"So many people walk around with meaningless life, They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they are chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning to your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning." ~ Excerpt from "Tuesday's with Morrie"
Admittedly, I have been "half-asleep" a lot of times in this course called life. Somehow that strong good-willed spirit was drained off, lost amidst the noise that surrounds us, the pleasures as well as life's restlessness. Oftentimes, when you simply focus yourself on one thing like your past, anger, hatred, resentment, and regrets, you veer yourself away from the true meaning of life. You get Lost.
Can someone really say that He/She had found and had been doing what He/She was born for? Is the meaning and purpose of life relative, subjecting itself and being unique thus making up our individuality? On the other hand, maybe purpose and existence are unrelated just as animals, you never know how different the world would become without you, maybe we simply exist... without meaning, without purpose and without reason. However diverse or common each and everyone's purpose in life is... one thing may stay true and universal for all, that is, however tiny we are as compared to the world, we cannot deny that somehow in someway, our existence influences and changes others. Because it is so, we might as well be good at influencing and changing the lives of people around us. So maybe, what Morrie said in the book was true after all, the meaning of life, is devoting yourself to others, influencing and supporting eachother to be better, helping and loving one another.
When you think about it, "devoting yourself to others" doesn't seem to be a very bad idea, Instead it is quite fullfilling. Anyone would know that even in the smallest way, giving a part of yourself feels good and by some means in adds meaning to your existence. You can feel your life's worth when you see a simple smile, joy or laughter that was brought by you. And yet the question remains, why is that thought never seem to be realized? How come most people close their doors when it comes to giving, loving and sharing? It might be because of fear, because people are afraid. Afraid to fail, to be rejected, to feel unwanted, unappreciated and unloved, to be seen by others as different. We fear humiliation, we fear dependency, we fear failures. We close ourselves to only ourselves, it is easier that way, you indulge yourself to the material pleasure this life gives only to replace the pleasure and joy that loving and sharing gives. Believe that everyone deserves to be loved and no matter how much you may not see it, love exist, it is as real as you are. "You cannot make anyone love you, you can only make yourselves be loved."
