why should i go on if my friends are dieing off at a young age and the family that I have been close all seem to be dieing of cancer so why should I not give up now?
2007-06-09 08:36:56 · 9 answers · asked by Kory 1 in Health ➔ Mental Health
It's an entirely reasonable response - not just because people you're close to are dying, but because it's the unvarnished truth. We all die in the end. Life is a terminal disease. What makes the difference between 'existing in that knowledge' and 'LIVING despite it' is just the spin we put on our lives. We CAN give it meaning and purpose - perhaps yours is to be able to help and support the dying and the survivors and realise how much you have given to people in that way. Or it might be something completely different. Ultimately our experience of life is simply what we put into it and how we understand that. Read Yann Martel's "The Life of Pi" - I think this explains it well in a fictional rattling-good-yarn sort of way; or Viktor Frankl's "Man's Search for Meaning" which is more theoretical but not a difficult read and full of truly uplifting - if also at times harrowing - stories of the Nazi concentration and death camps.
2007-06-09 08:59:40 · answer #1 · answered by Ambi valent 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you asking "What is the point of living?" If it seems as though everyone you care about is dying, that is a perception. Not everyone is dying. You aren't either. People die when it is their time, as you will. You don't know what tomorrow will bring. Maybe you are supposed to save a life five years from now. Perhaps you are to parent a great leader. Anything is possible. Sadness and grief can make you feel like you want to die. But ask yourself this, "Do I really want to be dead, or do I just want to be in a coma for awhile to numb the pain?" Death is a long-term solution to a temporary problem.
2007-06-09 09:17:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't give you can't. sometimes we may not know the reasons why these horrible things happen to us but i beleieve everything happens 4 a reason so don't give up on life just do your best to survive with the reassuranse that sometime in he furture things will get better and things always do get better
2007-06-09 08:46:27 · answer #3 · answered by jcathy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Stop with the whiny emo rubbish and get out there and make something of yourself. You can do almost anything you put your mind and spirit into. Life sucks.... wear a helmet !!
2007-06-09 08:46:16 · answer #4 · answered by martinowens5173 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
There is none so u can leave more oxygen 4 me
2007-06-09 08:48:56 · answer #5 · answered by benman007 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it's up to u....
u are given a longer life to enjoy the beauty of the world..and if u want to give it all away then it's up to you
2007-06-09 08:45:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
our days here are for a reason onknown to us here. there must and is a eternal reason for all of us. patience too is a virue as well.
2007-06-09 08:44:50 · answer #7 · answered by cadaholic 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because you want to have fun do something that not many people have done.
2007-06-09 08:44:22 · answer #8 · answered by Yeahhhh 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you may be in this for the long haul, but the good news is so is God
2007-06-09 08:46:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋