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<blockquote data-quote="Thomas More" data-source="post: 1277110" data-attributes="member: 8402">I face this question personally in my life. I'm tempted to think life is meaningless, and all I have left to do is indulge in hedonism until I grow old and die. I am bitter towards God over the way things are, so it's difficult to adopt some kind of spiritual perspective that allows me to accept things and trust that all things work for good in the end.However, having thought about it a lot, I feel this perspective is not accurate, as compelling as it may seem. I think the tendency to feel this is a sign of depression. If you are not depressed, then life is naturally interesting and you naturally want to do interesting things and spend time with people having fun and building your life.You may say an optimistic approach to life comes with being young and naive, but you learn how pointless everything is when you get older. However, I don't think this is inevitably true. It may seem true, but I guess I have some faith that it is not true on the ideal level.In my life, I am trying to get healthy, cut out drinking, and to condition my mind to dwell on things that are good and wholesome and outgoing. I try to push myself towards engaging the world with projects and people, as opposed to sitting in bars drinking or pursuing other escapist activities. I've had mixed success in doing this, but I think it's the right way to approach things, and I'm going to keep trying.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Thomas More, post: 1277110, member: 8402"] I face this question personally in my life. I'm tempted to think life is meaningless, and all I have left to do is indulge in hedonism until I grow old and die. I am bitter towards God over the way things are, so it's difficult to adopt some kind of spiritual perspective that allows me to accept things and trust that all things work for good in the end. However, having thought about it a lot, I feel this perspective is not accurate, as compelling as it may seem. I think the tendency to feel this is a sign of depression. If you are not depressed, then life is naturally interesting and you naturally want to do interesting things and spend time with people having fun and building your life. You may say an optimistic approach to life comes with being young and naive, but you learn how pointless everything is when you get older. However, I don't think this is inevitably true. It may seem true, but I guess I have some faith that it is not true on the ideal level. In my life, I am trying to get healthy, cut out drinking, and to condition my mind to dwell on things that are good and wholesome and outgoing. I try to push myself towards engaging the world with projects and people, as opposed to sitting in bars drinking or pursuing other escapist activities. I've had mixed success in doing this, but I think it's the right way to approach things, and I'm going to keep trying. [/QUOTE]

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