What should we live for?

[jesuszavala13]

I know I'm living to beat this and have a normal life, but you know how it works, the more we want it, the more we don't get it, because we think about it too much and we're too aware. The key to our problems would be to be living for something else, to have something else making us wake up every day. So what should we live for? If I keep on living for this goal, I will never be anything.

 

[Agitprop]

Personally, this problem has completely taken over my life and getting rid of it is and always has been my primary objective. It seems like everything else would fall into place and work out if I could just get this problem fixed. I still hope and believe I can better, though, and that keeps me going.

 

[lettypagb]

Cause i;m plannning my death yet ,so nothing goes wrong.

 

[phase3]

Don't fight it learn to accept it from the bottom of your heart!

 

[chris87]

Live for the possibility that exists. Life has so many possibilities...something positive is bound to happen at some point!

 

[Ericisme]

Live for LOVE! That's what I'm going for, planning on trying to live for another year or 2, and if nothing at the end of then and I'm still alone, then it will end. Think about it, the feeling of being cared for, being wanted, being loved! That's what I'm hoping\living for.

 

[Slothrop]

There isn't a line between "this life" and "normal life". It's just life. Every day that you're alive is a day you're living for something.

Part of what I live for today is to live for something better tomorrow.

Look back at what you did today, or what you did yesterday, etc. That's what you're living for. It may not be some grand design, and it doesn't have to be. You may not be proud of all of it, in fact you might cringe to think about some of it, but that's how you know what to do differently tomorrow. Just a little bit differently is all it takes. A little bit better every day.

Works for me, anyway.

 

[no1]

I find this question hard to answer. If most say love, well then I guess I've got nothing to live for if I don't think I can ever truly love.

 

[Psychedelicious]

I'm just gonna live because I'm alive .

 

[JonnyD]

I'm just gonna live because I'm alive .

ditto that!

 

[jesuszavala13]

i was expecting more concrete answers. because we dont say tomorrow im gonna get up and get some love, and work hard to get love, its not something you can work hard daily to achieve, so its not something that can keep you going forward.

 

[Ebbe]

I think we should live for the little things in life. They are easier to obtain then love or friendship, and they can have a more stable positive effect on your mood (at least in my case).

To be more concrete: I am looking forward to reading a book in bed under a warm blanket later on tonight. When I get up tomorrow, I will be looking forward to drinking a fresh cup of coffee. Later on (after work) I will be looking forward to jogging in the snow.

 

[no1]

well.. why is love so not concrete? Love doesn't always have to be about romance or F*CKING SEX. Anything you may like may also be 'love'... but nobody likes love I guess.

 

[Nack]

I know I'm living to beat this and have a normal life, but you know how it works, the more we want it, the more we don't get it, because we think about it too much and we're too aware. The key to our problems would be to be living for something else, to have something else making us wake up every day. So what should we live for? If I keep on living for this goal, I will never be anything.

I live for love



That's the only thing keeping me alive.

 

[Helyna]

Well, I, personally, have goals. I want to write a publishable book. I want to be a teacher. I want to help out other people. I can't tell you what to live for because I don't know you, but there must be concrete things that you want.

 

[nephatitus]

live

not because of finding someone
or because of reaching a goal

live because something in the future will kill you anyway and i will not have to be yourself who does it so just let it be

ex: Some strange fellow on the street might stab you for no reason
A bolt from a pressure tank shoots through your head
A stray bullet flys from the sky

 

[jesuszavala13]

I think I need a brainwash. Anyone know how to have one?

 

[dom235]

i mean not to be peesimistic nor optimistic, whichever your prediliction. i too am shy, sometimes painfully so. but i have realised one's life is possibe only one way; to dream of or envy another's life is futile and hollow. despite my failings in front of groups of three or four (from rather gruesome practice this seems my natural limit) i would not shed my innate personality for the confidence of others. to alther one's inner ability (whether public speaking or recognition of one's faults) would be to an attempt to alter one's mind, and to me that would be, much more than mumbling or blushing, the worst crime.

to paraphrase (rather poorly) andre gide: the man whose inner balance is normal can regurgitate; the man who is abnormal refuses the laws of society and can create.

do not, if my advice is worth even a thought, replicate that which surrounds you, follow your innate desires.

 

[light]

YOURSELF FIRST, THEN OTHERS!!!!!!!!!

 

[marciaX3]

i live for my little brothers (10 and 12). i'm basically their 2nd mother. then i live for my bf who had a loved one commit suicide so i try to keep going for him so he doesn't have to experience a loss like that ever again.

it's hard tho, no doubt. other than them, i have no real reason to live.