• DJKJuicy@sh.itjust.works
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    8 months ago

    This goes right back to thinking that you’re going to be a different person in the future.

    • When I am old enough to drive
    • When I am an adult
    • When I get that dream job
    • When I get that cool car
    • When I get that dope house
    • When I find the perfect partner
    • When I get married
    • When I have a beautiful family
    • When I can finally retire

    You’re still gonna be the same person. There’s no dividing line. You are always going to be the entity that you are right this second. Tomorrow you will be the same human being, just with 1 less day to live. In 20 years from now you’ll still be the same human being. But with 20 years less to live. Did you use those 20 years wisely?

    If you don’t love yourself now, you won’t love yourself in the future. Work on yourself. Learn to love all the good things about yourself, right now. If there are things you can improve about yourself, then work on those things.

  • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    I still want what I currently have, but I never wanted ONLY what I currently have.

    But, I got old and tired, and have settled for what I’ve been able to get, because fuck it.

    None of this means I’m not happy, but like Calvin said, “Things could be a whole lot better, too!”

  • blady_blah@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    I remember being lonely, emotionally starved, and deeply depressed and dreaming of having someone to share my life with. Now my wife is sleeping next to me with my kids in their bedrooms. In a moment I’ll put my phone down and roll over and snuggle in next to her and grab her boobs.

    This is and has been better than I ever dreamed.

  • TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Yeah. I do. And I got almost all of it minus a family.

    But I say this and people tell me what an asshole I am. HOW DARE YOU BE GRATEFUL AND HAPPY.

    I’m no longer allowed to be happy, because I’m awful and undeserving of the things I achieved, apparently.

    I have turned to social isolation because when I’m alone I’m allowed to be happy. When I socialize I am not. I mostly just get lectured how I’m the embodiment of all that is wrong with the world.