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Originally Posted by DazedandConfused254
Hi SilverTrees!
In a world that often seems to pressure people to socialize or form large networks...
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Does it? In what way? I haven't gotten that impression, at least not with close relationships.
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Originally Posted by Bill3
But when my mother died he lost his purpose for living. He was fine with one close friend, given his other connections, but not fine with zero and no purpose.
I like this (approximate) quote from Nietzsche: “If a person has a Why, they can cope with almost any How.”
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This may be a silly reference after you've just quoted Nietzsche, but I'm reminded of a
Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode that was really insightful.
Buffy nearly dies in a fight with a vampire and begins to have thoughts about her own mortality, so she asks Spike about his fights with other slayers because he's killed two of them.
Spike tells her that it wasn't a lack of skill or a failure in technique which led to their deaths. He didn't exploit a weakness in their attack, but rather, they had lost the will to live. Buffy hadn't (yet) because she had ties to the world - her mom, sister, and friends. Death chases us all, and eventually, all of us will forget the reason we keep running. Eventually, we all stop.
Maybe it isn't always relationships which give us purpose, but I think it often is.
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Originally Posted by SilverTrees
I want to reply to all of you properly later. I want to say that you have given me much to think about...I mean that as a compliment!
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You've opened Pandora's Box, Silver.
