[quote]Professor X wrote:
orion wrote:
ElbowStrike wrote:
There’s no such thing as maturity, just age.
If you still laugh at fart jokes after highschool you are inmature.
…or humorless and boring.[/quote]
Yup.
This is a good thread.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Hagar wrote:
duece wrote:
Professor X wrote:
Living your life according to someone else’s philosophy could be the greatest mistake anyone could make.
It could also be the best choice. Depends on the philosophy, not all are equal. For example, I’ve known lots of people who were alcoholics and drugies, the ones that adopted some one else’s philosophy (AA, religion) and showed humility got better and happier. The one’s that didn’t, never got better.
As long as you are taking single sentences out of context of everything else written, maybe you should also add in:
As long as you are progressing in a positive direction and working hard towards a goal, why should anyone think they need to “grow up” by anyone else’s standards?
Would alcoholics and drug addicts fall into the “positive direction” category?[/quote]
Alright I hear what your saying Prof. X. I never disagreed with you. I’m just providing some balance. I think life can be improved by adopting another’s philosophy even if your headed in a positive direction.
Just because one is working hard towards a goal doesn’t mean that there’s no room for improvements in other aspects of life.
Yes making someone else’s philosophy can mess things up but I see more people blame the philosophy when things go wrong and not themselves. They take some aspect of the philosophy and apply it to their life. Problem is they have too many character flaws.
They could work their asses off and accomplish all sorts of shit but they’re still too self centered or they lack good judgment on certain things. How ever good the philosophy is, it’s doomed to failure because of the individual.
There are many people out there that have a lot of good things to share. I just don’t want to see people close their minds too because they think their too smart. Yes shit does happen and there’s a risk things might not work out but if I was so worried about it I’d stay at home all the time where its safe.
How can you tell if a scuba diver ripped one?
He’ll look like this ^^ (picture)
[quote]orion wrote:
ElbowStrike wrote:
There’s no such thing as maturity, just age.
If you still laugh at fart jokes after highschool you are inmature.[/quote]
Man. That was a HORRIBLE joke. Not even witty.
[quote]duece wrote:
Professor X wrote:
Living your life according to someone else’s philosophy could be the greatest mistake anyone could make. Not knowing when you are truly ready for certain responsibilities would be another.
It that ain’t the frickin’ truth. As powerful as any of the Strong Words posted on T-Nation.[/quote]
Some people will never know if they are truly ready for certain responsibilities until they try, some people live their whole life wondering but never try.
[quote]Mick28 wrote:
Now that I’m at the end of your retort I wonder why you even bothered.
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I bothered because of the potential downsides you listed initially. I bothered because I felt that needed to be balanced out, especially since everyone doesn’t even have to get married to be happy.
If you are in a happy marriage, I am very glad for you. I hope it stays that way for the rest of both of your lives. I also wonder whether the friend you mentioned is anywhere near as ‘unhappy’ as you painted him to be.
Well Friday was my last day of High School, and I was talking to a very good friend, who is also the Chem Teacher, his advice is, don’t ever grow up, learn a lot, be just as curious as you ever been Carlos, but don’t ever grow up.
I’m going to take that to heart for the rest of my life.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
I know some very immature people who got married early. One of them, only 22 now, is getting a divorce…and has three kids…and has no education…and is getting out of the military. Maturity has jack shit to do with getting married.
In my clinic alone I know of three people who have gotten divorced in the last 2 years and two others who seem to be headed in that direction. Needless to say, I’m glad I don’t have that drama in my life right now. As long as you are progressing in a positive direction and working hard towards a goal, why should anyone think they need to “grow up” by anyone else’s standards?
I have no intentions of growing up…at least as far as what that traditionally means as far as “priorities” or mentality. I am glad I worked my ass off to get to a certain place career-wise long before I worried about kids and a family. I know a ton of people who had kids early, even before they ever even graduated high school, and life doesn’t seem to be all roses for them.
Living your life according to someone else’s philosophy could be the greatest mistake anyone could make. Not knowing when you are truly ready for certain responsibilities would be another.[/quote]
I agree. Everyone moves at their own pace, and trying to move either too fast or too slowly because you think that you should is a big fucking mistake.
I’ve always thought of where I want to be in twenty years, and have worked towards getting there. However, goals may change along the way, things may change…fuck me, I might not even be alive.
So settling down, in this life that is far too short as it is, does not have to be a priority. Few and far between are the men who don’t have any instances of saying, “I wish I had done that…”
I want to be old with a lot of stories and great experiences. Scars and memories are all we hold with us.