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Thread: Happy for the Moment, or bored for life.

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    Default Happy for the Moment, or bored for life.

    I ran across this today, and it got me wondering.

    I guess I fly into the flame too often ... How about you?
    I am on vacation officially in 2 hours. Talk to you next week..

    the lesson of the moth

    i was talking to a moth
    the other evening
    he was trying to break into
    an electric light bulb
    and fry himself on the wires

    why do you fellows
    pull this stunt i asked him
    because it is the conventional
    thing for moths or why
    if that had been an uncovered
    candle instead of an electric
    light bulb you would
    now be a small unsightly cinder
    have you no sense

    plenty of it he answered
    but at times we get tired
    of using it
    we get bored with the routine
    and crave beauty
    and excitement
    fire is beautiful
    and we know that if we get
    too close it will kill us
    but what does that matter
    it is better to be happy
    for a moment
    and be burned up with beauty
    than to live a long time
    and be bored all the while
    so we wad all our life up
    into one little roll
    and then we shoot the roll
    that is what life is for
    it is better to be a part of beauty
    for one instant and then cease to
    exist than to exist forever
    and never be a part of beauty
    our attitude toward life
    is come easy go easy
    we are like human beings
    used to be before they became
    too civilized to enjoy themselves

    and before i could argue him
    out of his philosophy
    he went and immolated himself on a patent cigar lighter
    i do not agree with him
    myself i would rather have
    half the happiness and twice
    the longevity

    but at the same time i wish
    there was something i wanted
    as badly as he wanted to fry himself



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    Default Re:Happy for the Moment, or bored for life.

    I won't answer this poll because I think the premise of the story is BS. Moths are too stupid to know that flying close to a light bulb can fry them. The don't seek out the light knowing it is going to be their death. Maybe the moths are like us, they want both. Longevity and beauty. Why choose the lesser of two evils when what we really want is a 3rd (and far better) choice.

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    Default Re:Happy for the Moment, or bored for life.

    I agree with Darren on this one.

    I am, however, a risk-taker, and never take the easiest path to anything.. lol

    On a side-note, I was quite happy to find that not only moths will fry when they hit a flourescent light.. heh.. As a few know, my house is plagued with getting those damn beetles. One flew into my light before I had the pleasure of squashing his bug butt. Made a pretty cool noise though.. heh

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    Default Re:Happy for the Moment, or bored for life.

    it is better to be a part of beauty
    for one instant and then cease to
    exist than to exist forever
    and never be a part of beauty


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