I think my childhood could make the eternal recurrence worth it. As a child, I was genuinely happy. I had no worries, no responsibilities. I just lived life in the moment and didn’t care about my future or past. Now, as I’ve matured, I’ve realized how much struggle there is in life. As my friends would say, we’re all stuck in the rat race. I know I’ll never find that childhood innocence in myself again. Therefore, I would love to be retold elements of my life, even if I had to endure all the struggle. This one element would 1000% make it all worth it.
Now to connect this with Siddhartha. When Siddhartha can’t pay the ferry guy, the ferry guy says I know you’ll be back, because he’s enlightened, so he knows that life is just one big cycle. Every part of life will repeat itself.
If you think about it, the childhood joy could be applied to this as well. When people get older and settle down, what do they do? They have children, and I think part of the reason why is because these children serve as a reminder of their past, of that joy they once had. I’m not a parent, so I wouldn’t know, but I think this could be a reason?
And when people get old and their children start to have children, they get excited as well. I know because all grandparents get so happy when they’re with their grandchildren. This goes to back to the cycle, it’s like their becoming a parent again. They’re raising children again. And when they raise children, they find that happiness again.
Much like Siddhartha, life is just this series of reoccurrences. And although I may never find the happiness in myself again, I know that I can find it others. The happiness just changes form. So I guess my personal goal for this semester is to spend more time with my family.
Now to connect this with Siddhartha. When Siddhartha can’t pay the ferry guy, the ferry guy says I know you’ll be back, because he’s enlightened, so he knows that life is just one big cycle. Every part of life will repeat itself.
If you think about it, the childhood joy could be applied to this as well. When people get older and settle down, what do they do? They have children, and I think part of the reason why is because these children serve as a reminder of their past, of that joy they once had. I’m not a parent, so I wouldn’t know, but I think this could be a reason?
And when people get old and their children start to have children, they get excited as well. I know because all grandparents get so happy when they’re with their grandchildren. This goes to back to the cycle, it’s like their becoming a parent again. They’re raising children again. And when they raise children, they find that happiness again.
Much like Siddhartha, life is just this series of reoccurrences. And although I may never find the happiness in myself again, I know that I can find it others. The happiness just changes form. So I guess my personal goal for this semester is to spend more time with my family.
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