2006-10-21 20:05:54 · 11 answers · asked by Christian 2 in Social Science ➔ Sociology
Realizing your full potential in life and acting on it.
2006-10-21 21:46:10 · answer #1 · answered by T.Mack 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the ability to think. breathing and a beating heart is of course a good start to that end, but then again the hospitals are full of people whose hearts are kept beating, and whose lungs are being pumped by machines... i dont call that alive. i mean, what is the point? they dont notice anything, they cannot recover... the body is reduced to a biological machine... one that cannot run on its own. its just over...
the mind on the other hand is theoretically independend of the body.
the brain needs the body only as tool, and as habitat... both can be provided in other ways.
and strictly speaking... the mind doesnt even need a brain to work... in theory it can be transferred to mechanical devices.
wild speculation, i know... but medicine makes rapid progress, as does technology... who knows?
the point however remains, that breathing does not constitute living, and that living is possible without breathing. the same goes for the heartbeat.
so i repeat. to be alive to me means to be able to think.
2006-10-22 03:22:40 · answer #2 · answered by wolschou 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being the best person you can be and making yourself and others around you HAPPY! Family is very important and friends too. I think we are put on this earth to raise children and continue the human race. So while we do that we need to be happy and productive. We all want to look back at the end of our days to say "I did good while I was alive".
2006-10-22 03:17:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To live. To learn. To Love. To leave a legacy.
2006-10-23 18:19:02 · answer #4 · answered by MKoh 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To have a purpose, a goal, a meaning :)
2006-10-22 03:33:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To be doing things that I love.
2006-10-22 03:14:49 · answer #6 · answered by beetee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to be able to enjoy myself to the fullest everyday, even if im having a bad day - i still enjoyed it. i think im weird. haha.
2006-10-22 03:14:47 · answer #7 · answered by sqwertx 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That my heart is beating.
2006-10-22 03:13:08 · answer #8 · answered by Tink 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To feel like you matter...
not just exsisting...
2006-10-22 03:09:30 · answer #9 · answered by admiredi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
love and be loved
need and be needed
2006-10-22 03:07:51 · answer #10 · answered by chloe 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋