On the other hand, how many years does each of us have left? Ten? twenty? Thirty? Forty? Few of us can easily imagine ourselves still alive and productive in forty years. So much of what we do rests on an implicit assumption that we are going to live for eternity, and starts to seem pointless when we consider how short our existence is.
Very well said, there are times we lose the bigger picture of our lives and instead start wasting times with pointless stuff just to escape the reality of our lives.
Materialism (the dominant underlying philosophy of our culture) keeps us away from that higher level consciousness. It poisons our mental models and worldview.
On the other hand, how many years does each of us have left? Ten? twenty? Thirty? Forty? Few of us can easily imagine ourselves still alive and productive in forty years. So much of what we do rests on an implicit assumption that we are going to live for eternity, and starts to seem pointless when we consider how short our existence is.