TheRealCallie,
Sorry if i offended anyone but i did not want to accuse anyone. I just wanted to say that some people do not focus on thinking and answering the question. They just search from their past knowledge and experience and find a match, sometimes not exact, and assume that is the answer. That is just human nature and not only about this topic. I am talking about answers like u can find a new reason every day or life can be hard but dont give up. These are not the answer to question. These are just the feeling of these people when they hear the question.
Now let us get back to ur answers.
You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. ~ Maya Angelou
So, if u r saying i am thinking like this because of my past, u r wrong. However, i have to add u r partially correct since past experience is a part of the things that determine the character and thoughts of someone. Noone can claim otherwise but i can assure u that u cannot just reduce someone to his past
When you judge others, you do not define them, you define yourself. ~ Earl Nightingale
I agree partially. However, i am more of a big fan of defining anything. Problem of defining is that when u define and draw lines, when something new come u try to match that from the past prototypes and try to find a match. I want an answer for the question. I am not interested in the life or past or who the person answers it.
The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
That is a nice quote. That sounds right but that does not mean we should just accept it is right. Let me try to understand that answer. U r saying we hold the control of our destiny. I will skip the religious part of this discussion. Let us just say it is true. So u r saying everyone look within themself and find the meaning of their life and their reason. In a way u r saying there is no wrong answer. However, did not u also mean to say that there is no right answer. What i understand is there is no answer. Each person choose sth for themself and make it their reason to live. So, each person find sth to make keep themselves going, in a way an excuse, and live accordingly. So, believing this sentence is a defence mechanism. We subconsciously make a desicion and make ourself believe it. We find a way to live, find a meaning and maybe find ourselves happy. I think that is just kidding urself, not to offend, this is subconsciously. I dont think this is a reason to live. Just because we found sth from ourself in a quote and then assuming it is true since it makes sense does not make it right.
By the way i wanted to say thank u all for replies.
As i said i thought about this a lot but i am always open to new ideas.
I will think and try to reply every posts.
I am just trying to understand, please share all of ur opinions.
I am new to this forum. Sorry i thought those quotes r also ur answer.
You also said, "If you don't like your life, change what you can, accept what you can't."
So r u saying if i like my life i should live. I dont like my life i should make myself like it somehow. That was exactly my point. I dont want ur idea based on ur assumption that i dont want to live because i am just a sad man. I want opinions not consalation. I dont want there are infinite reasons or try to like this or that. I just want an answer to the question, direct answer, why do u live, why should one live