Interesting Perspective

"...We take it for granted most of the time, but human life is fairly miraculous. It is also palpably short. You're given this marvellous thing, and then poof, it's taken away. You can see why people invent gods to explain it. But even to people who don't believe in gods, life commands respect. There are times in most of our lives when the days go by in a blur, and almost everyone has a sense, when this happens, of wasting something precious. As Ben Franklin said, if you love life, don't waste time, because time is what life is made of.

So no, there's nothing particularly grand about making money. That's not what makes startups worth the trouble. What's important about startups is the speed. By compressing the dull but necessary task of making a living into the smallest possible time, you show respect for life, and there is something grand about that."

http://www.paulgraham.com/startuplessons.html

Comments

[ActionDJ]

Does your wife know that you are calling my fiance ugly when we play poker together? For someone who seems to have so much in common with me, you truly seem to hate me. From my perspective it would seem that you don't get along with a lot of people. GL with the baby, my fiance and I are fearful ourselves of the day when we become parents.

[ActionDJ]

Ok sorry you appear to be the wrong rytoast, there is someone else out there defiling your name, and he is a poker player.

[Ryan]

ActionDJ -- yea, I think you have the wrong RyToast for sure. I don't play online poker nor speak ill of people's fiances.

Parenthood isn't scary if you genuinely want it. Good luck!