@alex @dave it's ok for a dog to like being a dog, or a tree to find intrinsic value in being a tree. I love all forms of life because they have this primal energy, this will-to-flourishing-- what you're saying is inherently demeaning. It's steeped in straight up self-hatred. You don't want to be the best man you can be, you seem to not even want to be at all.