The meaning of LIFE

Douglas Adams, ‘Hitchhiker’s Guide’ and everything (else)

By  Todd Leopold
CNN

Thursday, April 28, 2005 Posted: 7:49 AM EDT (1149 GMT)

That was the answer, according to the Deep Thought computer in Douglas Adams’ "Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy" series.

When
the researchers — cleverly disguised as mice — asked how that could
be the answer to their Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and
Everything, the computer responds, "I think the problem, to be quite
honest with you, is that you’ve never actually known what the question
is."

That’s quite a problem, which hasn’t stopped millennia of
philosophers, theologians, scientists, wits and cranks from coming up
with their own questions (and answers) to the big ball of Life, the
Universe and Everything.

A few of note:

"Life is just one damned thing after another." — Elbert Hubbard

"Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars." — Henry Van Dyke

"I’ve
met coal miners who hate coal, thieves who hate what they stole, and
they think they’ve figured it out/ … It’s a great puzzle, but you’ve
got to like games." — Jules Shear

"Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life." — Immanuel Kant

"Now
there is one outstandingly important fact regarding Spaceship Earth,
and that is that no instruction book came with it." — Buckminster Fuller

—- another research stuff i’ve jz read in the Net…nothin’ really serious ’bout it…JUST CHECK ‘EM OUT

Yes, you can make yourself deliberately fall in love with someone you
presently like but do not really love, but not easily. Usually, you
strongly favor a few traits of your beloved, such as beauty and
intelligence. And you firmly convince yourself that your beloved
uniquely possesses them and fall in love with that "special" person.

Because of your distinct prejudices, you have great difficulty falling
for anyone else, however much you like them. But if you work hard at
convincing yourself that another person has uniquely outstanding traits
and will lead you to certain bliss, you may fall in love with him or
her. Don’t, however, count on it.

Albert Ellis, Ph.D.
                Albert Ellis Institute

Romantic love, commitment and all but the most fleeting passion share
one important feature: Each is created with intention. Romantic love
may feel magical, but we learn to love in a deliberate fashion. Can we
learn to love just anyone? Not without entirely re-creating ourselves,
our personal beliefs and attitudes, a process that would be unlikely.
One needs shared core beliefs and attitudes, a simple foundation on
which to build.

Learning to love another person is an adventure, but it is not about
scaling mountains. Rather, it is negotiating the ordinary business of
life. Love is becoming intimate, learning things that few others know
or care to know about one’s partner.
               
    Robert Milardo, Ph.D.
    University of Maine; President, International Association for Relationships Research

The answer, of course, is "Yes, it happens every day." Yet our culture
persists in the belief and promotion of an idealized romantic notion of
love that makes the pronouncement, "We were made for each other." It is
as if we have little to say in the matter—either love finds us or it
doesn’t. These romantic falsehoods tend to obscure the actual work
involved in creating love between two people. This work involves shared
commitment, responsibility, fidelity and mutual respect. When we say
that people "fall" in love, we would do well to think more in terms of
"choosing" and "creating" love together.
   
>>> actually, it’s not really my study.  it’s so happened that while i’m surfing the Net, i saw this article which i thought would be interesting…well, it does say something to me…ka-relate ko ani in fairness…sige enjoy reading… 

    life’s never been fair…from the very start, it never was…but i’d like to take this opportunity to say that yes…while it’s been unfair…i have been enjoying every moment it has given me…i guess you guys might think and ask who the hell am i and what the hell i know about life…i’m only 20 yrs. young, too young to say things as serious as this.  but…come on…what’s the use of having existed for 20 years now? 

    the moment i am writing this…i really do not have certain things in my mind…i just wanna write…and write…people have heard me (especially my classmates) always complaining about having chosen journalism as a course. there were several times i said to myself i am no good a writer so what am i doing here holding a pen (umm…sorry, i mean typing in the PC), struggling about something to write…

    i’m quite busy right now…i’ve just graduated from college and fortunate enough to immediately land in a job…i like my job. i like  my officemates.  i like my boss.  i simply like the way my life is turnig right now.  i may not know what exactly to expect tomorrow, but the life i’m referring is the very day i’m living right now.  you may not be bale to understand my logic (if there’s any) but that’s just it for me.  it’s up to you to think about it. 

    haaayyy…serious kaayo ko no?  la lng jud ko lain mabuhat karon.  next time i promise to put some sense into my account kay basin mabuang mog sabot sa akong gipangsulti.  hehehehe…babush…

hi guyz…hope u’l give somtime glancing at my blog/s (later on…well, have to post somthing yet) enjoy reading some of my stupid ideas ryt here…luv yah ol friendz…