Name: Ahiram Tavarez
Category: High School
Dr. Parker’s Quote: Inspirational Advice for Daily Living
Did you know that most people just live, with no reason for living?
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"Did you know that people just live with no reason for living?" However maybe this is not the point that the quote, everybody who happens to read the statement concludes something very differently than the person who read it before. I for instance think that it questions our existence, but another side to it is that people live without thinking. Although both might be right the final answer really depends on the person and their point of view.
What is our reason for living? Do we really need a reason for living? Religion offers a pretty substantial explanation as to our existence: but is it the right one? Scientists believe that we developed from primitive or lower types of life forms; this theory seems some what more believable. After all such presented evidence is conclusive and explains why humans resemble primates. Still this theory does not quite explain why we live. Come on, is somebody really going to believe that humans were once monkeys?
Through out history the greatest of people have pondered on this thought. Do we have a meaning or are we all just pawns for somebody or something's entertainment? We live our lives day-to-day not knowing why. Sure, there are those who live for a better tomorrow and for their families and plenty of other varied reasons, but those reasons are only of this world. By that I mean that we find logical explanations within this world to live for, makes sense, but only when you don’t know why you're here in the first place.
My reason for living is still in question. I find myself lost and confused most days simply because I don’t know the answer to the question. It wouldn't bother me much except that it is vital because in it is also the way of how we should live our lives. If we believe in a higher power then we have a meaning in this planet and should live exemplary lives. On the contrary I guess it doesn’t really matter how we live if we don’t believe in was is right and wrong.
What I am trying to say is that if we have found no meaning to this life then we are not living at all. We are of this world, and because we are of this world then nobody is important. Why do we continue to live when there is no point? There is that something in us that lets us all know that we are important, that we do have a purpose. People might think that death is the final step in this life, but no one knows this for sure.
It is up to us to search for that something that keeps us living for tomorrow. For that unexplainable feeling that makes us think that we are somebody" that we are not here just because it was an accident.
