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Are we a "work in progress" until the day we die ?

I was thinking of my goals this weekend. The ones I've set, accomplished or maybe neglected over the years. It seems to me that we're always working on ourselves. Whether it be weight loss, getting in better shape etc. Right now I am working on my hair, and going down another dress size. Do we ever reach a point in life where we're just fine ? Not trying to change ourselves anymore. Or are we going to be perfecting or "changing" ourselves until we die ?

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I think you're right, we're always a work in progress. And some of the things we are working on, we are not even aware of. But I also think that the nature of what we are consciously working on changes. 5 years ago, I realised I seriously needed to work on patience, and now, although much improved, I hope, I do stillneed to keep on working on it. But I realised recently that what I most needed to work on was doing my best and trusting the Creator to take care of the rest, while still keeping patience as a maintenance project, as it were. I also stopped trying to have the tummy and butt of a barbie, but am trying very hard to start walking everyday, so I can stay healthy enough to discover other goals to work towards! Good luck with everything!

I hope so. I don't ever want to reach a point where I think I've learned everything and done everything. I don't ever want to see the day that I think I'm perfect. What would be the point of living if there were no goals to work for?

Until, and after.

I am a work in progress as much as I am a form in transition...

Well i like the idea that each day is an oppurtunity to improve oneself

You're always going to change yourself because it gives you a reason to live.

hmmm

invented*

God help me.

duh

It's a choice, plain and simple. Remember that great quote from the Shawshank Redemption? Yeah, you do.

I think Bob Dylan has a quote for this, (I think Dylan has a quote for everything.) "He not busy being born is busy dying."

I hope not

I think the trick is to live in a place where one is "just fine" with "what is" . . . while remaining always open to "what might be". Goals are just a point to focus, milestones to pass.

The day one is no longer open to greater possibilities in the grand scheme of things, is the day they spiritually die. The body will follow shortly after.

I like to think when I'm 80 I'll be improving myself. I got busy living and I really don't want to quit and give in to complacency. I look forward to gabbing the next rung on the ladder, in doing that I'm just fine.

I sure hope so. Seems the day you stop growing is the day you start dying. Doesn't mean you can't be happy with yourself the way you are, just that there's always something new to learn, something new to try, something new to discover about yourself.

yes

- if you stop - your are not working.
death is then only end to learning I will acknowledge.

Yes. Oscar Wilde called it "Aestheticism".. life as a work of art. It's a good way of looking at it.. that you're constantly creating something that endures, at which you get only one attempt.

yes

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I like to think when I'm 80 I'll be improving myself. I got busy living and I really don't want to quit and give in to complacency. I look forward to gabbing the next rung on the ladder, in doing that I'm just fine.

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I sure hope so. Seems the day you stop growing is the day you start dying. Doesn't mean you can't be happy with yourself the way you are, just that there's always something new to learn, something new to try, something new to discover about yourself.

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- if you stop - your are not working.
death is then only end to learning I will acknowledge.

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Are we a "work in progress" until the day we die ?

I hope so. I don't ever want to reach a point where I think I've learned everything and done everything. I don't ever want to see the day that I think I'm perfect. What would be the point of living if there were no goals to work for?

Until, and after.

I am a work in progress as much as I am a form in transition...

Well i like the idea that each day is an oppurtunity to improve oneself

You're always going to change yourself because it gives you a reason to live.

hmmm

invented* God help me.

duh

It's a choice, plain and simple. Remember that great quote from the Shawshank Redemption? Yeah, you do.

I think Bob Dylan has a quote for this, (I think Dylan has a quote for everything.) "He not busy being born is busy dying."

I hope not

I like to think when I'm 80 I'll be improving myself. I got busy living and I really don't want to quit and give in to complacency. I look forward to gabbing the next rung on the ladder, in doing that I'm just fine.

I sure hope so. Seems the day you stop growing is the day you start dying. Doesn't mean you can't be happy with yourself the way you are, just that there's always something new to learn, something new to try, something new to discover about yourself.

yes - if you stop - your are not working.death is then only end to learning I will acknowledge.

Yes. Oscar Wilde called it "Aestheticism".. life as a work of art. It's a good way of looking at it.. that you're constantly creating something that endures, at which you get only one attempt.

yes

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invented*

God help me.

yes

- if you stop - your are not working.
death is then only end to learning I will acknowledge.