Sunday, January 27, 2008
I aspire to be happy - not necessarily to 'find happiness', but to simply go to sleep at night content. I think that most things are a lot simpler than people choose to perceive them. Nothing is profound. Time is our most valuable investment and I don't care to spend it pondering the ways of the world. I do not mean to portray myself with ignorance towards philosophy, but I have a hard time finding importance in most things when I know that in 70 years my life and whatever I've done with it won't matter to anyone or anything. Why do I need to define my point of view toward the world? I don't enjoy justifying the way that I live if it makes me happy. I am confident in the way that I want to live, how I spend my time, who I surround myself with, and why I am who I am.
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What is it about "pondering the ways of the world" that you find distasteful? Is that not what attending college, and being in an honors seminar, is all about?
I rarely find satisfaction in "pondering the ways of the world," however, I have yet to describe it as distasteful. Perhaps I am hedonistic, but I do what makes me happy. This does not mean that I'm uninterested or ignorant. I'm listening & learning every day. That is why I am attending college, and that is why I am in your honors seminar.
I didn't mean to use a word that fails to capture your view. My only point is this: From my perspective, there is always great satisfaction to be found in pondering the ways of the world. And, as a teacher, I strive to model and share some of that.
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