How much do you appreciate your life?

Question

Do you take it forgranted? Do you ever think about your mortality? Does the thought of death scare you?

How much do you appreciate life?....

Answer 1

I make a conscious effort to try and appreciate my life more and more every day. A couple times a day, once in the morning and once at night (at the least), I meditate on the moment I am going to die so that I will feel motivated to appreciate this beautiful life.

Whether or not ones believes in the bible or not, we can learn a great deal from the story with Adam and Eve. They lived in the Garden of Eden and had it made in the shade. The bible says that the tree of knowledge, which they were forbidden to eat from, was placed in the middle of the garden. This is a metaphor for all our lives... you can have everything in the world except for one thing (in this case the tree of knowledge) and that one thing becomes the central focus of everything. As a result of focusing on the one forbidden thing and lack of focusing on all those wonderful things they had, death was brought into the world.

The though of death is, at the very least, humbling. Death is designed to remind us that we don't control this world and that there is someone else who does. The more one appreciates the free gifts in our lives, the more successful of a life one has.

One could write endless volumes of books about the many things we can appreciate in this world.

So to answer your question, "How much do I appreciate my life?" Answer: Not enough... but I am always trying to get better at it.

Answer 2

I look at my life as defined by the promises of God to me. If this life in the flesh was all there is I would not be happy. I do think about my mortality often and as I get older I'm more comfortable with it. I believe in the hereafter and I believe it will be very good. Without faith in Christ I would not like life very much, especially as age and disillusion take their toll.

I know to an unbeliever it appears as though faith is simply the result of mortality. I believe I am more honest than that.

Being a Christian is the most honest way to be among all the ways of man.

I believe that is true for everyone, given enough time to discover the Truth on a personal level independent of any cultural impact.

Answer 3

I have many older adults as clients so I see people dealing with their mortality often. Any time there is some type of close call such as an accident or illness, I certainly think about how quickly I could be gone. Death doesnt scare me because I'm very comfortable with how I've lived my life and what I've done in it.

Answer 4

What really made me appreciate life~ was when I became ill with a dizziness condition~ for over 5 months I laid in a dark room, no sound, no light, I could not move nor talk ~ all of those things would make the condition unbearable. I did not know if I was ever going to recover, because no doctor could tell me what was wrong with me. To have your life taken away in the snap of your fingers~ and not know if you'll ever be able to go for a walk in the sun again~ to go swimming or snow skiing. To sit in the sun and paint a picture of what you see... It puts the value of life in to a person. The first day I was able to walk outside and see the sky~ my Goodness I can not even describe the beauty to the color of the blue it was~ and the green in the grass, the grass just shimmered, where it never had done that before in my minds eye. My additional details: ~Morning coffee~ the first one of the morning ~my good moring kiss from my husband ~the happiness from the birds singing; and squirrels and chippers chattering when i feed them breakfast each day ~ telling my Mom and husband just how much i love them ~our cats and dogs playing, and following me from room to room ~forever friends getting in touch ~ my husband calling me during the day from work, and making me laugh ~just looking outside at Gods artwork~ the beauty in the trees, the flowers, the grass, everything in nature. ~ songs on the radio that bring back warm wonderful memories of days gone by ~daydreams ~laughter

Answer 5

I don't always appreciate my life and I know that I should. I moan to myself and think, how hard is my life (i.e. bills, relationship and career etc). This is rubbish, especially concerned to some peoples lives. I sometimes need a wake me up. I watched that film Hotel Rwanda the other night and this slapped me into shape again. Sometimes I feel quite down about my life and it takes the news or a true story to wake me up. I have had such a good easy lucky life so far and so I need a kick up the butt sometimes. I'm sure we all do.

Answer 6

I appreciate my life and my health a great deal - having seen so much death and sickness over the years. Do i think of mortality? Yes but the thought of death itself doesn't frighten me - the thought of a long, slow and protracted dying does.

Answer 7

I never take a single mintue of my life for granted and to make the most of every day - I get on a downer if I ever feel I'm not achieving this.

The thought of death terrifies me, bring me out in a cold sweat sometimes. I envy those who have come to a state of acceptance about it!

Answer 8

I appreciate my life to the fullest. And the thought of death does not and never has scared me.
Take care and have a great day.

Answer 9

I try to live by a simple quote that proves true:

"The more thankful you are for what you have today, the more you will have to be thankful for tomorrow."

It is implied from the source that we are thankful to God. I combine that with this verse:

"Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart." Psalm 37:4

And it has worked wonders in my life. I guess to me, it is knowing who I am grateful TO for my life that makes the difference.

Answer 10

yes i appreciate my life, sometimes i do get a bit down about getting older, but then think to myself, a lot of people don't get the chance to live as long as me
the thought of dying used to worry me, but i am a believer in reincarnation. a natural death dosn't worry me, but a tragic one does, because of the people you leave behind