topic Re: Life is so short… in Community Spirit

Life is so short…

celestialinter0 — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 01:38:22 GMT

We all, at one time or another, have pretended to be a rock star, singing and dancing along to our favorite song. Most of us have done this in the privacy of our own room when we were kids and as adults, in the privacy of our homes. Me? I love to do that when I drive! I turn on the radio, find a song that I can sing along too and pretty soon my arms are in the air and I am moving along to the rhythm. Most of the time, I do this on my way to work.

Yes, that is true. I will be in my nice work clothes, jamming while driving or stopped at a traffic light. I get weird looks from some people and others laugh. Personally, I love to get lost in the rhythm of a song which leads me to share with you the importance of being silly!

The definition for the word silly, according to the dictionary is: stupid, foolish and nonsensical. I know many people do not want to look foolish. So they walk around all serious, which in all honesty, is foolish!

No one is perfect, I repeat: no one is perfect. I don't care how educated, how thin, how beautiful, how simple, how frugal, how rich, and so on… No one is perfect! So why pretend to be something you are not?

Life is so short… You never know when this beautiful journey will be over, so why waste a single second on being so full of rigidity? Here is a quote by Souza, that I think says it all and is a great recipe for life:
“Dance as though no one is watching you,
Love as though you have never been hurt before,
Sing as though no one can hear you,
Live as though heaven is on earth.“

When we were kids, we had no idea of what limitations were and we had no care in the world so we could do things without worrying about how we appeared to others. However, as we grew up, we lost that childlike innocence.

So don't lose the child that still lives within you. The next time you feel down, go turn on your favorite song, and sing and dance along like there is no tomorrow. Or watch something that makes you laugh. Laughter is the best medicine to whatever ails you and nothing is better than laughing so hard that your tummy hurts. Trust me, you will feel a whole lot better, and who doesn't want to feel good?

Re: Life is so short…

papermoon.lady — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 05:25:56 GMT

It might sound like a paradox, but sometimes doing crazy things is what keeps us sane.

Re: Life is so short…

repentatleisure1952 — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 05:28:18 GMT

Some positive thoughts there.

Not sure that I agree with you driving with your arms in the air.

Re: Life is so short…

domino-710 — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 05:34:02 GMT

Not exactly a safe practice - while behind the wheel.

A time & place for everything.

Re: Life is so short…

arctoph_49 — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 05:38:40 GMT

Being normal is boring.

Oh, papermoon, I must post something in the weird photos thread again...

Re: Life is so short…

domino-710 — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 06:41:14 GMT

Define ' normal '.

Re: Life is so short…

arctoph_49 — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 21:12:00 GMT

What is normal is not the same in all countries, and even in the same country it changes over time. It is just the "norm", basically a set of conventions that most people follow without thinking too much.

Re: Life is so short…

papermoon.lady — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 21:29:16 GMT

I agree. It even annoys me when sites list their items by "popular" and I have to change the settings all the time. I don't care what others have bought or like. I can take my own decisions...

Re: Life is so short…

travmk2 — Sun, 26 Mar 2023 12:19:29 GMT

@domino-710 wrote:
Define ' normal '.

Re: Life is so short…

papermoon.lady — Sun, 26 Mar 2023 17:50:19 GMT

@travmk2 wrote:
@domino-710 wrote:
Define ' normal '.

Me

Not me. 🙃

Re: Life is so short…

arctoph_49 — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 06:06:14 GMT

I hope you are OK, celestialinter0. I enjoyed your posts, but I haven't seen you here for months.

Re: Life is so short…

domino-710 — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 06:11:17 GMT

Probably because she has been logged out since April.

Re: Life is so short…

arctoph_49 — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 06:14:43 GMT

LOL, it doesn't take much to understand she didn't come back or log in.

Re: Life is so short…

domino-710 — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 06:30:37 GMT

LOL - Schule ist zu ende.

Re: Life is so short…

arctoph_49 — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 06:35:44 GMT

Nicht fuer mich, gnaedige Frau.

Re: Life is so short…

domino-710 — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 06:45:30 GMT

@arctoph_49 wrote:
Nicht fuer mich, ~~gnaedige~~ gnadige, Frau.

Re: Life is so short…

arctoph_49 — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 06:54:05 GMT

It is actually gnädige Frau (a with dieresis), usually transcribed ae.

Alternatively, you can just write the “ä” as “ae”, the “ö” as “oe” and the “ü” as “ue”.

(from https://www.berlitz.com/blog/german-umlaut-meaning-letters)

Re: Life is so short…

kh-stanley1 — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 07:06:51 GMT

Hi everyone,

Since this thread has gotten a bit off-topic, please bring the discussion back to subject established in the original post... or just let it drop.

Thank you.

Re: Life is so short…

countessalmirena — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 07:20:38 GMT

As per opening post… I try to avoid being confined by unrealistic expectations of how one should be. That doesn’t mean that I ignore or flout all unwritten rules; it does mean that I don’t want a fear of looking foolish to prevent me from being myself.

One person’s perception may be of folly; to the person concerned, it may be natural or an expression of freedom.

Caveat: no drugs or risk-courting behaviour. That’s not just foolish, it’s bone-deep stupid and a sign of immature brain function.

Re: Life is so short…

arctoph_49 — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 15:47:05 GMT

Thank you! I don't even know how "Schule ist zu Ende" ("School is over") got into the conversation.