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to have a successful marrige and a good carrer {make atleast $80,000 a year}.

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Why? Just curious...
What will a successful marriage give you?
What will 80k give you?

I realize how easy it would be to be sarcastic, lol, but I'm serious. Why do you want these things?

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For me, my goal is to make the Canadian National Team and go to the Olympics and compete in the worlds for Wushu or Sanshou. Thats really what i want more than anything riht now.

JL

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as of now, im satisfied with my life. i have a loving family consisting of two devoted Christian parents and a caring brother who humors me. i have a home, i have food to eat, water to drink, clothes to wear, the other basic nessecities, a good education, no physical handicaps, Tae Kwon Do, musical talent (hey, playing an instrument is no piece of cake!), and many more things.
yes sometimes i take my life for granted, but hey! we're humans! we always want more! (well, there are those who are thankful in all circumstances and that indeed is an admirable thing! )

in the future, id like to help people in some way. not just a small group, but the world- all of mankind. i know it's a bit farfetched, but hey, that's been my dream since i was a little kid (which is kinda hard to believe because i act a little selfish sometimes )
id also like to be an olympic gold medalist, but that is just a dream.

hmmmmmmm.... im actually reflecting on my life for once! thanks hazmatac!

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I hate to say it, but I am very happy with my life, I have a wonderful wife, 2 lovely children and I train in the art I love, and to help this, not only does my wife understand why I train, she trains too and is very good to boot.

I have won more medals than you could shake a stick at and trained quite a few national and world champions which always makes me smile and I have had the unique oppertunity to train with more than a couple of the top Grand Masters in the art I train, so I am very lucky as I see it.

The only thing that would make me happier is if I had enough money to not worry about feeding the family and paying the bills for the rest of my life and that way I would be able to give up work and train and teach as often as I liked, the weather could be better too, It rains a lot in Yorkshire and when it dont it's too dam cold.

regards


Pat

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I've always lived modestly, but I think I'd like enough money that I wouldn't have to worry about money for myself or my children. What I'd really like to do is to have enough money to set up a charitable foundation. The one real indulgence I have would be to travel. I've lived for so long without love or passion that I'd like to make more friends, either to see my friends here on MAP or those I've made all around the world/country. I'd like to take care of my mom so she'd never worry about anything, and make sure my nieces/nephews get whatever education they would like.

Whatever accomplishments I've done are quickly forgotten or are so personal, its not like anyone else would be impressed. If I ever find love again it'll probably be someone I trip over in a store somewhere. I would love, absolutely love someone to train with though.

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I want to change the world. I dont care about rich or poor, I want to be the next Socrates, the next great thinker in addition to a great martial artist. I want to be happy, and I never want to stop learning.

I can see myself being a hermit.

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i would want a good marriage, good children, my dream job(PC game company something), and running a good dojo with good students, so i can pass on my martial art to others, to ensure their safety and to better their lives if they chose to use that part of the art, with that and good friends to spend time with, my life would be complete.

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well. 80k a year will give me the type of lifestyle i'd be happy with. don't get me wrong, i'd like to make alot more than that, but thats the most i suspect i'll ever make, and its a respectable salary. and a marriage i suppose isn't nessecary. but i suppose it would give me a sense of purpose. of worth. as of now all i'm worth are my abilities as a fighter, for that reason, i'd like to join the UFC or Pride one day, but i think we can all agree that won't happen, so i wanna be worth something more. if that makes any sense.

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bah, depending on money and the support of someone else is not good in my book.

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depending on the support of someone else may not be a good idea, i suppose i can agree with you on that, but money is certainly nessecary.

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my goal is to decide who i am and what kind of morals i want to follow, and then remain authentic to them. everything after that is just a bonus.

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I want to have a family and enough money for us all to live comfortably. I wouldn't say no to a nice sports car though!

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I believe everyone is created for a purpose, with a calling. I want to find my calling and fulfill my purpose. Whether rich or poor, popular or not, I will consider my life a success if I achieve this one goal. Whatever difficulty I encounter along the way will be worth it, if at the end of time I can hear the words, "Well done, good and faithful servant!"

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great thread really.

First i started to think about stuff i want such as a job that could let me travel, enough money, etc...
But then i realised, what i REALLY want in my life is two things, be satisfied with the life i have, and more importantly, i want enough peace of mind and serenity to be able (when my time comes) to die in peace. After all it's the only thing im sure that will happen.

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Honestly, I don't know. I know what would get me close, but then when I have it it won't be enough.

In 38 months (not that I'm counting! ) I'm going to go buy a truck and go round the world. I want to find out whats important. I want to test myself in all ways possible. (physically, emotionally, spiritually.) I want to see the sights of this planet. I want to get past this Plastic-wrapped-mortgage-career-tred-mill-non-existence that the majority accept as life.

I have no intention of coming Back. I will either die, or more hopefully I will meet someone or find a place that I don't want to leave. I will settle down. I would like to teach, but teach from experience, not just the usual classroom dogma. I want to see my children (when I have them!) grow up and be happy and sucessful in everyhting they do. I want a house with a garden so I don't loose touch with nature and life.

That is my perfect life and that will make me happy and completely forfilled.

Until I have it, and then I'll be looking for the next challenge.

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I can't say for sure what I want from life yet, but I know that it has nothing to do with wealth or power.

Danzego, I hope you find what you are looking for when you go on the trip you talked about. I've wondered a lot recently if I want to do the same thing. I don't think I'll ever really find peace if I end up with a big house in the suburbs, a stonking great mortgage tying me down, driving a 4x4 and working a 9 to 5 job.

One part I'm sure about is that I want a family, but beyond that I really can't say. I dream of a much simpler life than I have right now, without all the stress, the pointless hassle and the endless progression toward acquiring more and more things and wealth and for what? Anyhow, my post could go on for pages and pages so I'll leave my contribution there.

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I like how positive MAP is! Great stuff so far.

Some thoughts:

- The overall goal of humans is survival. Surviving and procreating, which will insure our species will live on.

- On survival: Every single action we take is towards peace and happiness and away from unhappiness. Everything from eating, to blinking, to pushing certain thoughts out of our heads, to committing suicide. If we were programmed otherwise we wouldn't survive for very long.

-On procreating: This is why a lot of people want to get married on this thread. Humans are pack animals (as detatched as that sounds). Think about it and you'll find its true. So with a partner we get companionship which we like, and sex. We don't get horney because nature wants us to have a good time. We get horney because it ensures the survival of the species... without that driving force we wouldn't reproduce.



I think that for most people life feels dull, like your not really living it. You grasp on to things like youth and objects, and then you suffer when you realize you've gotten old, or your sick, somebody dies, one of your possessions breaks. You don't realize that it is inevitable, so you get upset. That is the essence of life, change. EVERYTHING is changing all the time. Your body, your thoughts, the computer in front of you. Everything is a process, and we are taught to hold onto these passing objects like they are static. You get stuck in a routine of grasping on to things you like, avoiding at all costs things you don't like, and the other 95% of your experience you think is boring. You feel like life is going on somewhere else, and your not living it. Eventually, something happens to you and you suddenly "wake up" and realize whats going to happen to you: your going to die. You break out of the routine, and you feel connected with whats going on around you. Time passes, that feeling eventually goes away as the routine kicks back in, and you stop caring about it; you go back to feeling unconnected with your life.



Enough typing for now. Lol, keep up the good stuff guys.

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Hrm. Now...there's a question. Life goals? Well, I can try:

To be happy, and know that I've never hurt someone wilfully. To have enough money to do what I want, whilst only using it to do things that are worth doing. To fight in an amateur bout of some kind, at least once. If I can find someone in the end who I love and who loves me, it's all well and good...if not...so be it. Lord, I'm being sappy here. What else? To make some kind of difference in someone's lives, for the better, and to achieve as many things that I once thought impossible as I can.

I think that about covers it. You can have as many plans and desires as you want, but the above pretty much cover however things go, whether it's good or bad.

Just my $0.02,

Take care,

Stalks