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The Meaning of it All
May 18, 2007 |
Have you ever wondered what the meaning of life is? A lot of very smart people throughout human history have. And I am surprised that none of them managed to figure that one out. It’s so self evident and simple that perhaps all those smart peoples brains simply shorted out and did not think of it.
My friends, the answer to the age old question to “What is the meaning of life” is (drum roll): To live it!
That does not mean that your life has to be an adventure, written down in books and made into a Hollywood movie. If you are perfectly happy growing up and do what society expect of you, i.e get an education, a good job, get married, build a house and raise 1.6 kids or whatever the average is these days, by all means do it. You are living your life the way you see fit. My brother is doing that, and from what I can see, he is perfectly happy.
Circumstances and pure coincidence made my life different, So I am ending up with a Thai widow and her two kids, mum and uncle in a village in Isaan. Well, it has not happened yet, so I am not sure that will be the outcome. But I hope it will, and right now it looks like it’s going that way.
For most people this is an insane thing to do. Well I agree. If I had 1.6 kids, a mortgage and a secure job it certainly would be. But I don’t. I have something most people don’t have. I am free from all of that. Which means I can do this.
Nan have always argued that I am “ting-tong” of course. But she accept it because: “Me ting tong nit noy too”. So for her it’s no problem. Well, it may help that she is not the one settling down a gazillion miles from home in a totally alien culture. At least not for now. So I think I have the upper hand on ting-tongness at the moment.
I am used to being the odd ball anyway. Religion is one thing that sets me apart even in my native Norway. As if it was not strange enough that I actually have one (not many Norwegians do these days), I have a religion that is supposed to be extinct.
My religion is Asatrua, the revived religion of my Norse ancestors. In other words I am a believing heathen. But don’t worry, we don’t proselytize and you won’t go to hell for reading this. So enough about that here. I mentioned it so that I could convince you that this Norseman really is crazy. (Christians can start praying now, atheists can laugh.).
Anyway, back to living. You may ask what does it mean to live your life. That my friend is the question all those smart people should have asked, instead of wasting their time trying to figure out such a simple thing. My opinion is simple. Live it the way you see fit. There are no rules as long as you don’t hurt other people (if you do they may hurt you back).
The result of that for me is that I do whatever my heart tell me to do. Of course sometimes I wish my brain had been connected with my heart when I made certain decisions in my life. But that was yesterday. And now my heart tells me that I am in love with Nan, and what will make me happy is to stay with her in her Isaan village. How could life get better than that!
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I just read what I just wrote and realized what will happen if I settle down with Nan. I will become my brother, just in another place…is there no way of escaping!
No escaping…. you have closet brother envyism…LOL,LOL,LOL
But look at the bright side,if you can continue to make the money you are making,you will far surpass him on the materialistic side due to the currancy exchange rate,and still have the emotional side covered.Sounds like a win/win situation to me.
By the way,isnt it funny how all these so called scholers have pondered the meaning of life and Monty Python seem to have hit the nail on the head with both history and philosiphy…….
Me envious of that little runt!