not that i agree w/ everything in it, but the following essay is related: http://www.oftwominds.com/blogjun10/Eric-Andrews06-10.html
codebreaker wrote: > obvious - because you were brought up in lazy-a$$ U$A by kool-aid > drinking sheeple brainwashed into thinking life is scary (it's safer to > sit back, consume, and watch other people live). gotta bust through the > lazy sheen and foggy maryj brain. recognition is first - good! hard work > (in whatever form) is next. don't worry, it may not be fun, but it's > satisfying; and you will have some laughs along the way. more than > slogging through your day, anyway. i'm in the same boat, more or less, > fighting through my fear of life, trying to have some fun and be some > one, right ... now! > CODEBREAKER > > marc garrett wrote: > >> Why Can't I Feel What I See? >> >> What is the happiness that has eluded our generation? >> >> Jeffrey Andreoni >> >> I can’t keep up with my grandfather. Whenever I see him, he’s rushing >> off to the gym, going on a fishing trip or taking his “baby doll” out on >> a date. My grandfather is 87 (his baby doll is 90) and he’s one of the >> happiest people I know. At 32, my gleeful disposition seems to decrease >> in inverse proportion to my years, and I’m left wondering how my >> grandfather, who grew up poor in Hell’s Kitchen and fought overseas, is >> so much more youthful and energetic than I am. >> >> Psychologist Martin Seligman conducted two studies in the 70s in which >> people of different age groups were asked about depression. Comparing >> the responses of different generations, Seligman found that younger >> people were far more likely to have experienced depression than older >> people. In fact, one study found that those born in the middle third of >> the 20th century were ten times more likely to suffer from severe >> depression than those born in the first third. So statistically, my >> grandfather is more likely to be happy than me. >> >> I don’t get it. I was the first kid on my block to have a Nintendo. I >> got a car on my 16th birthday. I didn’t have to work a single day in >> college (unless you count selling homemade bongs at Phish concerts). My >> grandfather grew up with nothing. He had to drop out of high school >> during the Depression to help his family get by, earning money shining >> the shoes of drunks at a local saloon. Why is my generation, one of >> relative privilege and wealth, experiencing higher rates of depression >> than any previous generation? >> >> more... >> https://www.adbusters.org/magazine/89/why-cant-i-feel-what-i-see.html >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
