Time is running out :uhoh :eek7

Make your mark!

The moment you are born you simultaneously begin the process of dying.

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two words that sum up a pretty nice way to look at and deal with the world...


tikkun olam





time for me to crash, night...

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I believe that the people who clean the toilets are very important people. :2 cents:

I doubt most of these big, bad bling-blingers would last two seconds on a job like that...

:)

Might as well have a good time along the way.

you're probably right.

there is this old Chinese lady and her husband in Banff - anyone who's ever lived in Banff from more than a couple of weeks will know exactly who i'm talking about. i'm quite sure they are illegal immigrants. they make all of their money purely from collecting bottles and pop cans. don't speak a word of English. you can always see her riding around on her bike, carrying a logistically impossible amount of bottles and cans in large garbage bags attached to her bike.

anyway, this couple helps keep Banff as clean as it is (in other words, extremely clean), and they somehow make enough to pay the exorbitant rent (they live in the same complex my brother did when he used to work for me and lived up there - it isn't cheap). i have given her a 100 dollar bill once every year, since 2001. it literally blows her mind, each time. i don't think she thinks i'm a real person, and honestly it's a trippy experience for myself too. i haven't lived there since 2002, but i still end up in Banff a couple of times each year, and i always end up seeing her in the streets (usually early in the morning), and simply hand her a 100 dollar bill. it's the weirdest thing.

regardless, 'there is no such thing as a selfless act'.

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Dude, I don't think I was clear in my last post. The point was, if they can enjoy themselves for that moment they are drinking beer, relaxing & yukking it up with friends JUST AS MUCH as I do when doing fancy schmancy things then the whole point of working as hard as we do is moot. It doesn't take a lot to have a good time. Sure, most people would like to Ski @ Whistler or fuck 2 babes in a Jacuzzi in South Beach but it's possible to have just as much fun hanging in a Wal-mart parking lot after hours with the right people.

Most of us work extra hard because we think that's what we need to do in order to keep on doing the fancy schmancy things that bring us enjoyment when the little things in life can and often do bring just as much enjoyment. Unfortunately our spoiled outlook becomes twisted and we don't take the time out to do those little things... and in the process of not doing them life passes you by... but you don't notice it because you are "working hard."

At the end of the day what do you look back on and smile about, the productive day you had or the meaningful and entertaining time you had doing something you enjoy?

I know my memories are full of good times and those good times fortunately outnumber the large biz accomplishments in my memories. Unfortunately as I get older the opposite is happening because work takes a greater role in life.

That brings me back to Quiet's original post, what is it all for? I say it's for the good times and great memories that come from connecting with people. Money is irrelevant. :glugglug

i would be feeling useless and have no self respect if i were cleaning toilets fulltime for the living.

thats just the way i am raised - get a descent job, status and money and a bitch. don't be scared of pressure of achieving it all.

now who you'd like to be friends with, with a good respected lawyer, or a toilet cleaner. (yeah yeah, it doesnt matter... u ll say)

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i love tossing a $50 or $100 into the sally ann bins. they always shit when they see that and i don't even want a pin. been doing that for years every x-mas - even when i was poor. I agree, i do it for me - not for them. I feel great doing it.

Very nice said. My thoughts also.

you are very right... even thought I'm still pretty young, I've found that level of happiness doesn't at all correlate with income/wealth...

most memorably and fun things I've done in my life were free or required very little money...

when i look back, i completely agree. it's always about the people you were with. the only thing money seems to do is to help put you in the places where you can enjoy it... with others.

To the world, you are but one person... but to one person, you are the world.