Are we suppose to go along with one another, or define our own?
What is life? What is love? What is friendship? What is pain? What is religion? Who am I?
So many questions- do we discover the answers, or define our own?
The hard part is, there are so many moments you think you've got it all figured out. But that literally lasts a moment; then it's back to, "What the hell are we doing here?", "What the hell does it (it being anything) mean?"
The beauty of life- you have the choice to create your own meanings, or submit yourself to the ideas of others.
What is life?
- A series of unfortunate events. Just kidding. I honestly don't know- and maybe that's just what life is; life is lived simply to be figured out.
- Maybe on your death bed, as you slowly slip away, maybe there's one last fresh breath of air- and you just know?
- If we knew exactly why we were here, would life even be that great? Isn't not knowing and trying to figure it out half the fun?
- Someone once told me, "I don't know what comes after life, but I figure I might as well live it up while I've got the chance."- I think he's right.
- If this is all we have, why do so many hold back?
What is love?
- The best and worst thing in the entire world; creates the highest highs and the lowest lows.
- Love, I think, is when nothing and no one else matters.
- It happens when you least expect it, and doesn't when you want it most.
- It can't be forced.
- Love is 1 Corinthians 13:4–8
- Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends.
- It's hard, and takes work, but in the end: the plus is worth the minus.
- Love challenges you to do the right thing.
- Love conquers pride.
What is friendship?
- A fight that lasts 5 minutes then is forgotten about.
- No matter what- you're there for someone else.
- The most reliable and solid foundation for any relationship.
- There is 100% honesty in real/true friendships
- Consideration is in full effect at all times (well most of the time)
- Endless laughs.
- When no one else encourages you- a real friend does.
What is pain?
- A physical or emotional strain.
- Ranges from broken bones to broken hearts.
- A tough fall on the court, or a tough fall for a person.
- Extensive disappointment.
- Pain fuels from loss; losing a big game, losing a limb, or losing a friend/family member.
- Wounds; flesh wounds or wounded pride.
- Feeling invisible or forgettable.
- Feeling unloved, or even worse- unlovable.
- Can last seconds, days, months, or even a lifetime.
- Perpetuating pain, a pain very few understand, can cause someone to take their own life.
What is religion?
- Something to believe in.
- To some, a life saver; for others, a reason to live.
- Reassurance, or a potential answer, to the meaning of life.
- A potential answer to, "How did we get here?" and, "What happens after we die?".
- Theories to the unexplainable; theories science cannot prove.
- Proof of miracles.
- The basis for "everything happens for a reason".
- Something people turn to in their time of need; to seek help.
- To encourage positive morals and lifestyles and exterminate selfish living.
Who am I?
- You are who you decide you want to be.
- At the end of the day who you are is up to you, not anyone else.
- What are you trying to achieve? And why?
- An individual and an influence.
- Strong and able.
- A difference in someone else's life.
- Presented with endless opportunities; its not whether or not you have the ability, it's whether or not you're willing to put in the work to get there.
What is yesterday, today, and tomorrow?
- It's the past, present, and future.
- Today, reflect on what you learned from yesterday, and apply it to tomorrow.
It's scary to think this is literally the only life we have. Seldom do we realize this is it, and every minute it draws closer to the end.
People always ask us, "If you knew you were dying, would you live differently?" - well, lets be honest, everyday we get closer to dying. I don't say this to be negative nor morbid. But it's true isn't it? Our days are number- regardless if it's 10 million , 10 thousand, or 10.
Basically, we should live like we're dying everyday.. because we are.
In Awake My Soul by Mumford and SonsWhere you invest your love, you invest your life." - How true. We should spend our lives being loved, not trying to convince someone to love us.
In Winter Winds also by Mumford and Sons, they say, "Let the memories be good for those who stay." I don't think this needs much explanation. If someone stays in your life, whether it's a friend, a boy/girl, or a family member- let the memories be good. If someone decides not to stay- what a shame.
What gives your life meaning? What and who can you not live without? When we look back on our lives thus far, it's not what we've done that we regret, its what we didn't do. Take your chances, look over the edge, jump in- because after all, it's all we've got.
Who are you? What is life to you? Is it finding love, fighting pain, faithful religion, or fruitful friendships?
Do you define life? Or does life define you?
