One life, what will you do with it?
"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist that is all." - Oscar Wilde This quote may be really short but I feel as it holds so much meaning to it and it was one I was really able to relate to. Wilde states that really living is not something given but something that is reached. The thing that is given is the ability to exist. Wilde is trying to say that you shouldn't just go day by day in life but instead have goals and try to reach and achieve those goals. Everyone has a purpose in life but no one is given that purpose when they are born. In ones life it is their duty to pursue that purpose and uncover it as life goes on. It’s a process that I believe takes ones whole life to achieve. Wilde I think believes that you are not living unless you are living for something. Some people can make the mistake of taking their own life for granted. Those people feel as if life owes them something and will just hand everything they need to them. That is not how life works and the sooner one realizes that the better. Life isn't something that can be renewed and there are no re-do’s. As soon as one can they must start trying to make a change in our world. Living on the sidelines won't help yourself and definitely won’t help the world. If one is unlucky enough to just exist in life then at the end of that life they may look back and see how much they missed out on in life. The beautiful part about a purpose in life is that it does not discriminate. Everyone has one but not everyone finds it. For the some that don't feel obligated to find their purpose they will just exist in life having no impact on those around him. One should have a life that would be missed by many and a life that wasn't wasted. So live every day as if it’s your last and never forget that your life does have meaning but it is up to you to find that meaning.
"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist that is all." - Oscar Wilde This quote may be really short but I feel as it holds so much meaning to it and it was one I was really able to relate to. Wilde states that really living is not something given but something that is reached. The thing that is given is the ability to exist. Wilde is trying to say that you shouldn't just go day by day in life but instead have goals and try to reach and achieve those goals. Everyone has a purpose in life but no one is given that purpose when they are born. In ones life it is their duty to pursue that purpose and uncover it as life goes on. It’s a process that I believe takes ones whole life to achieve. Wilde I think believes that you are not living unless you are living for something. Some people can make the mistake of taking their own life for granted. Those people feel as if life owes them something and will just hand everything they need to them. That is not how life works and the sooner one realizes that the better. Life isn't something that can be renewed and there are no re-do’s. As soon as one can they must start trying to make a change in our world. Living on the sidelines won't help yourself and definitely won’t help the world. If one is unlucky enough to just exist in life then at the end of that life they may look back and see how much they missed out on in life. The beautiful part about a purpose in life is that it does not discriminate. Everyone has one but not everyone finds it. For the some that don't feel obligated to find their purpose they will just exist in life having no impact on those around him. One should have a life that would be missed by many and a life that wasn't wasted. So live every day as if it’s your last and never forget that your life does have meaning but it is up to you to find that meaning.
"Everyone has a purpose in life but no one is given that purpose when they are born."
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure what you mean by this! I loved the images- what do you think Wilde means about the difference between living and existing?
Post 2: I liked your integration of images (and I hate it when that happens).