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Originally Posted by Akashic_Librarian 
On the Nature of People
Today coming home from a lovely lunch with my mom and grandma I started takling about the nature of people and their lives, I made the point that who honestly aspires to working in a supermarket? Sure its ok for Uni students or A-Level students to do it, but you shouldn't be thinking at 45 that Tescos Sales Manager is a good career path and a good, main source of income. Yet I see people do it all the time.
Why would you think that living in a smelly, small cramped flat was a good way to live? How could you smoke and drink heavily all the time and spend hundreds of pounds on these things and then moan to the Government you haven't any money?
Who in their right minds considers that acceptable living?
Why do people CHOOSE suffering...why?
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Life can often be seen as a struggle to avoid pain and pursue pleasure. The people that you describe have reached a point in their life where the thought of change, of doing anything to improve their lot has become too painful to bear. So they tell themselves that their current circumstances are comfortable and pleasurable. Soon it becomes ingrained and they don't have to think about it anymore.
At one point in my life, I was in a similar situation to that. I would wake up in the morning and realize that there was not a whole lot that made me want to get out of bed. Lack of action and complaining had become easier than working to change things. It's only after I came out of the situation that I'm able to look back and see with clarity why I acted as I did during that time. It makes me wonder what about my present state I'll look back at in 5 years and see in a new light.
Perhaps instead of judging those people, we should work to help them break free from the mold they have set.