Why does life allow ordinariness to prosper like a weed whilst genius suffers and withers?
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Very clever people can be off-putting, even frightening.  But I think geniuses don't have it so bad; they get to think about, sometimes even discover, things that the rest of us can't even imagine.  I know I envy them at least as much as I pity them.
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No.\n\nWould a person consistently do, say, or think higher or better things if they did not feel truth within their heart? That is, what would be the reward of competing with an imaginary concept? You don't understand people very well if you think that imaginary rewards from imaginary beings are enough to keep them "in line" for years upon years.\n\nBut let me just speak for myself. Imaginary rewards from imaginary beings with imaginary qualities are not enough to make me want to do better and be better. If I did not have evidence of God in my heart and soul, I would be a sloppy, self-centered, chronic-misdemeanor-committing, self-indulgent jackass. This is my nature. Trust me, I know. If this world was the only world there was, I would slather my incompetence and selfishness all over it, and I wouldn't care about any consequences except prison. And, no, I'm not kidding.\n\nIt takes more than an imaginary concept to make me want to be better. It takes more than imaginary incentive to make me want to rise above my small-minded nature. It takes true spiritual rewards from a living God who actually provides them. What the deal is, is that without God I have a dark heart and a murky mind. When I lived outside of God's grace, I was an utter and complete tool.\n\nThere was no human incentive good enough for me to change my heart and mind. Anything any of you people could have offered--money, prestige, personal glory, fame, or any of that hoo-ha--just wasn't good enough. All of it (at least the money, prestige, and personal glory, which I did have or think I had) did not change my dark heart and murky mind. It fed these things, in fact, and I craved more.\n\nMy problem was that there was nothing in this world that was satisfactory and whose promise did not wear off shortly after I attained it.\n\nIt was when I reached the point where I came to understand this for real, and I hated it, all of it, that I began searching for God in earnest.\n\nIt wasn't you, or him, or her that I was competing with, trying to satisfy, or holding up as a standard. All you people were as bad as or worse off than I was. Nobody had anything I wanted. And as for good behavior and good intentions--people who exhibited these things turned my stomach. I certainly didn't see that as an incentive either.\n\nI hope that this answers your question. To sum up: Only God could fill the chasm within myself, and he did fill it when I sought him. If it was all just a concept, it wouldn't have worked--because I have chased after many a concept, seized upon its claims, and turned up empty-handed in the end.\n\nGod lives, his promises are real, he provides, and all that is of him endures.
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It is against the purpose of life, in my opinion, to be able to control your destiny. Although, it is possible to take measures to steer your self in a certain direction. However, you are not guaranteed to arrive at any particular destination. \n\nAs it is, even in the life you live now, what ever comes your way is not given to you but earned. If you want to be rich, earn your money. If you want to be charming, develop your social skills. If you want to be well connected and powerful, introduce your self to those kinds of people.\n\nTo quote one of my childhood heroes (Stone Cold Steve Austin), "You can't just sit on your heels and expect everything to come to you. Go get it"!
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It take all sorts to make a world and what comes with water goes with the wind if you hadnt pain to get some thing so you never can find the value of that and more over how the success of parents could effect on a person if he has not the talent and abilites of his parents ?\nmaybe their wealth insure the welfare but it never could be a reason for some one to be a successful person the proof of pudding is in the eating .
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I am not sure but in my own belief, it is not life that is not fair, it is the circumstances that surround our lives that is not fair. Two people could have the same thing happen to them and it turn out different according to circumstances surrounding our own lives. Therefore we have to make the best of what we can when we can. We can not allow circumstances to overpower our own will. If that makes any sense? And as for some people being bad, I believe that all people are good to some extent but sometimes things that happen to us make it appear that we are bad. And that this bad is what helps some people to get through things that have hurt them in some way. So they take it out on others to protect themselves. But I believe that even the good can sometimes be bad but it doesn't mean that we are all bad. No one is all good nor all bad. If we were we would not need the cycle of life and death?
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My theory is that its because we are programmed to fight and struggle to achieve...\n\nwe're always on the lookout for ways/things/relationships to improve our lives whether we consciously intend striving for them or not. \n\nthis yearning doesn't stop even if you do improve your situation - it doesn't stop even if you get burnt by experience (losing something good after reaching for something you thought was better)\n\n\nIt only subsides I believe when you learn to truly appreciate how many people are staring at your own green patch with envy...\n\ncontentment seems to pour its blessings on the meek far sooner than the ambitious. \n\nI think contentment is like a natural reign on ambition - I'm hoping to achieve a nice balanced life with this theory!
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one cant, at least THIS one cant.  When something terrible happens and you question gods "wisdom" a religious person will most often come back with god has a plan we just don't know what it is.  Well my point is if there is a god and this god is omnipotent then this god allows all of this terrible stuff to happen.  Now if this god has a plan that lets these things happen FOR WHATEVER REASON then it is not something I would want in my life.  If a person stands idly by and lets pain and suffering befall his fellow man when it is in his/her ability to stop the suffering then they are as much at fault as whatever is causing the suffering.  If a "god" dose the same thing, well its just a perverse sort of thing to put your faith in.
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Life can be very interesting at times. Have you ever noticed that there are many more sheep than there are shepherds?\nMost people find it easier being led than doing the leading.\nLife is indeed filled with choices and the choice made usually determines one's eventual path in life. Che sera, sera, is said by those who really believe that their path has either been predetermined or humanly unchangeable. The world is filled with people who think along these lines.
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The same reason why Genius like urself are called Idiots
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maybe because we have lack of knowledge to encounter some hardships and trials. but not all the time a life goes like that. as it is said, life is full of instances, sometimes you're up...sometimes you're down. enjoy your life and valued every failure and success you may encounter
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Hey sans! I think that the saddest thing is the sheer number of otherwise perfectly intelligent people that stunt their mental growth by imprisoning themselves withing a system of beliefs. Einstein refused to publish several important papers for years, for fear that they would be seen as evidence of the lack of existence of God.
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I think its to multiply life... to make life more abundant... to help others... to just have an absolute joy in oneself... to succeed and learn from our past so we dont commit the same mistakes.
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b/c to every good thing there's a bad thing.that's how life is.everybody has good times and bad times.life is to overcome the obstacles they throw at you and if you can't then you lose.but if you can get up on your feet and hold on there until the end you'll be alright
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Thats a good question, life can sometimes be good. But other times it just sucks. LIfe isn't fair but it has its perks. I may seem like one of those sit in the corner hating life cutting her wrists girl to alot of people, but i really am not at least most of the time. I think life shouldn't be wasted trying to fit in. I do my best to stand out. I'm not popular and i'm perfectly happy with it. I have a group of freinds and i know that most of them are my real freinds because they accept me for who I am. Life doesn't suck unless you want it to suck. All those people who are doing drugs and drinking are wasting their lives away. Their future is nothing unless they focus on school. I am happy with the way i am, usually. I don't fit in, i don't do drugs, i do well in school, and i like to have good times with my friends. The best days of my life are the days where i just get to do something with my friends.....headbanging at a concert or just hanging out walking around outside. Those times are what makes life worth living.
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Life is the most amazing opportunity imaginable. Killing yourself is the biggest waste. Life can be so beautiful. I love every day of my life, because I know I have an absolutely amazing opportunity...life evolved over billions of years and I can live with a conscious mind that can actually ponder that! Amazing. No being in this world has a better opportunity. We should feel extremely special for being able to navigate and control such an incredibly being. Lets make the best out of this awesome ride :-D
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No one possesses the wisdom to know what is best in the long run.  We might succeed in making our lives more comfortable but cause unbearable suffering to some future generation.  Or we might change the forces that caused us to be born at all.  In which case we would not be born to make the change and cause a paradox.  \nWhich might be cool.
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life is like that. those who exist on earth have to face unlimited problems. the best way to handle them is not to think y r u having them, but to decide how r u gonna solve them.