Reasons to live:
Music
An appreciation for nature, which includes animals
A desire to change the world for the better
I'm a bald vegan writer. I wrote 3 eBooks that are available on Amazon: "Farts & Literature" & "Veganman" (both by Sean Duffy), & my memoir, "American Loser" by Zach Murphy (I use pen names.). The links to them are in a nearby post. I love all animals: people, not so much. I'm a childfree atheist who believes in antinatalism. I have OCD & depression, or is life horrible? Society is an evil entity. Photo is of a wild groundhog outside my home
All good reasons, plus I would add poetry and friends :-)
ReplyDeleteCertainly. i considered adding a couple more items, but obviously decided against it. As for friends, the good times never last, then you're alone again (I live alone.).
ReplyDeleteBukowski said it best: "You get so alone at times that it just makes sense." I've been living alone since my lover died in 1990. It was a literal hell on earth at the start, but I now value my recluse ways.
ReplyDeleteFrankly, I would not want to live with another person.
All of my so-called friends in Chicago proved to be pathological liars (at best). So good riddance.
I did find three really sincere and loving friends in Portland, but two of them are now dead. So I am left with one genuine friend, and a bunch of cousins and such that want to know me because I published a book or two. Ha!
It ain't gonna happen. Anyway, I agree w/you that most people (family and friends) are not to be counted on in the long run, but I have met a few pretty cool poets/writers/ artists since I began blogging that I feel a certain connection with, and I am happy with that.
Hell, if it ever gets really bad for me I'll just adopt a cat: animals are a million times more real than people :-)
P.S. Left another Bukowski poem for you on my blog. His work has (many times)literally been the only thing to keep me going...
I'm such a loner that, to some degree, I don't even understand friendship. You're right about cats. I love them. I really feel the need to be able to kill myself at any time. It's sort of comforting to know it's a possibility. I don't have any kids, so I'm good to go. If I have a pet, I feel as though I wouldn't be good to go. Just watched a movie about Kevorkian: probably shouldn't have!
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