements for being human.   I craved for acceptance by other human beings that is all I had ever hoped for.   Right from kindergarten, I quickly learned about people and what they were willing to do to me to score points against me.   I never knew what I was supposed to be doing to please everyone else.   Desperately trying to fit in to feel a part of the community.   That was then and during the following decades I finally learned how to shut all of that up in my head.   School and the workplace were places of torture for me because I never knew where the next hit was coming from.   I felt as though I belonged to a caste of untouchables that no one wanted to know or even acknowledge in the street if they walked past them.   In my mind, I always encountered people who had already made up their minds about me even before they had met me.   They just seem to be waiting around every corner and down every alleyway.   Word had already been sent out.   Well, retirement sorted all that out because now I can just ignore the lot of them and live a relatively peaceful and happy life.