I think my Number is UP - Page 3

Shawnee123 · 02-25-2009, 05:37 PM

My favorite quote from one of my most favorite people:

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.

--Helen Keller

xoxoxoBruce · 02-26-2009, 10:30 AM

My greatest fear is dieing with unused vacation days and/or unspent money.

HungLikeJesus · 02-26-2009, 12:20 PM

Clone thread:
I think my Number is 7

Pico and ME · 02-26-2009, 12:32 PM

I pretty much live everyday as if I havent picked 'my' number yet...that is, I dont worry about dying. Thats not to say that I am living my life to its fullest or anything...Im much to chickenshit to really go out on a limb for that. But I do belive I am fully present in the life I am living. That is all I need.

Some day I will do a Glinda, and move to the Keys or the Islands and find any ole work I can.

DanaC · 02-26-2009, 12:48 PM

I do what makes me happy mostly. Or, at least, I don't feel under any pressure to live life in a certain way. There is a freedom to not owning anything. Of course, my rather cavalier approach to life might be a little less possible if I wasn't in a country that guaranteed me a minimum income, regardless of my employment status. That minimum income is a small figure. basic benefits in case of unemplyment do not buy a luxurious lifestyle. But they minimise the wolf's access to your door. Again, easier if you're not a homeowner: benefits won;t pay mortgages...they'll pay rent, and for a limited time interest payments on mortgages...but the less you own the more help you can access. Knowing that's there if needed is enormously reassuring.

Glinda · 02-26-2009, 02:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pico and ME

Some day I will do a Glinda, and move to the Keys or the Islands and find any ole work I can.

I pray that day comes soon for you (all of you!).

There's nothing better than living the life you love and loving the life you live.

As for the money end of things, I'm earning about 1/3 third what I used to and I'm at least 99% happier. It was a very worthwhile tradeoff.

02-25-2009, 05:37 PM	#31
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	My favorite quote from one of my most favorite people: Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. --Helen Keller __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

02-26-2009, 10:30 AM	#32
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	My greatest fear is dieing with unused vacation days and/or unspent money. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-26-2009, 12:20 PM	#33
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Clone thread: I think my Number is 7 __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

02-26-2009, 12:32 PM	#34
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	I pretty much live everyday as if I havent picked 'my' number yet...that is, I dont worry about dying. Thats not to say that I am living my life to its fullest or anything...Im much to chickenshit to really go out on a limb for that. But I do belive I am fully present in the life I am living. That is all I need. Some day I will do a Glinda, and move to the Keys or the Islands and find any ole work I can.

02-26-2009, 12:48 PM	#35
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	I do what makes me happy mostly. Or, at least, I don't feel under any pressure to live life in a certain way. There is a freedom to not owning anything. Of course, my rather cavalier approach to life might be a little less possible if I wasn't in a country that guaranteed me a minimum income, regardless of my employment status. That minimum income is a small figure. basic benefits in case of unemplyment do not buy a luxurious lifestyle. But they minimise the wolf's access to your door. Again, easier if you're not a homeowner: benefits won;t pay mortgages...they'll pay rent, and for a limited time interest payments on mortgages...but the less you own the more help you can access. Knowing that's there if needed is enormously reassuring.

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