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responses to ethereals comments:
Again, I mess up on semantics! grr! Sorry, I guess I should have put "fornication" instead of "sex". I was typing quickly.
I don't look down on people who have "careers", I just think they're misguided. You see, society tricks you into thinking you need to have a job. Humans can't escape working, but a job, in my view, is employment at something you don't like or doesn't satisfy you. No one should waste their life doing that. Also, how can you be committed while submitting? That's like someone feeling real nifty about learned helplessness. And, yes, affairs are bad as well, in my opinion, because, like adultery, you betray a person's trust and love.
What I love about having a meaningless life is that, if you think about it, lots of beautiful things have no meaning. Art, when you think about it, serves no purpose whatsoever. Some might say it conveys one thing, and one might say it conveys another. Even the artist can be wrong about what it can convey. There are infinite interpretations for a piece of art, even though it serves no meaningful purpose. Art does not save people from hurricanes or run huge corporations. Art is simply art. Candy has no purpose as well, and is full of empty calories, but everyone is filled with sugary sweet desire for its wonderful taste. Surely artwork and candy disintegrate without anyone noticing it, without anyone saying it served any purpose, but all things are beautiful, whether wanted or unwanted. Humans suffer the same fate. I think that I would rather see my life as a piece of art that I can interpret and enjoy from any angle I choose, that I can play with at ease. The world itself is a piece of art that dies and changes with no one noticing. To teach myself that I have a purpose is to expand myself within set boundaries. I try to adopt the way of the fool, who, like in Shakespearean plays, is the wisest one of all while having lots of fun. To be carefree, and purpose-free, is to be able to enjoy the sweetness and spontonaiety of life.
And yes, Gahndi and Mother Teresa did wonderful things, there is no denying that, but they did not know since birth that they were meant to do this things, and I doubt that if anyone told them their purpose was to do this or that that they would follow that person's advice. Gahndi and Mother Teresa chose a life of helping others. They were not tools of fate, as I was suggesting having a set purpose makes you. But they are also two very unique and famous individuals. Not everyone can be Gahndi and Mother Teresa, and no one should try to. A person should strive to be him or herself, a unique piece of art that cannot be boxed into any definition or stereotype.
"If home is where the heart is, then I got evicted this week (Johnny Hobo and the Freight Trains)"
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