That is a thought I have pondered often. After some major life experience, whether it is good or bad, how does one go back to a normal, shall I say "boring" life?
Where I live in the sticks of the Bible belt, HS graduation is a BIG DEAL. I used to wonder why parents and HS students would shell out so much money for photos, class rings, parties, etc. Then it dawned on me one day. For many of them, this is the pinnacle of their life, their crowning acheivement. Few of them go on to college (something like 15% in the state I live in), most of them get factory jobs, marry women they got pregnant (i.e. most of the time are not really much in love), live in trailer homes, etc. It is very pitiable.
I also got a really strong feeling along those lines from watching the Lord of the Rings movies. I know this will sound corny, but those Hobbits had an amazing adventure. There was that series of scenes at the end that were done VERY well IMHO. Sam had managed to find his true love and have kids (a really sweet scene at the end coming home), but Frodo just couldn't shake the feeling that his life was somehow lessened, and NEEDED to get on the white ship with Gandalf. Some of us are like Sam, we can find other things to make our lives worthwhile to ourselves. Others of us are like Frodo, but unfortunately there isn't a white ship to take us to new places and new adventures.
How many of us waste our lives away dreaming about that white ship?
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will try and convince you why, "no, it isn't like that for me... it's different for me, there is no way you could possibly understand... you just don't get it."
Nearly everyone has something they are passionate about. Nearly everyone has something they long for that they don't have. How well you deal with that longing can directly affect how happy you are.
Chrome
"Recollect me darlin, raise me to your lips, two undernourished egos, four rotating hips"
