Why I gotta live a life I love

It's finally occurred to me why I have to live a life I love, as I fight through a paper for school, right now, that I am utterly disinterested in.

Because I would be thoroughly bored if I chose any other kind of life.

Why choose a life worth living, even with the hassles?

Because a life without important challenges is mindnumbingly boring. Which may be why this is the most common complaint among kids in school and adults with their work (outside of feeling like you're being treated or getting paid like shit).

Why do I want to marry someone who is thoughtful and loving, even when that often makes them somewhat complicated and unpredictable?

Because those are the kind of people I most like to hang out with. Because they keep me interested. And they are the ones who can challenge me in a way that keeps me learning and growing. They also happen to be the folks who treat me nicer, typically.

And nice and loving trump all the rest any day of the week. No matter what talking heads tell you different.

I gotta have a life I love because I want to love my life. And I can only love my life if I'm doing something worthwhile. And the worthwhile stuff always comes with headaches. That's what makes it worthwhile.

But, mostly, I gotta have a life I love because I want to meet a girl, someday, who has a life she loves. And I want to share a life I love with someone else. And some kids, at some point.

And, if I don't, I'll always be faking it. Trying to pretend I love a life that really makes me unhappy. And that unhappiness will be clear as day to everyone else. No matter how much I try to fake that my life is going better than it is.

Find a life you love. So you're not pretending that you love your life when you don't. Or worse, so you're not pretending that a life you've settled for isn't really so bad just so you don't have to take the risks that would be involved with living a life you love.

You only get one. Choose one that's close to your heart. Because it's the only one you'll get to live. No matter how you choose to live it.

So choose to love it. And choose one you love.

So none of us has to pretend otherwise.

The heart of the matter

This is what this health care debate is about when we finally get down to it.

Government Force at the Heart of Obama-care

This is the heart of all of our political debates, right now.

Are we going to rationalize force as a governing philosophy?

Or is freedom the animating spirit of America and liberal democracies.

I know where I stand.

Do you?

The Berlin Wall and what it really means to be liberal

Mags said it best.

You think different? Keep trying motherfuckers. And watch the quest for freedom keep running circles around you.

Liberal democracies are liberal for a reason. And it's certainly not to sell out all that liberty in the sheep's clothing of "liberalism".

No matter how many ways leftists try to spin this commemoration, the bottom line is this.

Today is a celebration of freedom.

And that's exactly what we'll be doing.

With or without the permission of our masters.