...What is our purpose of life? Where did we come from? What makes us who we are? These are just some questions that are frequently asked in our society. Is there a right or wrong answer? I don’t think we will ever know. There are many different beliefs, such as existentialist philosophies, scientific, and religious. Each one has a different answer to those questions. Some of the first true existentialist thinkers were a man named Soren Kierkegaard and Friedrich Nietzsche. They both challenged he foundations of Christianity and traditional morality. “Nietzsche was interested in the enhancement of individual and cultural health, and believed in life, creativity, power, and the realities of the world we live in, rather than those situated in a world beyond” (Nietzsche 1). I feel that he was right, many people get caught up in what is going to happen in the future that they miss out on present. Why live a life if all a person is going to worry about is the unknown? “Kierkegaard said that is it especially important for people to have a meaningful existence. And meaning, he said, comes from whether or not people sense that their lives have a permanent significance. The problem is, though, that most people believe that their lives have importance only temporarily” (Kierkegaard 1). I agree with this completely, I feel without having meaning in life we would have nothing to live for. Many people believe that our purpose of life is already chosen for us. I on the other hand don’t agree...
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...Memoir by Sumaiyah Khan Do we all really need a doctor’s fatal diagnosis for us to ‘live life to the fullest?’ Last week, my sister and I went out for a walk and began to discuss our experiences at school. I loved speaking to her since I could talk to her about just about anything, and knew she wouldn’t tell anybody else about our conversations. This time, I told her about a previous teacher of mine whom I recently found out was diagnosed with cancer. I explained just how amazing of a woman this teacher was, Masha’Allah, and told my sister about all of the things that she had already accomplished. I reminisced about how she always coached us in our extracurricular activities, and how she had also recently memorized the entire Qur’an. My sister simply said: “She’s trying to live her life to the fullest.” And this continued. Every single achievement I mentioned, my sister would repeat that same statement. I then understood that she was basically saying my teacher knew she didn’t have much time left and was therefore trying to achieve as much as she could before her passing. She had accepted the fact that her life could literally end at any time. It made me wonder, why weren’t we, as Muslims, in a similar state of mind all the time? Allah (glorified and exalted be He) warns us in the Qur’an that He can take our lives away at any moment without any prior notice. Is this not enough for all of us to try to please Him all the time? Is this not enough for all of us to try to accomplish...
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...experience the true meaning of life, as I grow older. What I really loved about this poem, is that it has this universal message about life, to live it to the fullest and to live it happily as possible. This relates to our world because many people do not know the meaning of life or do not know how to live it. This poem leaves a message on how to fix that and live it as happy you can be. The meaning of " Lucinda Matlock" by Edgar Lee Masters, is that to live life to the fullest with no worries because you never know what day your life will fade away. Not only that but not to take anything for granted. For example, Lucinda Matlock did not take her life for granted, when she was young," Went to the dances at Chandlerville, and played snap-out at Winchester". As cheesy as it sounds, you do only live once in this world. Lucinda took advantage of that and lived her life to the fullest. Not only living life to the fullest is the message, but to live it knowing that there will be an end to accept. " At ninety-six I had lived enough, that is all, and passed to a sweet purpose", Lucinda knows she lived her life and she accepted that one day she will be underground. She will die with no worries nor regret....
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...say everytime I wake up in the morning to enjoy and acknowledge the beautiful things that have been endowed to me in my precious life. I have seen people complaining even about the pettiest problem and showing as if they are the greatest sufferer in the whole world. All such things adds up the already increasing pool of negative energy that we carry around with us increasing it bit by bit level by level and this thing is contagious as it keeps on growing and transmitting So acknowledge everyday what GOD has given you and live the fullest of your life to bring the best of you. Hello world. This is the thing I say everytime I wake up in the morning to enjoy and acknowledge the beautiful things that have been endowed to me in my precious life. I have seen people complaining even about the pettiest problem and showing as if they are the greatest sufferer in the whole world. All such things adds up the already increasing pool of negative energy that we carry around with us increasing it bit by bit level by level and this thing is contagious as it keeps on growing and transmitting So acknowledge everyday what GOD has given you and live the fullest of your life to bring the best of you. Hello world. This is the thing I say everytime I wake up in the morning to enjoy and acknowledge the beautiful things that have been endowed to me in my precious life. I have seen people complaining even about the pettiest problem and showing as if they are the greatest sufferer in the whole...
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...Benjamin Franklin once said, “An investment of knowledge pays the best interest.” The more knowledge people have, the more it will benefit them. In this case, genetic testing for Huntington’s Disease provides the knowledge that might save lives. Huntington’s is a disease that affects the physical, cognitive, and emotional attributes of the human body. (3) It causes progressive deterioration of the brain cells. (7) It forms in the brain, specifically in the basal ganglia. The basal ganglia controls movement, emotion, and thought organization. The disease destroys the cells that are in that part of the brain. Huntington’s Disease is simply caused by genes. (2) The mutation will show up on chromosome 4 and has repetitive nucleotide triplets that...
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...characters lives, and noting the inevitability of death. The motif of time is reoccurring throughout the novel. Joseph Heller shares his opinion on life and death, which could be interpreted as; Death is not to be feared but shows us that we need to use the time we have in a fruitful and advantageous way. If we look at Yossarian, we see that he is controlled by the thought and desire to live every minute to its fullest. It seems as if he is racing against the clock to beat death at a game that doesn’t even exist. He is running until death catches up with him. Doc Daneeka talks about how his budding private practice was put on pause because of the war, and his efforts to help his country. Nately, a young nineteen- year-old boy, falls in love with a whore in Rome, changing his life for good or for bad. All of these changes happen because of the time period. The war causes significant changes in each characters timeline. The novel is told in a jumble of events involving past memories, allusions to the future, and memories only becoming clear as you advance throughout the story. You get a sense that the novel is nervous or hesitant about time passing....
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...The two people that is the main focus and discussion of this paper is T.I and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow or HWL for short. Here is a brief synopsis or description of these two important people. Clifford Joseph Harris Jr. aka T.I was born on September 25, 1980, in Atlanta, Georgia. He was raised by his grandparents in Atlanta’s Center Hill neighborhood just off Bankhead Highway. He started rapping when he was eight and he went to Douglass High School but later dropped out, and his stage name came from his childhood nickname “TIP”. After his paternal great-grandfather but when he signed with Arista Records, he shortened his name from TIP to T.I out of respect for Arista label mate Q-Tip. HWL was born on February 27, 1807, in Portland, Maine....
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...before the major transcendentalist movement, ideas of rebellion and straying from the status quo invaded the minds of Americans and helped them take action in their lives rather than following orders. Since society is meant to keep citizens in check and prevent rebellion,...
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...bases some of his actions and how he lives based on Thoreau’s ideas. Chris and Henry both embrace to not stay on a particular path, to embrace the idea of wanting more in life, and simplicity. Both men’s life choices are examples of Transcendentalism. One of the first examples of transcendentalism is when Chris embraces to not stay on a beaten path. For example, Chris sends Ron a letter telling him to have radical change in his life, to do things that he has never done. McCandless says, “ I think that you should make radical changes in your lifestyle and begin to boldly do things in which you may previously have thought of doing”…(Krakauer 56). McCandless wants Ron to experience the life of nomads, Chris’s belief to not stay on a set path, to do his own thing. Thoreau says, “It is remarkable how easily and sensibly we fall into a particular route, and make a beaten track for yourself …” (Walden). This quote relates to McCandless’s belief to not stay on a set path, to live the extreme, and to not remain doing the same thing for a lifetime. Not having a...
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...goes on this adventure, so he can see what he is able to do and also to find himself. McCandless was determent to live his live to the fullest even from a very young age. He went with his dad on several adventures and always explored new things when he was younger. As he grew up he never lost the feeling that he got every time he went to explore new things. He was different from most of the people, because he does not mind being...
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...The simple things in live bring more happiness then material things you can purchase with money would ever be able give you ~Live in the moment, don't worry about ageing but enjoy life to the fullest ~Forgive, not only others but also yourself ~It is okay to cry ~Value your friends and most importantly tour family because they will always be there for you ~Love is the single, most important thing in life ~If the culture of the world doesn't 'suit' your own lifestyle, create your own ~To be able to detach yourself from an feeling you first need to allow yourself to experience it fully In his last moments, Morrie was ‘in between’ the gap between life and death, thus able to inform the readers valuable and important things they should ‘pack’. Morrie Schwartz was a professor and a teacher until the end Life nowadays has been complicated. I have learned from the book that in order to live in harmony and avoid unnecessary conflict, we must learn how to communicate and compromise. It’s best to have a positive attitude, and have the ability to turn what might often be perceived as a negative situation, into a privilege. In the book, Morrie had also inferred that we should not let self-pity consume you, but concentrate on the good things in your life, because if you do not, you might lose sight of what is important and what is not. ‘Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.’ Morrie talked a lot about death in...
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...Orchestra concert. At this Orchestra concert she noticed one of musicians was so into what she was doing and by the looks of it she was passionate about what she were doing. This lead Mallory F. Hales to choose a life if passion. “Choosing Passion” is was written to get people to realize that people will lead a mediocre life, unless they have something they're passionate about in life. Mallory F. Hales uses repetition and similes in “Choosing Passion” to tell people that they need have passion to truly experience life to the fullest. Mallory F. Hales repeats the word “mediocre” throughout the non-fiction piece to get the point across to the readers. In the non-fiction story Mallory F. Hales tells us how she used to live a life without passion. She states “I remember thinking to myself that it was too bad I was only mediocre at life because if i were passionate about something I might do some real good.” What this quote summarizes the theme and that life is really dull and seems overrated if live a mediocre life. Mallory F. Hales then says “I no longer choose to live a mediocre life.” What this is saying is that she is sick and tired of feeling like a dull and dry person all the time and now she has found something to lead a life full of passion. This story is what flipped her life around from being average to being exciting and full of passion. Mallory F. Hales use of repetition and “Mediocre” help her point get across. Mallory F. Hales uses similes to bring a new understanding of...
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...their final mother and daughter bonding activity before Molly's breakaway which will launch Molly into a new world and new experiences. While on the trip, Linda works on a quilt for Molly in hopes of completing it at the end of the trip to be given to Molly as a graduation gift. It is made of scrap material from Molly's life ranging from Molly's baby clothes to Grandma's favourite dress. Through this trip, Linda learns to let go of her daughter and live her life now san Molly. The part I like most is "the essence of life is the journey, unblunted by an overprotective parent. There is a richness Molly will find even in the deepest sadness. She has a beautiful future ahead of her. Sticking around, interfering and shielding her eill rob her of something she needs to figure out on her own. i don't want to stand in the way. Life as it unfolds is just too incredible."...
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...find that flames and smoke come pouring in. The only window in the room is basically painted shut and you collapse to the floor realizing that this is the end. In those final agonizing moments knowing that this is the end, how would you handle those final moments and how would you feel about your life up to this point. In reading the scenario the first emotion that hit me was that of anxiety. I was not necessarily feeling anxiety about the fact that I would inevitably die in the situation but anxiety about what my family would feel with my dying. It made me feel sorrowful. I imagine the things that my loved ones would experience after this type of scenario and also the things that I would not be present for in their future lives. I would want my husband to mourn my loss but I would also want him to be able to move on and enjoy the rest of his days and I would want him to be strong and I am hopeful that if this type of scenario, or any other in which I were not to survive for that matter, that he would be strong. I would want him to be strong for himself and for our children, they would need him to show them how to move past this type of experience and enjoy their lives to the fullest. In the final moments...
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...Death is the inevitable truth of life but it is not the end. Instead death is the only beginning of eternal life. The desire to live life to the fullest is a fundamental part of being alive and so it is natural to fear death. Some people consider that to be mighty and dreadful however the poet in conversation with death states that death has no reason to be proud. The poet argues death is weak and dependent on faith, chance, kings and desperate man. The poet takes a strong stance in confronting death and he communicates the central theme that death is neither absolute nor powerful. Instead of worrying about dying, people should live their life to the fullest, so when it actually comes, they don't regret it. In a dialogue with death he uses the word “overthrow”, “die not”, as a verdict that death does not perform actions and that makes it powerless, which is contributing the central theme. He uses the word “poor death” stating that death is less worth than a human, also adding to the theme that death is not to be feared of. He emphasizes by saying “Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men, and dost with poison, war and sickness dwell...” In general, people perceive death as absolute and mortal but the poet claims that death as a “Slave” to poison, war and sickness from which people die. Death completes the mortality of humans and they attain immortal status. The poet continues that after one dies, the soul is carried on to live eternally and there will be no death...
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