Rick Warren TED

For me its hard to make sense why the world even works. I sit here in a cafeteria and wonder how the hundreds of people that work at this Honda plant come to work everyday. I know that I would not be capable of doing the same job everyday for years and years on end. I am unable to put myself in some one's head who could do that. It is as alien to me as being blind or mentally disabled, I have no way to conceptually understand it.  From a practical view I certainly can, they likely have families to feed, or hobbies and interests they need to fund, plain just like not having to think, or love working with there hands in a job that pays them well enough to do it. I just can't enter that mindset and not see the abyss staring back. The idea that people would live their lives not liking what they did for a majority of it is bone chilling. How do people anywhere deal with this problem, for I know for certainly that I am not the only one who thinks this.  I think the only way to deal with this is to not think about it. These thoughts are like Pandora's box, once they are out, they cannot but put back in it. Which brings to me the TED talk of Rick Warren. While I am not a man of faith, I can respect those who are, and I can I love his view on life. The point of his TED speech was for us to live the way we meant to live, and to use who we were to make this place (Earth, society, the human race) a little better than we got it. Whether this mandate is from God or simply how it should, I cannot agree more with this sentiment. I love that there are people who have seen what I believe the truth of existence to be, and are trying to help us along that path. I can only hope his words can touch others like they have me. The fact that I am writing this post from work on a Saturday show me how much I am not in that place, and that I must strive to get there soon.  The words of Robert Byrne ring truest "The purpose of life is a life of purpose"

Here is the TED speech given by Rick Warren.