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What is the point of being alive?
Being alive enhances our ability to empathize. It allows us to connect and support others because of our good and bad experiences and how other people, family, and friends stood for us in difficult situations and circumstances.
Why do you think most of the people are afraid of death?
Humans also fear death because they view death as an annihilation of their person, a radical personal transformation, a threat to the meaningfulness of life, and a threat to the completion of life projects.
What is the purpose of setting goals if we all die anyway?
The question is actually the answer. Question: “Why should we set goals if we’re all just going to die anyway?” Answer: “Because we’re all going to die.” Jeff Bezos uses Regret Minimization (which decision will I least regret when I’m 80 years old in my rocking chair).
Does life have to have a purpose?
All life forms have one essential purpose: survival. This is even more important than reproduction. After all, babies and grannies are alive but don’t reproduce. Life is a form of material organization that strives to perpetuate itself.
What is the real meaning to life?
According to Frankl, meaning can be found through: Experiencing reality by interacting authentically with the environment and with others. Giving something back to the world through creativity and self-expression, and, Changing our attitude when faced with a situation or circumstance that we cannot change.
Can we live without pleasure?
No. Although it is possible, it’s not a good idea. Drug addicts, for example, live for pleasure only. However, the rest of their lives, their relationships, their living conditions, their careers, and their health, can all fall apart because the only thing that matters is the pleasure they experience from getting high.
How can I keep a living?
This entry in particular has easily become my favorite, serving as a timeless reminder to keep on living and not just existing in life.
- 1) Admit that you want [to be] wholly alive.
- 2) Realize that life is full of the overcoming of sorrow and trouble.
- 3) Get outside of yourself.
- 4) Live in the present.