Why do you get up every morning?

Question

Why is life worth living? Happiness, stability, survival of the human species? Why? What are your reasons, what stops you from giving up and putting an end to all the pain? Does pleasure compensate for all the pain?

Thanks.

I am not depressed. I'm a perfectly healthy person and I love my life. It's just that when I see a mother who has lost a child, a girl in a wheelchair, or even a bunch of frustrated drivers stuck in a traffic jam every morning, I often wonder what motivates us humans to keep living, day after day, enduring the pain instead of taking the easy way out. That is all.

Answer 1

because i know that a hot, steaming cup of coffee (no cream, no sugar) is waiting for me.
also, i don't want to give up and put an end to all the pain. i've had a lot of bad experiences, but i've found that there's nothing a cup of coffee cannot cure. except herpes. there is no cure for herpes.
i've found that not spending too much time pondering the meaning of life makes life much more meaningful. some people require a meaning for everything, but sometimes there isn't a reason. you have to live your life, enjoy the moment, don't wallow in your misery, and don't expect perfection.

Answer 2

I get up in the morning so I can get down at night.

I suppose it's a matter of taste. I know I could end my pain by ending my existence, but it just seem like sooooo much more fun to end the existence of those who cause my pain.

Would you clean your own house if you had a slave?

See, I don't need to end my existence. There are people willing to do that for me.

If there's no point to living, than there's no point to dying.

There are a bunch of games I enjoy playing, every last one of them is completely meaningless.

Not only does the pleasure make up for the pain, you don't even have to keep the pain, because pain becomes pleasure when you return it to the sender.

And don't get me started on 'emotional pain'. That crap comes COD, it doesn't even get left unless you sign for it.

Now don't get me wrong, if you LIKE being a mop, you are sooo welcome to clean my floors. I'm just saying it's more fun to be the stick that pushes the mop around.

Answer 3

Wow, good questions. I will answer all of them. I get up every morning to go to school. Life is worth living, because God put us here as a test to see if we're worthy of heaven or not. Happiness is a pusuit, and you have to make yourself happy. Stability comes from how you are mentally, and you have to listen to your heart more than your head. Survival comes from being smart and having the tactics to live. What stops me from giving up is knowing that "You can do all things through Christ who strengthens you." -Philippians 4:13, and committing suicide damns you to hell. Pleasure does not compensate for all the pain. Only God can carry your pain. God bless you.

Answer 4

I usually wake up because my Austrailian Cattle dog is often laying on top of me, wanting me up to feed her. Then there's my son whom I get off to school, but after that, I have tons of reasons such as my hobbies, my friends, or simply going out into the day to seek adventure.
Your question hints at depression. If you feel this badly, then you have Depression, which is treatable. Heck, some forms of depression is caused by nutrition deficiencies. I gave up sugar and felt 100x better in just two weeks. Being I nearly killed myself due to depression, I speak from experience.
Life can be fulfilling. You have to focus on LIVING and taking charge, to make the changes that are necessary to find that happiness.

Answer 5

I wake every morning with the warm feeling of a new day. I learn something new every day some small some big but most important I learn. I look and really see all the beauty there is in the world and do not dwell on the stuff that is evil.

Answer 6

Life is nice. I look forward to eating breakfast...I'm hungry when I wake up. After I eat, I think about the fact that today I will clear out my inbox at work and talk to lots of nice people who care about me. Then I get to go home and cook whatever I want to eat and everyone is nourished and enjoys it. Maybe I'll read after the kids go to bed, watch a program, or mess around online, then I'm tired and laying in bed is so cozy and I can think about outrageous things until I fall asleep. When I wake up again...yum eggs! Then I can give the kids a bath and go visiting or shopping or I can skip the bath and head straight outside to rake. It's going to look so good when I'm done.
I think your a feeling bad right now and should talk to a real person about it.

Answer 7

Cause I gotta take a leak!

Yes
Huh?
Cause I gotta take a leak!
There is nothing to give up and at least pain is something
Probably not

If a person doesn't have enough gumption to try and make the world a little better then maybe they shouldn't get up and in doing so cull the gene pool.

Answer 8

Because the Lord has things He wants me to accomplish every day. Life is worth living because God loves me and Jesus died for my sins. Yes, there are lots of problems and pain, but there are also many blessings.

Answer 9

My reasons:
1. JESUS!
2. My Family!
3. I like me a lot.

One moment of happiness makes up for 10 moments of pain.

Answer 10

I have to get up to go to school plus my dad forces me to, If I had my own way I would never leave the house. I just Hate going out/outside. especially when it is sunny. And I really wouldnt know how to commit suicide coz Im scared of pain so..