...anything you want it to be.
I was having a conversation with an old old RL friend the other night (who found me on facebook, which is a WHOLE different topic), and something came out of my mouth, that I had not planned on saying, but I found very interesting.
We were talking about our lives (have known this person for 20 years, lost touch bout 10 years ago, and his daughter found me on facebook), and how we got to where we are. It dawned on me, that my life..is exactly where I want it to be, for the most part.
How is that possible, I wondered. What I concluded was, that because I always had an "image" of what I wanted my life to be like, and I kept that image in my mind, thinking about it probably daily, that image became my reality.
So I started thinking, is that really "all" it takes? An image..focused on long enough...to make it happen? Since I love to delve into things like this, I really starting to examine it...taking it to extremes, which is always an interesting mental journey.
I started to notice (as often happens when you starting thinking about something...you see that "something" everywhere) that all of the "stuff" around me...at least the "man-made" stuff, all had one thing in common. Every single thing, from my car, to the buildings, to my new cell phone, all started as an IDEA.
And that idea...got focus, got energy, to make it become a reality. Somebody kept that "image" in their head, and focused energy into it. That focus, turned into action, which then made that item...a reality.
Then, of course, I started to think about Second Life. Just as we can create things in Real Life, Second Life also allows us to build our own stuff, and our own lives.
It does beg the question: How much of our lives, both of them, are actually the product of our own thoughts? And how much of our actions, are determined by our thoughts?
Is the pycho-babble that says, we are what we think...actually true? Is the defining attribute for a happy, or an unhappy life...based on our attitude? And if so, you would think..that having a happy Second Life, would actually be a bit easier, or at least take less energy, than a happy Real Life, given that we can do virtually (pun intended) anything we want in this crazy little world.
I don't know the answer, but it IS an interesting question...isn't it?
I was having a conversation with an old old RL friend the other night (who found me on facebook, which is a WHOLE different topic), and something came out of my mouth, that I had not planned on saying, but I found very interesting.
We were talking about our lives (have known this person for 20 years, lost touch bout 10 years ago, and his daughter found me on facebook), and how we got to where we are. It dawned on me, that my life..is exactly where I want it to be, for the most part.
How is that possible, I wondered. What I concluded was, that because I always had an "image" of what I wanted my life to be like, and I kept that image in my mind, thinking about it probably daily, that image became my reality.
So I started thinking, is that really "all" it takes? An image..focused on long enough...to make it happen? Since I love to delve into things like this, I really starting to examine it...taking it to extremes, which is always an interesting mental journey.
I started to notice (as often happens when you starting thinking about something...you see that "something" everywhere) that all of the "stuff" around me...at least the "man-made" stuff, all had one thing in common. Every single thing, from my car, to the buildings, to my new cell phone, all started as an IDEA.
And that idea...got focus, got energy, to make it become a reality. Somebody kept that "image" in their head, and focused energy into it. That focus, turned into action, which then made that item...a reality.
Then, of course, I started to think about Second Life. Just as we can create things in Real Life, Second Life also allows us to build our own stuff, and our own lives.
It does beg the question: How much of our lives, both of them, are actually the product of our own thoughts? And how much of our actions, are determined by our thoughts?
Is the pycho-babble that says, we are what we think...actually true? Is the defining attribute for a happy, or an unhappy life...based on our attitude? And if so, you would think..that having a happy Second Life, would actually be a bit easier, or at least take less energy, than a happy Real Life, given that we can do virtually (pun intended) anything we want in this crazy little world.
I don't know the answer, but it IS an interesting question...isn't it?
What a positive post! I'm so use to everyone blogging just to complain...this is quite refreshing =D
I doooo believe that our lives are products of what we want them to be. Sure things happen, and 'stuff' gets in the way, but it's all about how you handle that 'stuff', really.
Thank you Lawra. I felt it necessary to say that you CAN make your life whatever you want it to be!
Thanks for reading..and welcome!