More on Creation

In response to comments: (James, you've already read this.)

I can see your point of view, and I still believe that even if we don't tell ourselves, "I choose this" We are still choosing it. There's so much more self-realization and power in claiming who we are being, rather than be a victim of circumstances.

There's way more power for me in choosing that I had my relationship with my ex, than saying, "he did this and that to me". My ex was being who he is, and I happened to choose to interact with him. I was speaking with a friend of mine about this relationship, and I said, "Deep down, my gut and my intellect knew (said person) wasn't what he put forward." She said, "I bet you didn't even have to go 'deep down'." To this I say she is right. And yet, I still chose it. And I learned so much from that experience, so much that I didn't know before about myself and about life and what love is.

Everyday I choose to go into work and do my best, because I said so. Not because I must do so. Not because someone is making me, not because I am going along with the flow. I'm here, because I want to be.

I believe in a higher power, or a creator, but I am not convinced this creator is busily holding the strings of all our human lives. We show up in this world as we do, and it is up to us to accept what we are and then create who we're going to be in our life time.

So, life is meaningless, until I create meaning.

Remember that scene in 'The Life of Brian' and a horde of people are trying to deify Brian? He touches a gourd, and the woman next to him takes the gourd and says 'the holy gourd'. She made it all up. She gave meaning to the gourd. The gourd itself, is just a gourd. Outside of its physical parameters, there is nothing to suggest it has high spiritual powers. See? We do that every day. We give meaning to our lives and the gourds that are in it.

Cheers,
World Girl

The Meaning of Life

The first time I watched "The Life of Brian" I laughed sooooooo hard! I was watching it in England with a group of people who had seen it at least 10 times each. They were all laughing, too. Mainly, they were laughing at me, laughing. It was a great evening. I mean, they saw it anew through my eyes. :) I was struck how that movie points out how easily we create meaning for ourselves in contrast to what something could mean.

When I said "life is meaningless" I meant life only has meaning if we choose to give it meaning. Like when we choose to get up and go to work. Either it has meaning for us, or it doesn't. In fact, most people only go to work to pay bills, not to have fun and create the day into something cool. Most do not follow their hearts and life's meaning is to work to live. I mean, this isn't revolutionary stuff, it's just the way I see it. My life is created every day through my choices. Until I act as a creator, there is no meaning to it, until I bring the meaning.

Does this make sense? So, my dear lovely readers (and I mean that) I am not depressed. Simply looking at each day and saying to myself, "OK, what do I want to create today?"

On Sunday, I could have stayed home and cleaned my apartment more, but to me the meaning of life is spending as much time with those I love as possible. I had an opportunity to spend a day watching a game I initially did not care about with two people I love very much. See? The game wasn't the point, the people were.

Hope this clears things up. :)
Love,
World Girl

PS. I would miss you, too, James if you were gone. And Kevin, you see life the way you do; it does not rub off on me. :) Sorry. I'll keep reading your blog and shaking my head, but I won't get depressed. :)

Gorgeous Sunday

I woke up this morning at 8:30am and cleaned my WHOLE apartment in 2 1/2 hours! Seriously, it had been hit over the head with the ugly stick several times, so this is actually an act of sheer will. Then, I went to the Mariners game with my Uncle Paul and my father. The game was awesome; it included many plays that are rarely used and the Mariners won! Then we had dinner at the Wild Ginger, where you never regret spending over $100 on food. So good. Now, I am sitting in my clean apartment, listening to the thunder roll in thinking how glad I am to have meaning in my life. Don't get me wrong, there is no meaning or point to life. It is simply what we decide it will be. Now, I am waiting for the rain to start splattering the ground. I will go out and dance in the storm. And although , life is meaningless, I will refrain from standing under trees or grabbing onto metal.

Over and Out!
World Girl