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Good morning, Sisyphus. I’m feeling a bit like a poser after reading your comment referencing me in the same sentence with Socrates. I admit, his teachings had an impact on me when first introduced in high school. They were troubled times for me until I ‘met’, Socrates. ‘Know Thyself” fostered one of several seminal moments over my lifetime. It gave me permission for self introspection and helped me find a place in my world at that time of life. I could be myself and not have to fall in the shadows of my siblings or try to fit in with the popular kids. 🙃 I did ask too many questions to be ‘cool’.
But in this case, nah…the comment that “You’re pretty annoying” really doesn’t miss the mark! 😅
I’ve been enjoying reading your philosophical comments this morning and appreciate the moniker you’ve given yourself; Sisyphus, a man with a passion for life, cheated death only to be rewarded with an eternity of hopeless struggle.
I hope you don’t mind, but for any member who isn’t familiar with you, I’d like to post a link to your first comment in the forum so they can also learn more about you and your philosophy to a happy life. You’d be a fascinating lunch date.
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/859950/
I’m so happy you’ve joined us in Connect. Was there anything in particular that brought you to our forum?
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For all what I read, u r pretty intelligent, TOO -- so, no wonder, too good to be cool among the kids!
I've been getting belly laughs going over your post.
I read again what my first post said. I was moved to tears of joy on reading some reactions: 'print up my post and stick onto bedroom wall to 'stop whining.' I just wanted to share another side with my take on life as an octo with humble means as to what's still possible to us to claim from life's many splendors.
Besides the current news seams to be all about mental health. So I thought I could join this group about depression and anxiety legitimately because I did have anxiety attack.
So go ahead At Your Own Risk!
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Hi Sisyphus and Lori.
This is pretty serious stuff for a laughter discussion group and yet completely understandable.
I think it was the existentialist, Camus, who found salvation in the life imposed on Sisyphus. Sisyphus was condemned to forever push a boulder up a hill to the top, push it down over the crest, and retrieve it again to repeat the process. Where was the good in that? The positive in the scenario is when Sisyphus walks down the other side of the hill to retrieve the burdensome boulder. It is on the walk down the other side of the hill that he is free ,,, should he choose to do so... to enjoy a life unburdened from strugglingly up the hill pushing a boulder. That I believe is the lesson for everyone, especially those with any personal struggles.
Which brings us to Socrates, whose last words might have been "Don't drink the hemlock".