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Originally Posted by LovinNothin
If you are poor, really poor, ie: no money to retire on, no health insurance, no family, no real possessions, no real estate, nothing substantial, then what is the point of growing old?
There is nothing to look forward to except illness and depression.
A life, not being able to contribute anything to society, really isn't a life at all. It's more of a bacteria's way of life. Alive, but not really alive.
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I was an abandoned kid and have no family but for my son now. I also worked taking care of people at an old folks home for a year when I was 19.
When I worked at the old folks home the happiest residents, day to day, were the ones helping others everyday, also creators, writers artists, etc.
The more you give the more you realise your value and carve your place in the world, if even for a moment, a day, months or years.
There was a woman I cared for that had become bedridden and blind, she was an author. Everyday I'd go in and she'd recite vivid bits from these awesome stories she had written. To this day I remember her with warmth and fondness.
When I was a little kid and in front of the judge, with my mother on the other side of the family court, after the judge ordered I am now property of the state, he paused and looked at me while I was tearing up and he told me "none of what's happened here is your fault" "life isn't about what's been taken away or what you don't have" "Life's about being grateful for what you have while recognizing the miracles in your life and knowing you're never alone" So of course I became a pornographer
To me, if you focus on all the things you don't have, or might lose, you lose focus of the important things you uniquely possess and have to offer others. Feeling worthless is a red flag that you're not focussing on what's important.
CurrentlySober is a great example. He might be broke as all fuck but he can ALWAYS eat shit, without fail, and THAT, is a gift.