Quote: (12-23-2015 06:22 AM)H1N1 Wrote:
I think it is important to stress as an addendum to The Lizard's point that you must search for meaning and adventure in everything you do, with the job itself simply being a vehicle for the partial attainment of this. I'm reminded of the lines at the start of 'The Death of Ilya Ilych', where Tolstoy writes that Ilya Ilych's life had been 'most simple and most ordinary and therefore most terrible'. Real significance and the ability to manifest it is already within you. Your job is simply one scratching post for you to sharpen your metaphysical claws upon.
Relevant quote from Jason Everman who was kicked out of Nirvana and Soundgarden and went on to serve with the Army Rangers and Special Forces.
“The way I look at it, life is meaningless,” Everman said the last time I saw him. “The meaningfulness is what you impart to it.”