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1. jmathai · 1790259001 · focus · HN ↗

   This hits me like a brick wall with my young children. Seeing them change so rapidly is a glimpse into how short life is and how often an experience unknowingly becomes the last of its kind.

   There is so much to be gained by slowing down, focusing on what you can be grateful for, and not striving for more.

   1. dominotw · 1790260026 · focus · HN ↗

      don't you just go back to your old habits once this realization has passed.

      we were desiged to want more it impossible to override that design.

      1. smolder · 1790261968 · focus · HN ↗

         No, it isn't. Think about monks and so on. Some people live properly modest lives, not hedonistic ones.

         1. dominotw · 1790265420 · focus · HN ↗

            I guess you can convince to want something totally different like bliss, moksha or whatever but the basic instinct to want is still there . Not sure why that particular form is more desirable. I know some personally and they constantly struggle with wanting that not being able to achieve.

            1. smolder · 1790413638 · focus · HN ↗

               Wanting to not want is still wanting, I suppose. But it misses the point to frame it that way. The argument that we innately have endless desire is just not true. It is a quality particular to certain people.

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