If it took forever, would you die trying?

Writing a novel.
It’s going to happen.

Oh yes, I definitley would. I’m not going to give up on my dreams, even if it takes me a lifetime.
I’ll die satisified.

Being a good dad.

Most of my goals are impossible to achieve, but I pursue them for the journey as much as the destination. Besides, a life in which all of your efforts succeed leaves you with a rather impoverished view of what the world is really like.

Amor fati.

I did, and then it was, and so, sadly, we did. :(

Yes, some things are worth giving your life for. The welfare of my wife, the welfare of my children and grandchildren, retaining my honor and self-respect. The list is short, but very important to me.

Yes, I will die in pursuit of my dreams

Too late for me. I know when to exit gracefully.

I have given up trying, for the most part. I am learning to be happy doing what I do. Trying to do things that are impossible makes me want to die and I don’t want to die. It’s better to stop trying and instead learn to appreciate what I am able to do. If I can do this, it may turn out that I do quite a lot. A lot more than I thought I did when I felt like I had to do everything.

When I had to do everything, I ended up doing nothing. Doing nothing nearly killed me. Now that I am learning not to do everything, I still end up doing nothing, only in this case, doing nothing is bliss. Doing nothing is the most satisfying spiritual practice I have ever experienced. And it is surprising how much can be accomplished while doing nothing.

Lord save me from ever trying to do anything again. Trying is the death of accomplishment. Seems to me that as soon as you stop trying, you can do just about anything.

While something is still a passion for me, I wouldn’t easily walk away from it, but I am learning there are times when walking away is the right thing to do. With the exception of my commitment to people I love (who I would fight to the death for), there isn’t really anything I am so desperate to achieve I would be prepared to die trying to make it happen. I have way too many other good things going on.

If it literally took forever, how could I even die?

Sorry. XD

Some things I never give up on, at least until I die.

@Sunny2

You’re older than me???

What @Bellatrix said, exactly. In the end it is relationships that bring the only true joy to life. This amounts to valuing the intangibles and the experiences more than the hardcore materialism. It must be very satisfying to bring life together in a big picture way by being, say,
one who has poured out life over a cause, a betterment for a people group. That is worth living for and dying over.

Giving my daughter the unhindered opportunity to go to college. I will live in my car if it means putting that kid through school.

I’d never give up on my children or myself. Life is a thing I would never give up on.