Every human is gifted a life. Because there is only one, our life is time-limited. And because there is a limit in our life, the meaning of life has become a concern to us. If we don’t have limit in our life, which means we have infinity life spans, ‘the meaning of life’ will not be an important issue to us anymore.
Imagine that we have unlimited life spans, we can perform the tasks which we cannot get it done by today in tomorrow, since we have unlimited tomorrows. So the tasks will soon be done one day in the future and there will be nothing for us to regret. The success and happiness which we achieve today can be accumulated to the future too. Life seems to be very perfect in this way.
But, if one must die some day at an unknown date in the future, he/she may think ‘since we’re going to die in the end, what is the meaning of life? ’
The meaning of life seems to be a very miserable problem to some of the human beings (I, have once been a victim of it). Whatever you do in your life, until the ends, everything returns to zero, since we have only one life. (Except continuing it in other places such as heaven or hell, I assume these are common explanations from various religions and neither me nor you can proof that there is such a place, so I am giving opinions based on what is known and what can be seen)
So, thinking of the meaning of life may not give you a perfect answer which can satisfactorily fulfill your queries and doubts of it in your heart till the day you close your eyes and leave the world, because no one knows why are we born to this world, and why are we going to die and leave the world after born?
Maybe there’s really a reason behind it. But based on our knowledge, we do not know the reason. So, instead of thinking the meaning of life, I have a good suggestion to change the question to what can we do to make our life meaningful? I always like a phrase that quotes ‘ don’t question what others can do for you, ask yourself what you can do to contributes to the others’. So, instead of thinking what the meaning of life is, we think what we can do to make the life meaningful, isn’t it more meaningful?
I would like to share with all of you with my opinion on meaningful life. (I cannot say that my definition on meaningful life is meaningful to all of you as different peoples have different values on meaningful life. Anyway this is only a sharing of my opinions : ) ) I think that making people happy and feel meaningful of their life means a lot to me.
There are huge amounts of population in the earth, but everyone is born and grown up in different environments. Some are rich, some are poor; some are loved, some are abandoned. Due to the reasons that we are not equally treated in the same way, these issues plays important roles in shaping one’s life. So not everyone have the chance to appreciate what he/she have in life but instead blame everyone and everything but not oneself. I always appreciate my fortune and thanks god to let me have the chance to appreciate what I had in my life. So I always search for various ways to give people happiness, either physically or mentally. I sincerely hope that my action does influence others to do so. (Do not deride my action, because the power of multiple is actually very strong : P) In this way, happiness can be spread to who does not have a lucky life, which I think can make my life really very meaningful.
I’m very glad that actually they are a lot of people who shares common thinking with me outside there. Today before the EG1471 lesson, it was pouring cats and dogs, and I did not bring an umbrella : ( However, when I was crossing the road from central library, a girl suddenly came from my back and asked whether I want to share the umbrella with her. I don’t know why I felt very happy and touched for her action. But instantaneously, I felt that she is very beautiful, not only on the outer beauty, but also in her inner beauty.
So, I do believe that a small action can warm a person’s heart. I will as well do the same thing to warm others heart. Hope you guys can do it too to make the cold world a warm one. You can never imagine how much happiness is created to others and yourself because of your insignificant actions.
P/s: Philosopher Socrates quotes ‘The unexamined life is not worth living.’
Imagine that we have unlimited life spans, we can perform the tasks which we cannot get it done by today in tomorrow, since we have unlimited tomorrows. So the tasks will soon be done one day in the future and there will be nothing for us to regret. The success and happiness which we achieve today can be accumulated to the future too. Life seems to be very perfect in this way.
But, if one must die some day at an unknown date in the future, he/she may think ‘since we’re going to die in the end, what is the meaning of life? ’
The meaning of life seems to be a very miserable problem to some of the human beings (I, have once been a victim of it). Whatever you do in your life, until the ends, everything returns to zero, since we have only one life. (Except continuing it in other places such as heaven or hell, I assume these are common explanations from various religions and neither me nor you can proof that there is such a place, so I am giving opinions based on what is known and what can be seen)
So, thinking of the meaning of life may not give you a perfect answer which can satisfactorily fulfill your queries and doubts of it in your heart till the day you close your eyes and leave the world, because no one knows why are we born to this world, and why are we going to die and leave the world after born?
Maybe there’s really a reason behind it. But based on our knowledge, we do not know the reason. So, instead of thinking the meaning of life, I have a good suggestion to change the question to what can we do to make our life meaningful? I always like a phrase that quotes ‘ don’t question what others can do for you, ask yourself what you can do to contributes to the others’. So, instead of thinking what the meaning of life is, we think what we can do to make the life meaningful, isn’t it more meaningful?
I would like to share with all of you with my opinion on meaningful life. (I cannot say that my definition on meaningful life is meaningful to all of you as different peoples have different values on meaningful life. Anyway this is only a sharing of my opinions : ) ) I think that making people happy and feel meaningful of their life means a lot to me.
There are huge amounts of population in the earth, but everyone is born and grown up in different environments. Some are rich, some are poor; some are loved, some are abandoned. Due to the reasons that we are not equally treated in the same way, these issues plays important roles in shaping one’s life. So not everyone have the chance to appreciate what he/she have in life but instead blame everyone and everything but not oneself. I always appreciate my fortune and thanks god to let me have the chance to appreciate what I had in my life. So I always search for various ways to give people happiness, either physically or mentally. I sincerely hope that my action does influence others to do so. (Do not deride my action, because the power of multiple is actually very strong : P) In this way, happiness can be spread to who does not have a lucky life, which I think can make my life really very meaningful.
I’m very glad that actually they are a lot of people who shares common thinking with me outside there. Today before the EG1471 lesson, it was pouring cats and dogs, and I did not bring an umbrella : ( However, when I was crossing the road from central library, a girl suddenly came from my back and asked whether I want to share the umbrella with her. I don’t know why I felt very happy and touched for her action. But instantaneously, I felt that she is very beautiful, not only on the outer beauty, but also in her inner beauty.
So, I do believe that a small action can warm a person’s heart. I will as well do the same thing to warm others heart. Hope you guys can do it too to make the cold world a warm one. You can never imagine how much happiness is created to others and yourself because of your insignificant actions.
P/s: Philosopher Socrates quotes ‘The unexamined life is not worth living.’
