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The Ideal Life

Caveman Catfan

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Sep 1, 2002
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Who do you know or see is living the ideal life? And, why do you so conclude?

Is it a historic person or a contemporary? What makes their life ideal and have you consciously made an attempt to replicate it?

Would you recommend someone to friends as a life worth emulating?
 
An ideal life is good works for others and the love of family. That’s just my opinion.

Rich. Poor. Whatever color you are. Don’t care what you are or what party you belong to. It doesn’t mean your life is perfect or you don’t have problems.

Putting some good out in the world and the happiness of your family. I think everything else is just trappings that come and go.
 
Michael Bublé
-sings for his job
-makes millions
-travels the world
-insanely hot Argentine wife
-is a genuinely nice guy
-cute kids that he loves

Dude is killing it at life.
 
Previously I would have said Anthony Bourdain. Eat, drink, travel and talk about it for a living. Then he killed himself. I used to work with a guy who was married with two kids, had a small farm in Virginia, and no financial worries. He was a good athlete in high school and kept himself in tip top shape and had no medical issues. Then one day while his wife and kids went shopping, he went off into the woods on his property, sat down on a stump and put his shotgun under his chin. No matter how good you think somebody has it, you never know what's really going on with them.

For me, there's no better feeling than being able to help someone who needs it. We're fortunate. We are still healthy for our age, our kids are grown and productive citizens, and we have 4 grandkids, one of who is a freshman at UT-Chatt-nooga. We live 2 1/2 miles off the ocean and weather permitting, spend a lot of time there doing nothing more than reading, napping, fishing, walking, or absolutely nothing at all except watching the waves roll in.. That's a pretty decent life right there.
 
Yes, I have a dream… I want to own a decommissioned lighthouse. And I want to live at the top. And nobody knows I live there. And there’s a button I can press and launch that lighthouse into space.
 
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