What do you want?

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I don't want anything! And for that, I am rich.

 

@Darkthrone: I like it, Im gonna stand up in front of everyone in the office and put it to practise!

Maybe if I looked at this with some inteligence I'd say I really dont want to change anything about me or the people around me, nor would I want to change anything in the world, hardship and challenges make the people we are. I dont think I want anything material as these things are only leading to the bigger picture, freedom, happiness, fulfilment etc. but at the moment I think Im just content with finding these out in life as I go along and approaching them in due course. If anyone could actually find out what they knew would make them happy, why havent they got it? Who knows... The question about desiring incredible things? I think this boils down to finding myself (on a new level) and finding somthing (anything) on this planet that none have ever even concieved before.

 

I'm good with what I've got now. I wouldn't mind having an easier time in my majors though. And a lot of books and games that are out of print or out of reach Oh yeah, I'd like to get good enough in martial arts to kick a certain someone's ass too but I'm good.

 

I want to be able to do what I love. Singing, dancing, studying ancient history, maybe teach university level courses some time in the future. Go on archaeological digs.

As long as I am doing things I love, I'm sure I would be happy.

 

I'd like to make it as a successful guitarist and musician. I feel like I'm on the right path right now, so I more or less have what I want - except I want to play even better

 

This is such a good thread...

An astute man once remarked: "A man must be a god or rock to live alone."

Oh, yes, freedom is the key to everything. Still, I have to agree Darkthrone, in itself it is nothing. Yet without it, nothing worthwhile can be accomplished. To pursue any passion requires freedom in some degree. Whether that passion is reading, writing, music, the quest for justice, virtue, or knowledge and even good government; it all comes down to having the freedom to pursue that which gives us the greatest happiness. And the pursuit of that passion is what gives us the greatest happiness. That is why Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness are so connected.

The greater the freedom, the closer one draws near the attainment of excellence in whichever passion is an indivdual's calling. And the realization of the accomplished life becomes more than just a dream, but a true reality.

Anyone who seeks to steal your freedom, is in essence stealing a piece of your passion and converting it to his own use. Never consider freedom to be cheap, for it is too dear a price to give up for the mere trifles for which it is often relinquished.

Thomas Jefferson claimed that "virtue was the foundation of happiness." The quest for self-perfection is the beginning of that which gives us our greatest pleasures. It is a life-long quest, yet one which is never fully realized, but to that which "we draw as near as we can." And freedom of thought - "All this, my friend, is offered merely for your consideration and judgment, without presuming to anticipate what you alone are qualified to decide for yourself."

[ January 19, 2005, 07:57: Message edited by: Chandos the Red ]

 

Trust Chandos to manage to mention an early American politician in a thread about "What do you want?"

 

HB - I mentioned Jefferson especially for you (and you didn't disappoint me by noticing).

 

Time to be honest I guess.

I want to gain energy and strentgh and skill to pull the first half of this year through and get to study graphics. I want my friends to get better. I want to have the strength and resolve to hold on this new way of viewing life I've gained starting about a year ago. I also want to find true love, the kind of things you read about in books and see in movies.

I cannot tell whether it will make me happy. But I firmly believe that fate or god or subconscious or chaos or whatever has guided me to this path of pursuing the studying and profession of a graphics artist through numerous events I can't even start explaining here. This last year has contained the first day since I was a kid when I *knew* what I wanted to do, and what I had to do to get there. It is unique to me, and as such I believe that whatever will come to pass later on, for now this path is the only right one I can take. And so far, it has made me happier than before.

I am not 100% happy. I thought I was happy until some time back, but instead I found that I was at peace, in balance. A state far preferable to any form of depression or mood fluctuation. For months I've felt secure and satisfied, if not overly happy. I do believe though that some day I can find almost 100% constant happiness.

I can't say wether what I want is achievable or not for myself, as I still don't know where my life will lead me. Perhaps all will fail, or much of what I dream of will come to pass. What is not achievable though is the improvement of the health of my friends, for 2 of them suffer from rather serious depression and there is little that can be done to help them when they do not want to be helped. All I can do is watch, and I don't believe it's going to get better any soon. As for love, I don't believe in it at all. Relationships and sex aside, I have never felt love. Being over 23 years old, I believe such a thing cannot even exist. Perhaps certain people can love each other, but I've seen too much betrayal and maliciousness to ever believe such a thing could come to happen to me. This is something I've struggled with for years and finally I've come to accept that there is nothing I can do about it. The sad thing is, I know fully well that if you don't believe in something, then even if it was there, you don't see it. Still it's better to stifle the thoughts of a fantasy that does not exist, than to run after a dream you can't even get a glimpse of, spending enormouse resources and getting more disappointed and broken every time. Because there is no love, there is no point to relationships when you know they will be plagued with misery. That is why I choose to live alone.

So yes, I desire some incredible things, but I don't believe half of them are achievable. Still, I am a dreamer and my imagination is the most powerful tool I've ever had. "Ignorance is bliss" is something I followed before Matrix came and said that. Despite being a corny movie comment, that statement is something I believe in very much. I use my imagination to lay new beliefs for myself, and to keep me company when I need it. I can be anything I want, whenever I want, and I can see my life whichever way I desire to. I choose to ignore reality when it would do me more harm than good. And using that imagination, I feel I can in fact reach a state of happiness in my life. Denying it would kill me for sure. This is all a figure of speech, none of it is to be taken literally. But I believe you understand the essence of what I said: Your mind is what determines how you see things, if you control your mind then you control the world around you, as you would see it.

The goal of pursuing graphics is the first thing that ever happened to me, that took a significant portion out of that "something I am lacking, but don't quite know what it is". Some of it is still left, of course. But then I'm still too young to have reached the top of my life. For now, I am quite satisfied with how things are. They could be a lot worse, and this year will be the first since over 4-5 years ago that promises a change to my life. I am waiting quite eagerly to see what will happen.

Edit:
Always forget to mention the most obvious. For now I have my health, my family is ok and my friends are still alive, those who're better off are doing quite good in fact. I want those to stay as they are. Enough money to support myself, a comfortable and warm apartment to live in, etc etc. The basic things of life. Those I'm happy of right now.

[ January 21, 2005, 09:43: Message edited by: Foradasthar ]

 

A cottage in the Mountains of Mourne with no neighbours or tourists.

I have always wanted a Wolfhound but there is more to a pet than its breed - the personality is very important.

In my cottage I would like a small library to house my modest collection of books as well as some new (or old) interesting ones. With each year passing it gets harder to find authentic books on various mythologies.

I would also like to experience every country in the world though thats impossible.

A wine cellar of vintage merlot and whiskey and port.

hmmm thats about it.

 

What do you want?

[Kosh]Never ask that question[/kosh]

 

@Darkthrone: you are right, all the things that are mentioned do not mean anything in themselves... They are tools, but isn't that all we can ask for?
I don't want my life as a given, where all I do is sit on my ass, point my nose skywards and have all the good things slid into my mouth - I want to have those tools (freedom, money, etc) so I can make a difference, in whatever way I choose.

What I'd really *want* would be power - knowing that when I thusly choose to do so, I significantly affect anyone, or everyone, etc.
For good and for bad, as I see fit.
Because that would allow me to, as I mentioned, shapy my own path.
And that would make me happy, because it would make me real.
About your loneliness comment: as much as I'd be inclined to agree at first, completely annihilating a bad thing would make it's opposite good hollow and pointless...

(eg, if you'd have 'the optimal steak' (assuming you like steak, of coure) every single day of your life, whenever you eat, no exception... you wouldn't really appreciate the steak anymore. Would you?)

So, by achieving that ideal, it'd be voided, I'd think.
Which makes it no less 'good' to be strived for, because as long as it's not achieved, the striving could still do much good for the world as a whole, by adding a CONTRAST for the better.
/rambling