What is the meaning of life? Yes. The MEANING. The answer can be just as short as a few words - the opposite of death. Otherwise, there will be thousands or millions or billions types of different responses to it. Virtually everyone has his/her own meaning of life, and perhaps that is the only reason why we live in this world.
I consider life as a process of learning. In fact, understanding the meaning of life is part of life itself. Since the day we reach this world, we have started to learn something that is new. We have learnt how to breathe, how to eat, walk, speak etc. and until today we are still learning new things to improve ourselves, and to improve our way of life.
A good way to learn and understand the meaning of life is do be good and positive in our lives. In spite of learning knowledges from schools and books (which we call it study), learning the way of life is more essential than just study. For example, a person who has knowledge can be someone who does no good deed. From the other way round, a person who does good deed is definitely a person who is learning and understanding the meaning of life, regardless of how much knowledge he/she has.
Challenges in life serve as tests that show us how well we have done. While going through the processes, we are actually gaining experience that money cannot buy. In the end, our experience will serve as our report card which we tend to share with each other, and I would say that those who have scored well are those who have a fruitful and meaningful life.
Well, this is what I can say about the meaning of life and I am still working to score well in this life. How about you?
I consider life as a process of learning. In fact, understanding the meaning of life is part of life itself. Since the day we reach this world, we have started to learn something that is new. We have learnt how to breathe, how to eat, walk, speak etc. and until today we are still learning new things to improve ourselves, and to improve our way of life.
A good way to learn and understand the meaning of life is do be good and positive in our lives. In spite of learning knowledges from schools and books (which we call it study), learning the way of life is more essential than just study. For example, a person who has knowledge can be someone who does no good deed. From the other way round, a person who does good deed is definitely a person who is learning and understanding the meaning of life, regardless of how much knowledge he/she has.
Challenges in life serve as tests that show us how well we have done. While going through the processes, we are actually gaining experience that money cannot buy. In the end, our experience will serve as our report card which we tend to share with each other, and I would say that those who have scored well are those who have a fruitful and meaningful life.
Well, this is what I can say about the meaning of life and I am still working to score well in this life. How about you?
5 comments:
Hi Guo Qi...
Yes,I totally agreed with you that education is not everything. Education does not teach us the meaning of our life but rather guide us in our search for the meaning of our life.
I believe that a meaningful life is one without regrets, hence let's live life to the fullest=)
hi guo qi,
i agree with you that living a meaningful life is not only to improve our own knowledge and the important thing is to use what we've learnt to help others, to make the world more beautiful. i hope you can find your way to live a meaningful life. and i also hope we can have a meaningful english study this semester. so, work hard together, we can do it! =p
I think Qi's treatment to the meaning of life is rather simplistic. You only concentrated on 'life' as a learning process but never related the significance of this learning process to the opposite of life - death.
Say that you learn stuff while you are living. And then you die. Wouldn't the knowledge just disappear? It might be useful to the living people, but they will ultimately die as well.
Ultimately, in this sense, knowledge itself is useless and life is rendered meaningless... is it not?
Life can be complex but can also be simple. Studying has made my life complex but at the same time has taught me the way to have the easy life too...It's true that formal education doesn't teach us the meaning of our life, but it would still be the key to let us access to the meaning of our life.
Very interesting! You bring up many compelling ideas. One is this: "Challenges in life serve as tests that show us how well we have done."
The comments that others have left demonstrate how well you have inspired others by your own insights. Thanks for the great effort!
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