Why do we take life so seriously?
Well, here comes the bad news.The world doesn't work that way.You need to get over it.These are wonderful ideals, but it's time to get grounded in reality.Sometimes reality sucks. Wars happen, people fight, kill, lie and die.People also live, love, laugh and play.Humanity is an animal species of omnivores. Omnivores eat meat.Good for you being a vegan, though your morality does not represent the remainder of the world, nor do you have the right to enforce your morality onto the rest of us.No one person is allowed to rule us all. As a species we can't even agree on a "God" and you wish to control what we eat, think and believe and gets us all to agree with you.It will never happen. The proverbial Hell will freeze over first before it happens.You know why?Because each person thinks they have a "better moral code" than yours.That doesn't make all people, everywhere, evil, not the meat eaters, the war promoters, the terrorists. Each thinks they are so "right" they are willing to kill for their beliefs.Love something too much and you are willing to kill for it, whether it is God, family or politics.Hate something too much and you are willing to kill for it, whether it is God, family or politics.The world doesn't revolve on love or hate, it just revolves. Round and round we go, where we stop nobody knows.You are not the center of the universe and you don't get to decide how the rest of the world should behave.We have as much a right to exist as you have to dislike us for existing.Your viewpoint is negative. Life is not a negative.
Should I take life seriously or not seriously?
Because life can only be enjoyed in the moment, right now. You can't enjoy right now if you're too serious about something. You ruin this moment right now by taking things too seriously. This doesn't mean you can't have a greater vision, or a goal. It just means that you have to take a step back from that vision, and enjoy the process of creating that vision, or you will find no enjoyment on your journey. The person who has a laundry list of goals and can't rest or enjoy anything until they are all complete will not find as much happiness or purpose as the person who does what they love, or what they're good at, because they genuinely enjoy doing it. To quote the late great Dr. Wayne Dyer,"When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a single place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way." If you want to be a doctor, enjoy learning everything there is about health, medicine, and the human body. Don’t be too serious, or you probably won’t even enjoy being a doctor once you reach your goal of becoming one. If you want to start a business, enjoy helping your customers solve that particular problem that only you can solve. Love helping customers and finding better ways to do it. Don’t take it too seriously, or treat it like a headache when there is a problem. Enjoy solving the problems, learn from them, and you will be happy. Don’t take it too seriously or you risk burning out and ruining your own dream business. Have your goals, your dreams, your desires, but don't take them too seriously. Enjoy the getting there. Be detached from the outcome, and enjoy the process.
What are ways to not take life so seriously?
A few days ago, I informed my wife - when I would die - I wanted her to ensure that my tombstone would be designed in a particular manner. As soon as I told her that “I would die” she got very upset.So then, what I did was - designed my tombstone like this…..No sooner I did that - she burst out laughing.To be honest - this is exactly how I want my tombstone to be designed but I because I was able to make light of such a deep & disturbing news with her in a light and witty manner - she was able to laugh.See the fact is - death is a inescapable fact and reality. However, there are some who can accept it. And then there are many who cannot. But what I want my wife to know is that - when this does happen - when we do have to die - either her or I - let us be ready for it. But without taking it too seriously.So how can you not take life too seriously?Smile and accept the fact that one day you, I and everyone else would die. And then - life just goes on. So no matter what we worry about now - in another few years - would never matter. And after we die - no one would care about it anyways.One life my friend - live each moment with happiness.Loy Machedo
Why do Christian's take life so seriously?
Their beliefs limit their enjoyment of life, so they want to limit the enjoyment of others? *shrug* Upon further reflection, I think it has more to do with the fact that your disrespect of their beliefs makes it harder for them to enforce their own belief. Religious beliefs are, in some ways, very fragile, which is why they require constant reinforcement through weekly meetings. People who don't believe the same threaten the believer by creating a source of doubt. This is why certain religions (most notably Christianity and Islam) are so anti-pluralistic, people who believe differently are philosophically threatening.
What happens to people who take life too seriously?
They get stressed out and hate life.Everybody has areas they take too seriously, job, love , hate, money, but all you can do is suck it and seeit is what it is, and if it isn’t then it ain’t gonna be, unless you stress enough -then it is not what you wanted it to be, so live life to the best it is and if it stresses you out, give it a miss.You could have lived 100 different lives by the time you die, so why pick the one stressing you out.Then you say “oh well we all need money etc”, so get money but do it in a way that doesn’t make life unbearable,Poor and happy or rich and dying of most stress related deseases known to man and other intelligent species. I doubt aliens who are advanced enough to travel the stars t get in their space ship and say “oh bugger another day in the solar system”solar system, i’m too old for this shit.”Civilised means being civil which means not making people do what they don’t want to do. Any educated society should know the last thing you need is half the population hating life. It is primitive and stupid.Jim
Are there any tips for not taking life seriously?
What you appear to lack is a coherent mindset and worldview. You start by deciding what is important to you.Physical HealthPeace of MindCoping Mechanisms for Physical and Emotional Resiliency Purpose (including relationships)The way you stop taking life so seriously is to concentrate your efforts on the four areas above and allow the rest to drain away. The way you distinguish between the consequential and inconsequential is simply to ask yourself one question: is this circumstance, event, person, or object conducive to my core values and beliefs. If the answer is no, file and forget. If the answer is yes, then you prioritize with all of your other current or proposed actions and proceed accordingly. The concept that you do not seem to grasp, as indicated by your questions, is that life is as hard (or easy) as you make it. In the immortal words of John Wayne -- Life is tough, but it is tougher when you are stupid. Don't be stupid. Decide what is important to you and eliminate or avoid the rest.
Don't take life too seriously, no one gets out alive?
it means don't sweat the small stuff, learn to let things go..... don't take EVERYTHING to heart.
I take life and people too seriously. What can I do lighten up?
Wow, this is me! I’ve always done that. Not so much now, so one thing I can tell you that will help is getting older. Not very helpful, though, I know. So, let me see if I can come up with some actionable suggestions.When you notice you are taking something too seriously, stop and ask yourself how important it really is. I heard a tape of a holocaust survivor who said she find it very difficult to use the word worry or frightened. I’m not going to get this quote right, but I’ll get the concept right. “The concentration camps worried me. The SS frightened me. Not getting the cooking done does not.” That helps me a lot.Also, trace your worry or seriousness all the way back. For instance, I was having a birthday party and I needed to go shopping because I had forgotten something I needed to buy to make one of the salads I planned to have. Time was running out, people were going to start arriving soon. Then I remembered the holocaust survivor and I asked myself what I was worried about. I was worried I wouldn’t get the salad done in time, or at all. And why was that bad? Because I would look incompetent to my friends. And why is that bad? Because then they won’t like me.Having worked it all the way through, I then started at the top and went directly to the result: “If I don’t get the salad made, nobody will like me.” Worded that way, it was obvious how silly I was being and I was able to relax.That is a very good technique. Keep asking yourself why it matters. Work it all the way through to the end. The surprising thing is that it almost always does end up being something like “nobody will like me” or “it will ruin my life” or something equally dire or absurd.The problem is, we don’t ask ourselves Why.There may also be some social anxiety going on. Do you have social issues? If so, let me know because there’s an additional answer.