h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Have you really been close to drowning? No wonder you have such a gooood outlook on life..you have to see, and realise how close death can be, to really appreciate what life is, I suppose...only the very enlightened achieve understanding without stepping up to the edge of the darkness that is death. Maybe you feel that death is another begining...maybe it is. I fear though, it is only an end. In which case, lets make the best of our time hear anyway..we have nothing to lose and everything to gain. Where did I put those wine cases?
I am looking forward to reading more on your insights into Life, The Universe and Everything ...in the 'guide'

Yup...twice. You'd think I would have gotten the message the first time eh?

I'll get around to jumping into the guide...I'm just testing the waters for the moment (errrm...so to speak<s&gt

But Jack, how can you make the best of your life?
How do you know happiness is what life's for?

Ed.how can I make the best of my life? Well, I can't ever truly make the best, as the grass is always nicer just over .yup just there! I can just about see it..no darn gone again.. But I endevour to get the most out of it I can, through doing 'things' that give me pleasure (getting drunk and falling over) and through the happiness in others, that perhaps something in my existence has caused.

I know life is not for anything perhaps as trivial as happiness...check out the news to see that..but we live life with the cards fate has dealt us and, I suppose so far, fate has been pretty good to me(could be better though..are you listening up there?)But to have happiness in any small measure is not too bad a thing to have an to want eh?

Hmm...
I'm wondering how come, just because humans prefer happiness and have a tendancy to opt towards being happy, we should try to be happy (do you follow? )