I've said something like this to someone before...
'What is life, anyway?'
It's a really pointless question, even if I throw it out there...
Your words are...
'Life... you haven't gotten married? Haven't had children?
Isn't that all there is to it?'
I wanted to have a deeper conversation, but...
The answer was too general(?)...
That's what I argued back, saying even animals do that.
Animals mate and produce offspring,
and are content with that. But... isn't it wrong to say that I'm just an animal?
I was born a human
and I should be looking for something different from animals...
At least, shouldn't we try to find it?
That's what I thought.
So you say...
Humans think pointless thoughts when they just eat and live...
Some people make a lot of money, and then turn their attention to business cards...
Business cards mean criticism... social status, right?
People like you wonder what life is all about...
Honestly...
You think that way because you're full and have a place to sleep.
If you were sitting on the street right now,
would you have time for those kinds of thoughts?
I tried to have a meaningful conversation, but
you hit the nail on the head so hard that I had nothing left to say.
Yeah...
I used to... and still don't live well now, but
when I was working at a company with only a few dollars in my pocket,
on Saturdays and Sundays,
I worked like crazy.
But...
I don't think I thought about those things back then.
It's undeniable that when you're busy, all sorts of trivial thoughts disappear.
But if you're so busy that you don't even have time to think,
wouldn't that life be a pity?
After all...
We are born human...
Not knowing why we were born, living like accessories in the world...
Maybe just like animals producing offspring and disappearing,
living and dying like that...
Without worrying about anything in the world,
agonizing and thinking, and then dying...
It seems like both are equally pitiful.
I usually wake up in the early morning hours.
When I go outside, sometimes the moon is out.
When I look up at the clear sky and see the moon,
I can hear neighborhood dogs barking.
Sometimes I think,
that dog barks without anyone listening,
of course some insomniacs might listen, but...
When I bark, someone listens and sympathizes with me...
That makes me feel like
I'm better than an animal... and I live happily.
