A Ranting Correction
By: Compubomb @ Dec 20, 2005 @ 11:22 pm
Lily states:
Existentialism isn't "taking one day at a time" It is the idea that humans can only be understood through their experienced individual reality as opposed to science or psychology or any other scientific means. It stresses the fact that you are master of your universe and ultimately the responsibility for your life is yours, and that your actions and decisions are the only ones that can truly effect who you are, and that you alone create any meaning in your life. It is not about not seeing the big picture. It is about taking responsibility for your actions and their consequences and creating your own big picture.
I guess I stand corrected about the meaning of Existentialism. I guess the meaning of existentialism can be interpreted differently; the definition I received was one of a different meaning. Either way, I just mis-labeled what I wanted to say, I was more trying to I just convey a philosophy to some extent and how it did not co inside with my idea of what reality exerts on the human psyche. The philosophy goes something like this: Take life one day at a time for each day you live could be your last, enjoy each moment as though it were your last. Take life 1 stride at a time, anger and frustration require too much energy and thus are useless emotions--this is by no means exact or quoting the original philosophy.