Who can ever be truly fulfilled?

**Jocasta** · 11-06-2007, 09:49 AM

Who can ever be truly fulfilled? Only a mother and a solider in war.

**MissyO** · 11-06-2007, 09:54 AM

I think I'll have to join me up in them armed forces and get me a gun, then. Motherhood doesn't look like it'll ever happen for me.

Nevermind. I like being unfulfilled. In my experience the times you feel the worst is when you have everything you've ever wanted, because that's when you realize you still have a big ass hole in your soul, because the damn thing is most likely only there in the first place for evolutionary purposes, to push us monkeys to go higher up in the tree, then stand up once we've reached the top, so that we can see what's above the clouds, and so on into infinity........

Oh Gawd. I'm getting profound. I must need sleep.

**Jocasta** · 11-06-2007, 10:01 AM

I don't know if my statement is true but it's just something I thought about... but is the sense of fulfillment lasting?
How do soldiers feel when the war is won? How about the mother who's offspring aren't a part of their lives anymore?

You're right, this could get deep. Sleep then.

**MissyO** · 11-06-2007, 10:12 AM

Would depend, too, on whether or not the mother wanted children and a home or if the soldier loves the army and his country. I mean, not all women are happy to have a child, and not all soldiers are in the army by choice.

And then of course there's mothers who want better for their beloved children, and soldiers who are pining to be majors.

Captain Beefheart · 12-29-2007, 01:33 AM

I think we're programmed to be slightly dissatisfied with everything and just go along trying to pick the things that give us the most oppurtinities to do things that we enjoy. And it does really get a lot more difficult to attribute the meaningfulness of things to anything other than an imposition of the rational structures of the human mind onto the world

My interests vary like a sine wave abd with a little introspection I can sometimes figure it out. Sometimes.

12-29-2007, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by MissyO

I think I'll have to join me up in them armed forces and get me a gun, then. Motherhood doesn't look like it'll ever happen for me.

No worries, my little chickadee. YOU can be the mother of my children.

Fulfillment is short-lived, Jo. And there are no victories in war, just casualties and regret .

**MissyO** · 12-29-2007, 08:17 AM

^ Aww, thank you baby.

darko. · 12-29-2007, 07:51 PM

who gives a ****? go clean the bathroom.

SilverSpoon · 01-27-2008, 09:07 PM

Anung un Rama.

Casey Anne · 02-04-2008, 09:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Captain Beefheart

I think we're programmed to be slightly dissatisfied with everything and just go along trying to pick the things that give us the most oppurtinities to do things that we enjoy. And it does really get a lot more difficult to attribute the meaningfulness of things to anything other than an imposition of the rational structures of the human mind onto the world

Amen to that!

11-06-2007, 09:49 AM	#1 (permalink)
Jocasta Joshtopian Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Shaftesbury Avenue Posts: 17,791 My Profile	Who can ever be truly fulfilled? Who can ever be truly fulfilled? Only a mother and a solider in war.

12-29-2007, 01:33 AM	#5 (permalink)
Captain Beefheart Mu nótahu Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: In a West End town, a dead end world Posts: 3,672 My Profile	I think we're programmed to be slightly dissatisfied with everything and just go along trying to pick the things that give us the most oppurtinities to do things that we enjoy. And it does really get a lot more difficult to attribute the meaningfulness of things to anything other than an imposition of the rational structures of the human mind onto the world My interests vary like a sine wave abd with a little introspection I can sometimes figure it out. Sometimes. Last edited by Captain Beefheart : 12-29-2007 at 01:37 AM.

11-06-2007, 09:54 AM	#2 (permalink)
MissyO Perennially Disgruntled Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 4,106 My Profile	I think I'll have to join me up in them armed forces and get me a gun, then. Motherhood doesn't look like it'll ever happen for me. Nevermind. I like being unfulfilled. In my experience the times you feel the worst is when you have everything you've ever wanted, because that's when you realize you still have a big ass hole in your soul, because the damn thing is most likely only there in the first place for evolutionary purposes, to push us monkeys to go higher up in the tree, then stand up once we've reached the top, so that we can see what's above the clouds, and so on into infinity........ Oh Gawd. I'm getting profound. I must need sleep.

11-06-2007, 10:01 AM	#3 (permalink)
Jocasta Joshtopian Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Shaftesbury Avenue Posts: 17,791 My Profile	I don't know if my statement is true but it's just something I thought about... but is the sense of fulfillment lasting? How do soldiers feel when the war is won? How about the mother who's offspring aren't a part of their lives anymore? You're right, this could get deep. Sleep then.

11-06-2007, 10:12 AM	#4 (permalink)
MissyO Perennially Disgruntled Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 4,106 My Profile	Would depend, too, on whether or not the mother wanted children and a home or if the soldier loves the army and his country. I mean, not all women are happy to have a child, and not all soldiers are in the army by choice. And then of course there's mothers who want better for their beloved children, and soldiers who are pining to be majors.

12-29-2007, 08:17 AM	#7 (permalink)
MissyO Perennially Disgruntled Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 4,106 My Profile	^ Aww, thank you baby.

12-29-2007, 07:51 PM	#8 (permalink)
darko. Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: shlums 'o shaolin Posts: 2,087	who gives a ****? go clean the bathroom.

01-27-2008, 09:07 PM	#9 (permalink)
SilverSpoon Kamen Rider Kiva Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: www.canofnothing.com Posts: 7,526	Anung un Rama.

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