Someone want to tell me what is so great about life?

Oh sure I can come up with things like.....vanilla ice cream, air conditioning during a hot day. IDK I think those are just things you list that you are grateful for. Day in an day out all I see is the inhumane things we do to each other, the animals of this planet and the environment. I stay away as much as I can from social media and the news. I wake up everyday trying to just function and do a job so I can come home and have food I do not even want to eat, pay rent so I am not sleeping on the streets, save money for retirement (if that can even happen) that I will most likely wont enjoy as I will need back surgery or cancer what other old age ailment.

I do not see the purpose of all the struggling.

I think life is a journey of infinite possibilities.

Keep moving forward.

It's more interesting than the alternative.

For me, the purpose of the struggling is that I have learned a lot working my way through the messes I had and created in my life so I could one day, hope to encourage others like me learn to make better choices in their lives.

My life today is so different than it was when I was drinking and drugging. I am truly happy today and have wonderful people in my life. I wasn't happy or had wonderful loving people in my life when I was using and badly depressed. It took a ton of work on my personal growth to quit bad habits and learn more productive ones. It is doable, but it requires a solid commitment.

For all the inhumane treatment I have been involved in animal rescue, cared for 3 abused stallions. We have a whole group of women in our town that are involved when the need arises.

Yes, the world is messed up but if we can at least make a difference in our own community at least the world around ourselves can be improved.

I agree with Happy Camper.....going through what I did (not alcohol or drugs) I have learned so much about mental health I never knew anything about until major depression & anxiety hit me hard when I was in my early 40's. Being in & out of hospitals gave me an understanding & empathy I never imagined before that.

Gettong out of the bad marriage I was in was like a miracle in turning around my life....but it took me making a huge change in my life. Today I am surrounded by awesome caring people who actually check up on me to see how I am doing especially when challinging situations hit.

For me, having caring & wonderful people as friends has made life just in general really worth living.....my woodsy critters & the mommy & baby raccoons that visit are a highlight too.

I have a very caring special dog who senses everything & when I meed comfort. The other morning he layed his head on my shoulder before we got up for the day & he put his paw on my chest. His caring sensitivity has been thete all his life. That special part of my life makes it awesome.

Also, I learned so much about myself in therapy & finally was able to put words to my emotions. I have learned so much about my past & have grown & learned to be wiser in my choices. That has made a huge difference too. There are so many things that have changed in my life these last 11 healing years that have made my life wonderful & it will be even better when I finally get my divorce over & have to have norhing more to do with him.....that will take life to a whole new freedom level

Eskie, I want to be you when I grow up. No kidding. First time I saw your horse, I was enchanted.

Ah, thank you SparkySmart

I am actually looking forward to spending every spare hour with my mare on a trip I have to make for legal reasons. I have never given up hope of bringing here to my farm. The nice thing is that it gives me something special to focus on with all the other difficult legal issues I have to deal with during those 2 weeks. I have found that if one throws in distractions to look forward to in the middle of not so good things it helps to get through. I have also come to think about things & find anything positive or good in them ot situstions. Switching my thinking from negative to positive has been a wonderful help...I still see the negative but always try to uncover the good too.

I am kinda like you i don't see a point.
People are struggling for status, marriage and money, happines, for what so they can die.
Even world got better and we can make world how we imagine it by nietzsche.
But eventually you gonna die and your whole life gets deleted, like you woudn't never exist in the first place.
Even you would live long enough to initiative 2045 will transfer your mind to the computer, you will die, because someone kills you, or to accident, eventually, planets will deplete their resources and you will be in empty space, or there are theories, that it will shrink back to small dot.
Even you could make matter, because matter= energy and live theoretically 4ever.
Woudn't you get bored eventually, or because you live it doesn't mean life has meaning.
But you probably won't make it, that far, future is random, maybe you will die painfully one day, because of dice roll, so fun...

Yeah, I hear ya. Oh, BTW, I rode horses for about 10 years, mid-teens to young adult. My first "job" was actually working for a farrier.

I didn't mean to hijack your thread, Moxie. I don't engage in social media at all and avoid the news. It feels irresponsible to do this, but I can only tolerate so much intensity.

Temporaraly off topic:
Cool. I rode on & off growing up but took english equitation in college....fell in love with dressage. Didn't ride during my computer engineering career then got started again in my early 40's & got my first horse then then another horse I bred & I now have that mare that is 13 now.

I ride English, also (forward seat)! About 15 years ago, I took some lessons again. I found my old riding habit and hat and two pairs of boots lovingly stored in my garage, and my saddle was in the attic. I absolutely love dressage but never had the means to study it (though enjoyed many, many shows/competitions). So anyway, I still want to be you when I grow up. LOL Thing is, I'm getting old so this may be impractical. I guess I'll just have to be ME when I grow up (yawn).

Sorry again, Moxie. You started a worthy topic, and I don't mean to be disrespectful.

Life could be a struggle at times. But what’s the alternative?

I hate the way people treat one another as well, but it bothers me more the way they hurt animals. Animals are the innocent victims of our bull****.I wish I had money to rescue and have a little farm. I have many common pets...five of which are rescues. I have a dream to rescue a couple of horses from slaughter someday. I used to be quite the equestrian when I was young, but I cannot ride like I used to (cross-country) because of physical problems. However, I can ride at a walk/trot on trails on something that doesn't deserve to be thrown away. I dream of having a pig as well. It is things like THAT that make me love life. And the good friends I have. I am helping an older friend of ours with life in general. Without my help he would be a mess. It makes me feel useful and accomplished. I hate my job, but without it I can't have the things I love, so I deal with it. I cannot tell you personally what is so great about life..you have to find it yourself. My ideas of "great" may not be your idea of "great". I hope you find happiness.