What should be the main purpose of life : Just enjoy or suffer

Delhi, India
April 16, 2011 4:42am CST
i am always confused about the purpose of life. God has given us the best gift as life and i dont know what to do. I think a lot of people never got to knew what should they do so neither they can enjoy nor suffer the problems. have you ever thought deeply about the purpose of you life.
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@asliah (11137)
• Philippines
29 Apr 11
hi, every life of people has a value and has a different big role in the world,enjoy and suffer is the ingredients of life to feel the completeness of it.if we just only see deeply our life has meaning.
@mythociate (21437)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
19 Apr 11
to Be fruitful and multiply. If fruit and multiplication cause you only suffering, then suffer you should; if you joy in them, joy you should. Place your joy in/around the fruit and multiplication, and you won't mind the suffering so much.
• India
17 Apr 11
Life owe lots of things to me, as i use to do good stuffs all the time, but i won't mind if i don't get those. Life is Coin which has two sides, one is Sadness and the other is Happiness. If one side is visible the other is hidden. Just keep "Happiness" side of your coin UP !!!
• China
18 Apr 11
To know the purpose of life,a person needs to know the nature of a man and when a person understands it. then some important realizations arise. based on the relisations and understanding,he will be more aware of his speech,thoughts and actions. throughout the cultivation of positive qualities,his wisdom,love ,compassion,kindness and joy grows.
• China
18 Apr 11
To know the purpose of life, aperson need to know the nature of a man and when the person understand it, then some improtant realization arise. based on the relisations and understanding ,he will be more ware of his speech,thoughts and actions. throught the cultivation of positive qualities,his wisdom,love and compassion,kindness and joy grows.with that, he has a greater awareness to all forms of life and better understanding of his own thoughts,feelings and motivations.
@aksehc (18)
17 Apr 11
I think our purpose in life is a long long process for us to find out. Its like a surprise gift.:) To enjoy or to suffer? I think both. Because we could never define suffer if we really didn't experience what happiness is.:)
• Philippines
17 Apr 11
hi manoj, Each of us has a purpose life its not all about suffering or enjoying it even how perfect out life can be there will always be a problem, there will be always a reason to be enjoy it. Whatever our purpose is one thing is for sure we must treasure our life and live with in like this is our last day. happy mylotting
@nj_1022 (251)
16 Apr 11
God gave us life with the free will to choose what we want our life to be. Our life is a series of chances and we have a lot of choices. So all you need to do is to know what you want your life to be and then pray for God's guidance.
• Philippines
17 Apr 11
we only get to live once. We don't get second chances in this one. So I say, live to the fullest. Enjoy life. Whatever Life may bring us, we accept it, we learn from it, and we get back up and say "Here I go again".
• United States
16 Apr 11
I think the purpose of life is to live, learn and love. There is no reason to spend day after day suffering. I think as long as you continue to learn as you grow, and aren't out there wronging people, you are doing great. Now if living life to the fullest does include hurting others, you are going in the wrong direction.
@siqin_ (22)
• China
16 Apr 11
For me, life is a process of both enjoying and suffering. No one's life can be plain sailing without any setbacks or hardships. I take great pleasure in what I already have and also face the difficulties I confront. The sweetness and bitterness spice our lives. Never lose my trust! :)
@aksehc (18)
17 Apr 11
I think its a long long way of process for us to figure our whats our purpose in life. We can never picture it or imagined it because its like a surprise gift.:) sooner or later we realized whats our purpose and we continue to fulfill that purpose.
@stary1 (6612)
• United States
17 Apr 11
I think sooner or later everyone wonders about the purpose of their lives. I never thought to put it in terms of 'either/or' joy or suffering. I think we all have experienced both and actually without suffering we probably would not appreciate joy as much. For whatever reason, it seems our greatest growth can come from suffering. We can learn valuable lessons if we allow ourselves to be open to the education instead of complaining and feeling self pity. I see the purpose of life as growth..growth in knowledge, wisdom, understanding, and character. As for knowing a specific purpose, I ask. I often pray and ask..what would God have me do.
• Nepal
17 Apr 11
just enjoy..
@sender621 (14894)
• United States
16 Apr 11
Our main purpose in life should be to enjoy what we are given and what we can achieve. I don't believe life should be about suffering. there are so many trials and challenges throughout life to conquer. We can only take from life what we can give back to it.
@busybee10 (3186)
• India
16 Apr 11
Life is great and a beautiful gift from God. Many things can be achieved here provided you hunt for those in the ups and downs of life. Many have achieved with this in the same pattern of life many years back.Those days were more complicated than now,because we are advanced in many ways. Take life boldly nd face it dashingly onlyh then you can move on smoothly... Good luck and cheers....
• United States
16 Apr 11
One should definitely not spend life suffering. I'm sure that since God gave us this beautiful life to live that He wouldn't want to see us suffer. Of course, life does have struggles and such every once in awhile, but that's life. We're humans and we can't be perfect and He knows that. But suffering one hundred percent of the time is not how life should be lived. One must enjoy as much as he or she can. What would life be if it wasn't fun at times?
@tammy27 (1241)
• Philippines
16 Apr 11
for me, the purpose of life is for us to learn though our mistakes, be patient and faithful despite the suffering, learn to appreciate every little thing, and simply be happy that everyday we ca experience these and that we're always greeted by God's surprises. :)
• Philippines
16 Apr 11
Life is full of ups and down. Sometimes we are on Top sometimes we are Down. When We Suffer it doesn't mean that God abandoned us, God just wanted us to be Challenged and he wanted us to be strong at the end of every suffering. How I wish you are enlightened.
• China
16 Apr 11
As far as i am concerned, life is not always smooth for us.so, we enjoy the life when we treat it hopefully.However,when we got into trouble, we would complain of everything and feel depressed.If we want to enjoy the life more,we'd better have a positive attitude to the life.Good luck!