Question by afraidofamericans: “Living life on life’s terms”, what exactly is that garbage all about?
Read this from another post, apparently this is one of the lessons learned in rehab.
Care to give your thoughts on this completely soul-murdering little phrase?
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Am7pE3BelUjkXiiHQZ6nAu_ty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20080428121937AAKtgFz&show=7#profile-info-0Gp5qAPpaa
Best answer:
Answer by cyrilmaize
“Feast upon the shit sandwiches Life fixes for you each day, and don’t attempt to live life on your own terms!”
Answer by quantumrift
I think it’s really stupid.
It’s like “Well, let life beat you around and just accept it.” instead of “Grab Life By The Horns”….
Or “Do something with your life”..
If I lived “life on life’s terms” I probably would be living in a double wide, no teeth, lots of tattoos, drive a blue-smoke-belching hooptie, and scrounging cans out of dumpsters when i wasn’t working at part-time at the Quickie Mart…
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