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#2) Which is worse: failing or never trying?
Depends on what it is... I think I'd rather never try to climb Mt Everest than die in the attempt, but it's silly to let the fear of failure keep you from, say, trying to learn how to knit. Sometimes the fear of failure is self-preservation in disguise, so both are probably about equal... depending on the circumstance.
#3) If life is so short, why do we do so many things we don't like and like so many things we don't do?
Necessity. Who likes cleaning toilets our taking out the trash? (okay a few people, maybe) Now, how many people want to live in a world where no one ever cleans a toilet our takes out the trash? Would you rather starve, or get money at a job you don't particularly like?
As for the second part, lack of funds, liking too many things, and a complete and utter lack of ability are three big reasons.
Should you spend your life miserable? No. Is it reasonable to expect to never do anything you don't like and always get to do what you want? No.
#4) When all is said and done, have you said more than you have done?
Almost certainly, unless you're a mute or a monk who has taken a vow of silence.
Yes, I know this question is more aimed at the idea of all talk and no action, I just couldn't help myself. Still, it's somewhat telling that people would ask this question in a bit of an attempt to... poo-poo those that don't do, without regard to the fact that it's not always possible to do things. Financial and physical limitations are very real and understandable reasons people can't always do.
#5) What is the one thing you'd most like to change about the world?
Why do I suddenly feel like I'm in a Miss America pageant? Anyone with half a brain realizes there's not one thing, really, on its own that you could change and really improve the world. Everything is so interconnected. You can't stop world hunger without making changes to economic and political systems, and people won't stop killing each other... well, probably not for anything. And let's not forget how sometimes, the solution can be worse than the original problem (voting irregularities, for example, could be eliminated by forming a dictatorship...).
Okay, that's enough for today. Still not feeling any freer, perhaps a bit baffled at the fawning over how insightful these questions are... But your mileage may very. Criticism and comments are welcome.
Depends on what it is... I think I'd rather never try to climb Mt Everest than die in the attempt, but it's silly to let the fear of failure keep you from, say, trying to learn how to knit. Sometimes the fear of failure is self-preservation in disguise, so both are probably about equal... depending on the circumstance.
#3) If life is so short, why do we do so many things we don't like and like so many things we don't do?
Necessity. Who likes cleaning toilets our taking out the trash? (okay a few people, maybe) Now, how many people want to live in a world where no one ever cleans a toilet our takes out the trash? Would you rather starve, or get money at a job you don't particularly like?
As for the second part, lack of funds, liking too many things, and a complete and utter lack of ability are three big reasons.
Should you spend your life miserable? No. Is it reasonable to expect to never do anything you don't like and always get to do what you want? No.
#4) When all is said and done, have you said more than you have done?
Almost certainly, unless you're a mute or a monk who has taken a vow of silence.
Yes, I know this question is more aimed at the idea of all talk and no action, I just couldn't help myself. Still, it's somewhat telling that people would ask this question in a bit of an attempt to... poo-poo those that don't do, without regard to the fact that it's not always possible to do things. Financial and physical limitations are very real and understandable reasons people can't always do.
#5) What is the one thing you'd most like to change about the world?
Why do I suddenly feel like I'm in a Miss America pageant? Anyone with half a brain realizes there's not one thing, really, on its own that you could change and really improve the world. Everything is so interconnected. You can't stop world hunger without making changes to economic and political systems, and people won't stop killing each other... well, probably not for anything. And let's not forget how sometimes, the solution can be worse than the original problem (voting irregularities, for example, could be eliminated by forming a dictatorship...).
Okay, that's enough for today. Still not feeling any freer, perhaps a bit baffled at the fawning over how insightful these questions are... But your mileage may very. Criticism and comments are welcome.