I heard something interesting from my Sociology professor the other day. He said that there are a lot of people who are choosing to live life alone. That got me to thinking. Why in the world would anyone want to do that? Isn't the point in life to find the greatest joy possible?

Then I thought, not everyone has the same thought of what's the greatest joy. For some it's work or money. Other's it's their art or their historic mark on the world. Maybe it's the joy of helping others like a psychologist or a surgeon or a nanny. Maybe their joy is knowledge so they become scholars or teachers.

But what if it's not like that? What if most of these people have the same idea, that love is the greatest persuit one can reach for? Why then would they want to be alone? Perhaps they have fallen in love. Perhaps they were rejected by someone they gave their whole being to and thought they were loved back. Perhaps they found that their love loved someone else before they had a chance to ask them out. Perhaps they loved someone, but never had the courage to confess and ended up just drifting apart. It could be anything.

This is still confusing to me, narrow minded as I am. I can understand that people would be happy with other things, and why they would want that life style. But when they're on their death bed, most people still say that they wish they had spent more time with their loved ones. Nothing else. So I guess it all comes down to what you want think when you die. Do you want to think of work? Or do you want to think love was the best thing that happened to you and you're glad you stuck with it?

Just thinking

Story of my life, right there. :(

*sigh*

I think everyone strives for happiness in their lives. But nowadays, you hear a lot of people saying they don't have time to date because they're way too busy.

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Love

Just because i like the quotes. <3

I was in the shower this morning and a thought popped into my head. What if we all have a gun next to our hearts? Not a real gun! It's a metaphor, don't freak out. But think about it. We all have guns next to our hearts that trigger love. There are hundreds of different types of guns.

There's the automatic asault rifle who falls in love with whoever they find attractive at first sight. These types may fall in love many many times even at the same moment. They fire fast but since there's so many being shot out at once, the target is harder to hit. So it might be a while for some of these people to find real love and not just a crush.

Some people have a revolver. They take careful aim with each shot (or fire all the bullets at once in a stressful situation). They can reload it easily themselves, but mostly these people take their time. This is the "normal" person. (I say normal very losely, because naormal just means the majority and the majority of the population is a little insane...(yay psych class...)).

Then there are those with bazookas. These people can load it themselves if they want, but it's easier when two people do it together. This results in a small explosion sending sudden flames to anything it hits. Deep passion is suddenly realized and becomes a drug to the person. But remember, only a few shots can be fired until somethings completely destroyed.

Lastly, there are the cannons (there's more than just these types, but I'm getting ready to eat and I want to wrap this up). Now I'm not talking about a small cannon. I'm talking about a big one, one that could sink a ship in one shot (even if it's not fired by Ussop). It's heavy and hard, but slow to reach it's target. Sure it looks fast, but a bullet is deffinately faster. These take their time to reach the point of love and slowly build towards that goal. And the shots can't be loaded with just one person. Sure this person can try, but it won't work that well and won't fire well. In order to hit the target correctly, there needs to be two people (or more depending on your beliefs and if you live in Utah (no offense to those who live in Utah)) working together.

So, that's about it. I'm gonna go eat some hot dogs.

P.S.~ Mary, I love Woody Allens quote near the begining.

Wow, Alan...at first i was like, "DON'T SHOOT ME IN THE HEART I NEED THAT TO LIIIIVE~" but then I read the rest of the post. Lol. XD

I really think your comparison hits the mark. Quite a few of my friends have been the "automatic assault rifle" type- getting crushes on lots of guys and starting relationships that never really work out.

I think the anon quotes are my favorites.

ESPECIALLY THIS ONE:

"Love is gender-free. One can love their friends, no matter what orientation you are."
-Anonymous

<3

Goddammit Alan, I'm gonna kick your *#!*%$* for making me think of my old flames and crushes with your useless rhetoric. The last thing I need on my mind until I graduate is <nameless chick> waltzing through my noggin. :fluffle:

Tries to figure out what appendage needs to be bleeped and is spelt with seven letters... and considers wether it'd be fine or not....

Side note: I didn't think anyone read my Blahs. lol