Post #3 Why is it that we exist?

   
Why is it that we exist?  What is life?  Who are we?  These questions frequently travel through everyone's minds at least once or twice throughout our lives.  Sometimes we actually think about these questions, sometimes we meditate on them trying to come up with a reasonable answer acceptable to our present understanding of life, if there is any understanding.  Most of us, or at least the ones that care about our lives, our world and the people surrounding us, we tend to ask ourselves these questions.  Some of us spend an entire lifetime trying to come up with an answer to these questions.  I believe that the questions we should be asking ourselves are:  Is it really worth it to find out?  Is there a real answer?  Aren't all questions supposed to have an answer?  Are these questions meant to have no answer?  Or are they actually meant to have an answer that is impossible to find out? 

    I personally believe that life is just whatever we make of it.  I personally believe that life means something different to me, than what it could mean to you.  I personally believe that life is a gift given to us by the Higher Entity, whether you want to call "it" God, Allah, Brahma or Buddha.  It does not matter to me what religion you are from and it does not matter to me what ideals you have but always keep in mind that life is a gift.  Keep in mind that for all we know, there is just one life, some find it to be short, some find it to be long, but we must all take good care of it, because after all, the only thing certain about life is that sooner or later it will come to an end.  Some of us wonder what happens after death, some wonder if we will ever come back.  Some people cry about and grief over dead friends, family and loved ones, but let those tears be of happiness and joy, not because a life was lost, but because a life was lived.

    By writing this I felt closer to finding out the true meaning of life, but at the same time I felt that I have a long way to go to understand what it truly means, from my point of view, to live.  Some of us might die before we graduate from college, some before reaching the dreaded fifties, some even earlier.  But whether we learn to love the life we live or not, we should keep in mind that we must enjoy our life, enjoy our body, treat it with respect, treat others with respect, be honest, be responsible, be kind, friendly and to always work to reach our goals no matter if there is any obstacle out there, because obstacles only prove how strong we really are and how badly we want our goal.  Let that goal be something good, good for us, and good for the people around us, follow that goal and enjoy this life, for there is only one.  Before you end reading this post, I will only say one last thing, life is what you make of it, not what others want you to make of it.   

    This following video has always inspired me and helped me to look forward and to keep on track.  The video was shown to my dad a long time ago, he showed it to me.  I recently found the video on youtube and decided to upload it alongside my article.  I hope you enjoy it and I believe it is a video that anyone should watch, because it helped me understand to look at life from a different perspective and it has changed me ever since.