2008-11-06, 06:54 PM
What is the point of life for you? I know it's different for everybody. I'll just list the reason for people I see around me and why they live.
My mom:
The point of life for her is to work, work and work, because she believes that by working hard, you'll always get something good in return, e.g: if she studies until 2am every night she'll pass the CGA. She is always busy, because she says that if i do the same thing twice as fast than others, that means i live twice the life as the other people. She wants to accomplish as many thing as possible in her life time (mainly house chores, if there is no house chores to do around, she'll think of something to do, like reorganizing the furnitures in the house.) Whenever she sees someone else doing something unproductive: e.g playing, she'll just tell that person you just wasted ___ minutes of your life.
My Dad:
The point of life for him is to be better than other people. Although our family is poor, my dad bought a million dollar house with 600k mortgage on it, he also have a brand new BMW, despite that he barely can cover the fees for the mortgage. Outside of the house, he's quite generous, gives big tips to waiters in restaurants. In the house, he tries to save every penny he can, he'll get frustrated when a light is on while no one is using that room. He is well respected among his friends because he has better stuff than them. He is always nice to everybody (except his son and wife)
One of my best friend:
The point of life for him is to advertise a religion called Christian. Because that he is deeply believed in this religion, he thinks advertising it will grant him eternal happiness after his death. He also wants to do something remarkable in his life, like changing the world. He obeys the bible, and live his life like the bible. He believes that he is superior than all other non-Christian people, because he has gotten the power from god.
Me:
The point of life for me is to be happy through out all my life. I know life is limited, I'm not going to do work though out my entire life and don't have anytime to have fun. Of course, i'm going to graduate and get into a good university, but i'll only work for the amount of money that's enough for my family and to have fun.
My mom:
The point of life for her is to work, work and work, because she believes that by working hard, you'll always get something good in return, e.g: if she studies until 2am every night she'll pass the CGA. She is always busy, because she says that if i do the same thing twice as fast than others, that means i live twice the life as the other people. She wants to accomplish as many thing as possible in her life time (mainly house chores, if there is no house chores to do around, she'll think of something to do, like reorganizing the furnitures in the house.) Whenever she sees someone else doing something unproductive: e.g playing, she'll just tell that person you just wasted ___ minutes of your life.
My Dad:
The point of life for him is to be better than other people. Although our family is poor, my dad bought a million dollar house with 600k mortgage on it, he also have a brand new BMW, despite that he barely can cover the fees for the mortgage. Outside of the house, he's quite generous, gives big tips to waiters in restaurants. In the house, he tries to save every penny he can, he'll get frustrated when a light is on while no one is using that room. He is well respected among his friends because he has better stuff than them. He is always nice to everybody (except his son and wife)
One of my best friend:
The point of life for him is to advertise a religion called Christian. Because that he is deeply believed in this religion, he thinks advertising it will grant him eternal happiness after his death. He also wants to do something remarkable in his life, like changing the world. He obeys the bible, and live his life like the bible. He believes that he is superior than all other non-Christian people, because he has gotten the power from god.
Me:
The point of life for me is to be happy through out all my life. I know life is limited, I'm not going to do work though out my entire life and don't have anytime to have fun. Of course, i'm going to graduate and get into a good university, but i'll only work for the amount of money that's enough for my family and to have fun.