tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12039988.post1262716496305677333..comments2023-10-01T12:49:34.417+01:00Comments on adventures with my beard: Girlfriend In A ComaDavid Kemphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03848249444223250254noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12039988.post-87070204310156125152006-11-23T13:03:00.000+00:002006-11-23T13:03:00.000+00:00I read that book a while back. I can't remember an...I read that book a while back. I can't remember anything about it, other than the fact that I thought it was a good book, and that there was someone in a coma for a long time.<br />As for the meaning of life stuff, well there is no meaning to it is there? We just are. I decided the other day that from now on my only goal should be to be as altruistic as reasonably possible. I came to this conclusion after reading about the epidemic of rape in the Congo and the horrific violence inflicted on women there. The article just kind of leaves you feeling empty because you realise that the world is beyond redemption. But then you think, I may not be able to save the world, but if you make more people happy in the world than you make sad, then surely you are a force for good and that is is something positive for the world. I think though that it is important, spiritually, that any altruism comes from somewhere other than a feeling of guilt. You and me are lucky, in the grand scheme of things. Luckier than a 4 year old girl who is gang raped before having a gun fired into her vagina leaving her as physically scarred as she is emotionally. But I don't think it is healthy to feel shame or guilt for that luck, it is what it is, the luck of the draw. As long as you recognise the luck and have a positive impact on the world, there is no reason to feel guilt.<br />Does this stuff get easier when you turn 30? I guess so. I guess it is also easier when you are 31, and easier when you are 32 and easier when you are 33. I have a Jungian view on life as a journey towards wholeness. I guess the fact that you are asking these questions of yourself mean that you are on that journey, and that is probably the most important thing.<br />They coincidentally talked about altruism on Melvin Braggs Radio 4 show this morning, but I only heard 1 minute before ariving at work. I think I will have to download the podcast tonight.<br />I also quite like some of the ideas from Warren Buffet in <a href="http://darrenjohnson.blogspot.com/2005/04/wisdom-of-warren-buffett.html">this blog post</a> that I read recently.<br />OK, enough rambling from me, I need lunch. Maybe I will turn this reply into a blog post of my own!Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05073348506093549600noreply@blogger.com