...at which point I just stopped caring.

[squee]

Or maybe it's that I stopped worrying.

I guess this is an outgrowth of my religious faith but...I no longer worry about solving all of society's ills. Don't get me wrong: I still strongly believe in social justice and activism and helping out my fellow man.

But lately I've realized that I don't believe in utopias anymore; nor in the perfectability of mankind. So when it comes down to it, I have stopped trying to have everything be perfect all the time--the perfect experience, the perfect night out, find the perfect mate, etc.--and have concentrated on just <i>being</i> instead.

It's quite liberating, let me tell you.

I still have standards and will be explain, if asked, why I think this policy is bullshit or why I think the Iraqis will be better off without this or that kind of government...but there is no longer any immediacy or angst over the world not being perfected in my lifetime due to my own work.

Maybe it's a sign that I'm getting old, I dunno.

[Billyman]

Outstanding sir.

You say; "maybe it's a sign that I'm getting old.."

I say; "It's a sign of becoming realistic".

[zim]

it's a shame though, isn't it? realism?

[3MTA3]

Welcome to our slightly depressing but very level headed club.

[Solstice_Gray]

Welcome to my new found world.

[Mudflap]

Now you can bed homelier chicks. A less stressful outlook on life and more sex.

Good call, squee.

[MAC]

I give up

I've been typing and deleting in this box it for an hour

whatever.

I have always found you to be genuine. I expect nothing less.

[MuffyTheVampyreLayer]

Oooh - next then you'll be a nihilist too!

[PrinceOfStorms]

Another one converted Muffy and you get the free steak knives, eh?

[Cruise Director]

I hate the occasional "reality check."