I feel like I'm just going to get old
Posted May 23, 2020 04:23 by anonymous
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Welp, my 15th birthday is coming up pretty soon and I'm already feeling depressed because I know in 5 years I'm going to be going to college, then working for the rest of my life, what's something productive that I could be doing while I become old and I potentially die?
Commented May 23, 2020 04:26 by anonymous
What can you do? Gain the wisdom to understand that life is always a comedy, even though death is inevitable and never funny.
When I was 15 I read a book that was so good and correct that I could not argue with anything written in it.
You might get a kick out of the wisdom of a genuine renaissance French nobleman. Check out The Maxims of La Rochefoucauld (it is available free online, search “Gutenberg” and “La Rochefoucauld,” but the Leonard Tancock printed book translation is the best one). It is a very short and powerful book of several hundred little observations. Many end with a punchline of shock humor. I can’t find a single one that is out of date or wrong. If you have any questions, email me at coyotewit at protonmail dot com