Come one, Come all.........?

Question

I ask you to give thought to this question before answering, or as I often will do shoot it right off the cuff.

My question is:

Where does your life begin...and when does it start to end.

I am not talking about the stage of life as a fetus or even as a small child. I am talking about (as an example) does your life begin when you become independent, and in so becoming independent does it begin to end because now you have to be responsible for yourself? Or (another example), does your life begin when you learn the value of friendship, and in so learning does it end when you realize that no one really takes your best interests to heart other than yourself (or your mother).

I'd like to hear what you think was the beginning and the beginning of the end to your life, or others lives. Not necessarily one having to do with the other, just whatever your thoughts on it are.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Good question, which deserves a well thought answer. Here's mine:

The memories and experience of childhood through the period of dependency on others is certainly important in shaping the foundation of who you are, and are definite components of one's life.

However, I think one's true life experience should be evaluated based on what they set out to do independently, what they able to create, and how they are able to use their life to contribute to the world. You can learn and experience many things during this time and make choices based on these things which you alone are responsible for. In considering your question I am reminded on the film "Defending Your Life" where before one is "processed" into heaven, there is a humorous trial in which all they accomplished on earth is replayed for jurors and judges to see to determine if their life was worthy of moving on to the next stage. While a comedic possibility on post-liefe reflections, perhaps it is best to consider ones actions and accomplishments during the period in which one's life was lived deliberately.

Therefore the starting point would be independence, and the ending point would be whenever independence ceases, whether that be death or incapacity to further contribute to the world.

I think the beginning of my "true" life was setting out ost-college to figure out how I wanted to live, define how I intended to accomplish this, where I would find the means to fund this, and how I began execution of the plan throughout changes, shifts, surprises, setbacks, sucesses, etc.

Answer 2

Obviously Life Begins in the Womb and End in Death, But I Fell that Living Begins with Knowledge, My First Memory was of My Pet Dog, Corky Looking Me Straight in the Eye, You See We were the Same Height when I was 2 Years Old! I have always Tried to Learn Something Ever Day Since, Because I fell that Knowledge is the Key to Life, I also fell that I've Learned Some Very Important Things about Life By Just Reading Your Question, Thank You For That! Can a Person Become Truly Independent, For We all Need to be LOVED! Can a Person Know the Actual Value of Friendship, For It Seams to Grow More Valuable By the Day! Does Ever Parent in the World have their Children's Best Interest at Heart, One Would Hope So, But We all Know that their are Baby Born Ever Day that will Never Know there Biological Mother. But Yet a Mother's Love is Never Ending!
I Fell that Life Ends in a Flash of Your Life's Memories, With Seeing Your Loved Ones in a Bright Light Calling You Home!

Answer 3

I think your life begins when you get to the point in your life when everything you've ever wanted-you have. The perfect job, the perfect car, the perfect house, the perfect family. The point where you can sit back and look at your life and say I am happy that I am right here right now. When there is no longer a need for asking yourself why this happened or why this didn't happen. You just know that you belong. The end comes when you truly feel like you've everything in this world that you could possibly do. You no longer feel the need to search for newer and better things. The need to have more is no longer there. There is a inner peace there that you just can't explain. You can't let it go but at the same time you didn't mind if you were no longer here. You can now go on to your next life.

Answer 4

My life began when i fell in love with my wife ,at 17.now im 43 and were still together ,although i believe i have a lot of life still in me it some times seems to be the beginning of the end.My kids are getting older,my daughter is in college ,my two sons are 16 and 12.I guess as the kids start getting older and moving out the more it seems that way.

Answer 5

I think life begins when you start to remember things. Before then, how can it be much of a life when you don't remember what went on. As far as life ending, I don't believe it does. I believe you'll spend an eternity in the after life once your body dies.

Answer 6

I would say that my life began the first time I learned something. Likewise, it will end when there is nothing left for me to learn. Bob Dylan perhaps said it best: "He who is not busy being born, is busy dying." Learning is what keeps me young. Keeping an open mind, trying new things, seeing things from a different point of view, being aware of the possibilities in life - this is what keeps me going. This is what life is, to me.

Answer 7

Life begins when you are moved out of the house and not in a restricting relationship. It ends when you become dependent upon other people, e.i. nursing homes or move back in with the parents or get married.

Answer 8

My opinion about where the life begins;
When you know yourself in deep, when you begin control your mind, when you begin to understand what is going in the life around your life begins. You must know about people around yourself to know your own!

When it does start to end: if you have no more aim or goals in your life, if you have no more ideals in your life it means you came to the end of your life! Because life means enjoy/ know how to enjoy your life! If you have no aims&ideals&goals you'll feel emptiness in your life, and I think this is the end of THE LIFE"

Answer 9

my life began and ended with the birth of my daughter!!

my life began as i felt like i had a purpose and felt overwhelmed that i had brought life into this world,
and it ended at same time as the father ditched me and now i am a single mum coping with a stroppy two year old, which all my so called mates assume i can't go out so i don't get out much.

but still wouldn't change her for the world

Answer 10

Your life begins at birth and it ends at death.