What is life anyway?

India
January 19, 2010 11:18am CST
How do you define life? Life means joy for some: Its a gift to some. Is it blessing? bliss? happiness? love? dream? endless challenges? struggles? Fear? What is life anyway according to you? To me Life is a continuous journey towards Heaven (happiness)via Hell(sorrows)
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
19 Jan 10
vijayanths hi to me also life is that continuous journey from birth to heaven with all sorts of good things and bad too to make us appreciate the good so much more. To look at each day as a gift from God is to make ourselves happy even in rather unhappy circumstances. we cannot be made happy by others, we must make ourselves happy. We must appreciate all that is good, and see that glass as half full, know that we must be grateful for all that is good, and forget the bad. this way we can be happy each day as we open that new gift, a new day.[
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• India
20 Jan 10
Hatley, your response is very useful to the readers. Happiness has to come from within us. Each day is a gift as you said so well.
• India
19 Jan 10
Life is related with joy, sorrow, happiness,struggles, fear, love ,dreams and many more things whose linked with the humans as much compared to other beings. More of what an individual does in his daily routine comes and mostly linked with life. It has much bigger impact with human beings than other forms of beings less incomparable.
• India
20 Jan 10
thugstyle21, life is definitely related with joy, fear, happiness etc as you said.
@eshaan (6188)
• India
20 Jan 10
Life is the way you take it.....when i am playing with my children..talking to them..i feel my children are my life...when thinking about love and romance..feel that life is nothing but being immersed in love and romance...when i listen to music...i feel life is music...when i am with friends....i feel friends are my life ...i can't live without them...so u see...i have so many best ways...that are the reasons for me to be happy...and ultimately agreeing with your point...that being happy is life...but not through hell...trying to convert hell to heaven
• India
20 Jan 10
you seem to have more roles than our Dasavathar Krishna. Of course I am also trying hard to convert my hells into Heavens but I am going through them that is inevitable. eshaan is so philosophic like Osho.
• India
20 Jan 10
Life is all about learning,understanding,steering away from the sins,never to commit any wrong/negatives,helpful towards the older-generation and to the kids as well,never give up,keep struggling without longing for the fruit and at the end simple living and high on thinking,seeking the truth both earthly and all mighty,be ready to face the changing world,After very dark and winter seasons there is day light and Spring,its a never ending cycle,rebirth and rebirth of purification and its a test for every one of us that how we deal with others and with life.
• India
20 Jan 10
hi, rocket as you nicely pointed out there will be a sunshine day after a dark night..
@masay7 (89)
• Gambia
20 Jan 10
Its for us to work and pray ............... Prepare for next world.
• India
20 Jan 10
hi, Masay I also love to work and pray.
• India
20 Jan 10
Life is race , life is enthusiasiam, struggle, to lead a happy life, we have firm determination and strong will power to cultivate good habits in order to acheive permanent happiness, peace , and sucess in life.
• India
20 Jan 10
well said Prashanth, all your points are really good and I enjoyed reading them.
• Philippines
20 Jan 10
LIfe is a journey, I agree. Life is full of rollercoaster of problems, happiness, all kinds of emotions, challenge and sacrifices. Life is a gift from God. God is giving us the privilege to see the world which he created. To share our life with nature, other people and animals. To feel that he really loves us that he gave us free will to do what we want and decide for ourselves. That no matter how many sins we done, he is still there to help us in times we need him. He gave us life to spread his works on people, to share his love to us, so we need to do our part as a follower of God.
• India
20 Jan 10
hahaha, grecy Life is like a rollercoaster-good thought there, I liked that one.
@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
19 Jan 10
Hi vijayanths, To me life is also a journey, but it did not begin here and well not end here. The important thing however, is to live in the now and always enjoy the moment. I like the saying,"in your pursuit of happiness, take some time to be happy".For thousands of years, people have sought to know the meaning of life yet few have succeeded because they were so busy seeking that they forgot to live. Blessings.
• India
20 Jan 10
that is what I also beleive Pose. This present life is a journey in between previous and next birth, many of our friends may not agree with it though.
• China
20 Jan 10
I donot know what is life,but i surely know i will be happy,fullfill my value and help my surrounding people getting happy in my life.
• India
20 Jan 10
that is more than enough shahalashamo. That is what life is all about I think..
@maezee (41997)
• United States
19 Jan 10
I define life as.. a bunch of decisions we're faced with, and what makes us all different and unique is how we handle the situations. While I sort of believe in destiny, I see it as a journey of free will. It's always interesting to see people in the same set of circumstances who end up in totally different places due to their decisions (or lack of decisions). What a loaded question! Good one.
• India
20 Jan 10
hi, maezee, so it is a mixture of destiny and our efforts? Good response and I loved it.
@nautilus33 (1827)
20 Jan 10
HI! Life is many things- life is enjoy, life is sadness, life is something you have, but you can't touch, life is love, life is friends, life are your beloved ones. Life is everything you do, when your eyes are wide open, life is also everything you dream and say, while you are sleeping. Life is to help the others, life is to be patient, life is sacrifice. Life is the wonder that we will never understand and that will amaze us every single day. every single hour, every single minute!
• India
20 Jan 10
hi, nautilus, as you said life is a mixture of joy sorrows etc..
• Philippines
20 Jan 10
Life to me is full of challenges, a test for us to either go on living fully according to our God given potential or give up leaving behind what life has to offer. indeed, when you face life positively, it becomes a magnet of positive things and emotions making us fulfilled in the end, and making us happy and it makes us appreciative of life. however, when trials beset amongst us, it makes us condemn life. so what then is life for us? definitely a difficult question and a very difficult to answer - for me i AM JUST LIVING LIFE AS IT IS.. BRAVING through every difficult times and challenges and at the same time smiling and anticipating the day and what it has to offer to me c:
• India
20 Jan 10
very well done alexysabelle you are leading a perfect life I think.
• Philippines
20 Jan 10
Hi. Life for me depends on what/how I make it to be. I agree with you in saying that "life is a continuous journey." As such, life is a mixture of sorrows and happiness depending on a person's attitude and responses towards different life circumstances.
• India
20 Jan 10
Life is a gift of god. its a mixed of happiness and sorrow. loving others is the main in our life.For me god gave me this life just to help others, love others.
• India
20 Jan 10
wow, srinirani you seem to have a great purpose in life.
• Philippines
19 Jan 10
You already summed it all and to add; Life is inspiration from believing in yourself you could do anything within a blink of the eye. though it is full of challenges, it also inspire like the voice within the inner self telling you to savor life which may end like sweet or biter. Whatever would be the outcomes should the basis for a person to relive his past glory then move toward the being you able to express self through unexamined life.
• India
20 Jan 10
hi, neelianoscet though life is full of challenges you can always make it sweet by your attitudes as you pointed out.
• Pakistan
19 Jan 10
Life is what you make it. You are an architect of your own life. Make it either heaven or hell.
• India
20 Jan 10
hi, Khadimhussainsubhpot our life is to certain extent in our hands.
@natnickeep (2336)
• United States
19 Jan 10
I think life is a journey and life can be many things. It brings us joy and sorrow, we feel many emotions, go through many fazes, walk down many roads. Life is a lesson to the wise and a gift to those who accept it, and to some it's just life. I think life is a wonderful thing!
• India
20 Jan 10
well said, natnickeep, though life is also with sorrows it is so wonderful
@OYGAK2005 (371)
• Saudi Arabia
21 Jan 10
hi...vijayanths .... your question also meaningful....for everyone have that their defines for their life....and there answers maybe not all same at the time....for me also have a define like to otheres....first for me life is every moment to pray of allah that our creater.....second living with happiness and finish my roles ..come true my dreams.....hi good luck...