/lit/ - Literature

Tell it to someone who cares, fag

>>12920899
I never had the thought in my life that I will find a job I absolutely love. Don't know where you guys got that meme from. Whatever you do, you'll eventually grow sick of it.

And thus a 4chan meme christian is born

>>12920991
I just don't know how to come to terms with wasting away half my waking hours doing some bullshit I hate.
>>12921008
I don't think Jesus can help me to be honest

>>12920899
i know that feel man

>>12920899
Pay very close attention to yourself and you will discover that everything you said is insincere and egocentric. Worst of all, you identify with insincerity--you think it makes you unique, precious, clever. Your pride blinds you to the fact that you're really just imitating a model in your head--at some point you fell for the veneer of some other insincere, self-deceiving man, thinking that he was genuine and earnestly admired by his peers, that he was really standing for something. And now you're his double. The horrifying thing is that he was a double of someone else, and so on, ad infinitum. You're too prideful to ask for your help, and you wouldn't relinquish your despair even if an angel of god offered you a hand. Instead you cling to a puny spite which forms the kernel of your ego--and it is the last thing you would cast into the fire. Damned be the rest of the world! You didn't ask for this! And to hell with the creator who put together this sham! Your whims ought to arbitrate the universe, damnit! That's why you made this post: it's not enough just to admit that you're tired--no, you have to publish your complaints, let somebody hear about it! I mean, it's not like you're asking somebody else to take up the burden--no, you just want to say it, b-because you believe it, r-right? You can't directly ask for help, you must indirectly, discretely hint at it, making sure to keep even yourself in denial--maybe you're not asking for help, maybe you're right and you ought to be given a break. Hey, cut a guy some slack once in a while, right? W-we're all going to make it right?

Your ego sticks out like an eyesore. You're trying to protect this monstrous aberration, like a passenger trying to bring on too much luggage, delaying the flight for everybody else...

You should be thankful for the very trial you want to sidestep. It's your only hope for salvation.

>>12921198
> work harder goyim!!!

>>12921221
Will it console you, in the end, that you have someone to blame for the unfinished works, for the unresolved longing weakly lingering in the twilight of your life?

>>12921198
So, what exactly are you proposing I do?

>>12921041
He could, maybe take a look

just be yourself anon

>>12921198
holy (literally) based

>>12921265
Forgive yourself for your pride, and then ask God to forgive you and bless you with discernment for the road ahead t b h

>>12921265
Ha! There you go again, thrusting your burden upon someone else, so that when they refuse you, you'll feel vindicated in your hostility towards them. Then you will indulge yourself in your own woe, reveling in your despair--secretly gleeful, sickeningly gleeful, loving and caressing your tender ego, which reciprocates the slightest aggression with the very coarse hatred it condemns... Why do you reward yourself for the very things which make you unseemly to others? Do you realize that the thoughts you believe to be your own are the same thoughts as every heaving life form on this planet?

>>12921041
>I just don't know how to come to terms with wasting away half my waking hours doing some bullshit I hate.
If you can write, self-publish. If it's good, the word will spread. Write a sequel for money, done.
But if you tried this, and it became obvious you lack the talent the market would recognize - keep your head down, because you objectively suck.
You don't need to give up writing - copywriting and buzzfeed articles are still an option. For those you don't need any talent, just hard work, and it will be still related to something you enjoy.

It’s fine anon, you’re 30, you dont need to worry about impressing anyone anymore.

You’re a man, you’re fine. Write, get better, make yourself happy.

>>12920899
when i start to feel that way i realize it's time to hit the road and see new things.
save up some money for a month or two then go hitchhiking around your country for a few weeks. or buy a plane ticket to somewhere scenic and cheap and go backpacking. might have to save up for more than a couple months in that case depending on your finances.
you need a change dude. and at this point it probably doesn't matter what kind of change, as long as you're willing to put yourself in novel situations. some people in your situation end up finding their innermost source of motivation only after long struggles with drugs, incarcerations, etc. "it could always be worse" sorry i had to say it <3

>>12921041

What were you expecting out of life if I may ask?

Welcomer to doomerhood, enjoy your stay

>>12921305
I'm starting to think we need a Buddhism containment thread.

>>12921041
>I don't think Jesus can help me to be honest

Have you ever bothered to ask Him to help you? Have you ever prayed?

>>12921813
just another anon stepping into this thread here, and i'm curious... do you guys actually believe in Jesus? Is that really a thing? I grew up in a baptist church and never understood it. Not even in some edgy, contrarian way, but to the extent that I question whether or not I'm capable of actually believing in a god. I've always felt like it was just something people play along with to have a sense of community, perhaps even superiority? I honestly don't get it. How would I go about this?

>>12921848
p.s. i have nothing against religious folk, you do you, if it gives you content, i respect that.

>>12921198
cope

>>12921848
Jesus is great and good and beautiful. He is absolutely real. He is the Master of this world, but He is also humble, meek, and kind. He fasted, and suffered, and wept, and died, but He is also God of the universe, Lord of all Creation. He is so good that to think of Him brings me to tears. He is mighty and stern, but also gentle and kind. He is absolutely perfect, everything anyone could ask for in someone to follow. I absolutely believe in Him, and I would die for Him. He is the ultimate proof that God is not wicked, or cruel, or capricious. Instead, God is good, and loves us, and wants the best for all mankind. Jesus Christ offers comfort and joy to all who follow Him, and he demonstrates His power through the continued efficacy of His Church, and the everlasting message of His Gospel.

He is absolutely real. Don't be afraid to seek Him out. If you have no familiarity with Christianity, you cannot begin to fathom how powerful, and how wonderful, Christ is.

>>12921848
4chan is just going through it's LARPy phase because christianity is under fire in Amerimuttland, and this place is all about contrarianism. Let the kids play along.

>>12921877
delicious dubs, mon frere. and yeah, cool. your post makes a lot more sense than the other guy.

>>12921198
This would be possibly alright if it was part of a novel and part of a larger context, with one character saying it to another, but as a 4chan post it’s just really gay. I read a book recently and one part, talking about misuse of emotions, pointed out something like, “You know how when people are trying to seem intense but you’re just embarrassed for them?” That reminds me of this post. The book compared it to an arrow that spends all its force just to completely miss the target, I believe.

>>12920899
I'm stressed all the time, I get scared around conversation and I can't hold one without wanting to laugh it off nervously, I can't think about how to hold one without wanting to laugh it off nervously, I'm always angsty as fuck when I'm alone, my parents don't socialize at all and they're totally pathologized and I'm still stuck in my room at the ripe age of 21 at least I'm going to college but fuck I don't do hardly anything with my fucking life and soon I'm going to be joining the workforce to work in some dead ass environment some dead ass contractarian Rawlsian shit heap of capital gains and if I were to live alone now I'd have to take out loans and goddamn I don't have any friends but at least I'm literate goddamn it.

>>12920899
This OP is written beautifully, have you ever thought about making a book of short prose poetry (I’m not joking, I like the way this sounds)
Even if you just use Lulu you can get yourself out there

>>12920899
You’re the fan Kurt has the fun pointed towards, happy sailing my friend

>>12921870
>Has anyone ever in the history of the earth ever seen those people on the side of the road pumping their signs into the air with all their idealogical trite on it and thought, "Oh, shit, well I'm convinced!"

>>12922004
Have you ever tried to pray the Rosary?

>>12922018
I rest my case.

>>12922022
I'll pray for you, Anon.