You know the more I think about the meaning of life, the more I tend to think it's not really the precious gift were always told it is. I think it's more of a lucky break. I mean we all could have been aborted by our mothers. Our potential lives could have taken like that. If we didn't exist would it be that big of deal. A baby can live and die within the exact same ten minutes of its birth. I'm 21, I haven't done anything of impotance with my life yet. If I die tomorrow, will I be that big of a loss to this world? Won't someone else just take my place and do what I suppose with anyway? I mean yes there's emotional baggage for those who we left behind but were gone. The world will keep on going no problem.Is life a precious gift? or is it just a stroke of luck?Are we here to enjoy and the treasure the experience? Or steal just from it what we can, until our time up? For me it ALL comes back to one question. Are we as humans important to this world?
AND YES, I'LL SEE A THERAPIST!
2007-09-05 07:12:56 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Sociology
I don't think you need to see a therapist for examining your life and the lives of those around you, but if you want to..go for it.
I do not think that we are as important to this world as we would like to think. I mean besides eating up all of the worlds natural resources, trees, space and other such things, what are we really doing here? We aren't helping the planet any, that's for damn sure.
So in any physical sense, I don't think that we need to be here.
But in a spiritual sense, I think that there is a lot to learn from each other. I'm not religious, but I do think that there is something than none of us can see. Or none of us want to see. Or none of us are allowed to see. Something is there. It has to be. It is hard for me to believe that when we die, we just end. It can't be.
2007-09-05 07:57:41 · answer #1 · answered by Kia R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well this is such a good question, I couldn't help but put my 2 cents in. The one thing the I noticed in all you wrote is that you are 21 years old. I tried to think back to when I was 21. And I would have to say I felt the same way as you do now. However, as time goes on you will find that as you go through life's experiences, your attitude on life will change. I used to wonder if I was "meant" to be here or if I was just here by some stroke of luck. At 21 I was married for 3 years and a new mother. As the years passed, I had another child, lost my father, got a divorce, and remarried.
There are times when that question still pops up in my mind. My answer to you is this. We are all here for a purpose. At 21 you still may be too young to know what that purpose is, but as time goes by, your purpose will slowly but surely be reveiled to you. Since you are asking this question, I would have to say that you have started at least wondering what that purpose is. Be patient, you have a wait ahead of you. Don't try to force it to come to you.
I wish you luck in all you do and in your life and your quest to find out what your true purpose is.
2007-09-05 07:27:04 · answer #2 · answered by dollfacedbaby1 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Something I've been asking myself a lot these days is: What is wrong with being ordinary?
Easy to get caught up in ambitions, our and others expectations, jumping from one obstacle to the other.
You don't need to do anything important to deserve to be here.
Will it be a big loss to this world if you die? Think of the domino effect you have on others - just by asking this question, smiling at a stranger, shopping at a store and thereby supporting income for employees.
2007-09-05 11:15:31 · answer #3 · answered by Marita 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dude you dont need a therapist, but if you do then i should prob go see one too!
its normal to question existence, im only 18 but ive already put a lot of stress on my life by thinking about the big picture
every day i think about the fact that were trashing the world, killing each other, stabbing each other in relationships, always wanting more money, etc...
i guess i could describe myself as an atheist, tree hugger, pessimist and pacific ... ive thought about the meaning of life many times and since i dont believe in god i really dont have an answer....but after all that thinking i came to understand that even if i did know the answer, it would not change anything... and i dont care about the afterlife(ill worry about that when im dead) i just wanna enjoy the life i have right now(because i only have one)
so i understand you perfectly, but i find it easier to just worry about getting my bachelors degree and living a life of 'voluntary simplicity'...
"man was not made to understand life, but to live it"
2007-09-05 14:28:48 · answer #4 · answered by noneofyurbusiness 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Life is what you make it. Its cliche but true. Its the ultimate responsibility, to become truly invested in our own lives. Its a responsibility to few people are willing or able to accept. Its so much easier to have people tell you what you should want out of life than to discover for your own.
There is no meaning outside of what you decide for yourself. I know, that news at first depressed me quite a bit. There is no "great answer" out there, no "purpose" or "meaning" built into life. Its up to us as individuals to put purpose and meaning into our lives.
To quote Nietzsche: "Companions the creator seeks, and not corpses, and not herds and believers, either. Co-creators the creator seeks, thos who write new values on new tables."
So for the past, oh 5 years or so, I have made it my life's purpose to investigate what I want to make my life's purpose. And right now, I am leaning toward a life of service. Think of a modern day Samurai. A warrior dedicated to the perfection of whatever he/she pursues, whether it being pouring tea or chopping wood. All in the name of serving the world, and all the beautiful creatures which inhabit it.
2007-09-05 09:42:42 · answer #5 · answered by KenshoDude 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It seems to me like you are searching for some sense of meaning in your life. There are different ways to going about gaining purpose in your life.
1. Creating Responsibilty
2. Creating Goals
3. Become an Evangelical Christian
I suggest you make some goals. Look into the philosophy of existentialism.
2007-09-05 08:17:36 · answer #6 · answered by zmdegeor 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I am a therapist, and there's no reason to seek therapy for this.
It's a matter of philosophy. Depending on your religious, biological, and behavioral status, you will have different views about humanity and its role in the world.
Keep thinking about this sort of thing. It's healthy as well as very motivating.
2007-09-05 08:17:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
this is a question that cant be answered with ease life is brief an not always enjoyable yet exiting scary sexy yet sad and full of hatered and love life is boring suspenseful its what u make of it the middle class man is more likely to stand up and consaplate about his life and take off to find out who he is like a teenager trying to find his identity so ever single choice affects the way your life turns out
2007-09-05 07:31:18 · answer #8 · answered by baked 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is a common purpose for all of us to be here, and there are also individual purposes. As you mature, and gain experience in life, you will find your purpose and hopefully gain an understanding of man's common purpose. It is good that you are questioning at such an early age....keep questioning, eventually you find your answers.
2007-09-05 10:10:22 · answer #9 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Life is 90% luck...for those who say they are in complete control of their life, they are B.S. For example, are you in control of natural disaster, terrorist act or where you are born among many other things...
2007-09-05 17:02:32 · answer #10 · answered by gannoway 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋