What’s the Point If We Can’t Have Fun?

What’s the Point If We Can’t Have Fun? is an interesting article. Maybe it can be a different way to look at how we treat our ``work life'', that at some level, life isn't about just feeding the big Capitalism engine, and that some room for fun is indeed essential, not because it can improve one's mood to become a better cog in the Capitalist engine, but because it is the cornerstone of what it means to be alive.

But who am I kidding? No one will accept that perspective---it runs too counter to the generally accepted score keeping of wealth in numerical units of currency.

``OMG... MT is turning communist!''

No, goodness gracious me, HELL NO. The antonym for capitalistic exploitation is not communism---I don't even know how to define such a thing using a single-word label.

We all seek a purpose in life, whether we are aware of it or not. As a believer, the purpose of life is to glorify God; non-believers may need to find their own alternative if they are so inclined. A purpose is needed to ensure that the person does not suddenly collapse in death for no apparent reason---a primary purpose can usually be found in the instinctual ``live long and prosper'' aspect of living organisms.

But some of us... don't have that kind of drive. We see no need to live long, or even the need to reproduce.

It might be the going against of the natural instinct borne about from environmental factors, or it might be something else. I honestly don't know, and since I have sorted my purpose out mostly, don't really care to dig any deeper.

All I want to add is that if life isn't fun at least some of the time, then perhaps it really isn't worth it. We've got to find those bright spots if they do not appear to us naturally---it's the only way to go on living.

Otherwise it might just be better to return the life imbued from the particular configuration of sub-atomic particles.