What do you live for?

[Chu]

Simple, straight-forward question. Do you live for power, respect, emotional or religious fulfillment? Do you live to help others or help yourself? Do you live for what you can do or what you've already done? What are the most important things, people or achievements in your life?

Philosophical thread isn't very philosophical. I'm still on painkillers from getting my wisdom teeth removed. >>

[Pikmin]

I just wanna live life being myself...
I don't buy into things like celebrity culture, wearing "what's in fashion" because some skinny size 6 model wore it, and all those fad diets.

I wear what I like, celebrities annoy me (or rather, the ones that are famous for virtually no damn reason do, people who actually deserve it are alright), and.. I'm slightly chubby, trying to lose weight but doing it on my own terms, not theirs.
There's a guy I like too, but I want him to like me, not some fashion victim version of me xD

I also want to help people... Corny? Yes. But I've always liked helping people, just my nerves that hold me back. I've actually been turned down for volunteer positions, that's how bad it all is lol..

Think that's it...
...
Oh, I want a tattoo.

[Madam Kira]

I live....just to live.
Live day by day, don't worry about tomorrow,or yesterday.
I mean I do what I can to help others, but I don't think I really live for that.
Religion, power, respect, aren't that important to me.

[KoyiTar]

I live to be myself and to help others nothing else to it really.

[ecco]

I live because anything with life instinctively wants to continue to live. I do fear death, as people will fear what they don't understand - and I do not believe in some sort of Heaven, so i have no comfort in the idea of something better coming after life.

I live too because I am fascinated with the world, the Earth itself and the creatures in it, and the people too - I want to live as long as I can, because the longer you live, tho more chances you have to experience the world and to see it grow and change. I long to know more of the world and I would be very sad if i knew I would never get a chance to explore all the places I desire.

If anything, I believe life could carry on after death in the memory of others... I don't want to be forgotten. Living longer and achieving something - including helping others on a personal level - leads to touching the lives of others, and so you would be imprinted in their memory.

[Akiou]

I honestly live only for simple happiness. I'm not religious, I have no desires of relationships, and have no big career dreams. So I live just by having a good day, and that's about it.

My new doggie helps a lot! He is so cute. x3

[Chu]

You all provided some surprisingly original answers. That makes me happy, haha.

I live for fairly selfish reasons. I used to think that I lived for others, but I've learned that I do so merely because my only satisfaction comes from knowing that I've done something for someone else - I don't believe in selflessness. I want to be of service to people, not for them, but because I want to be happy. I want to reach a point of happiness - or at least contentment - in my life that I have never felt before; something completely transcendental.

I also want to learn more about the more abstract side of life. I feel like there's something lying beneath the surface of my psyche and I will not be happy until I learn about it. I feel that through exploring myself, I can learn more about the human race as well.

[Tsemara]

I live, to be myself. Plain and simple. Sure, being around animals brings me joy. But I'm just as happy cloistered away in my room, away from everything and everyone.

I also live because I don't really want to die. I mean, seeing that no one I'd ever cared about has ever come back to tell everyone how awesome it is being dead, I'd prefer breathing. Overrated as I think it may be.

Last thing is, I figure a fairly selfish reason. I live, because I don't want to leave this mountain of crap I have to deal with behind to have someone else fix it. It's my mess. I need to deal with it.

[ecco]

it is true, chu, there are very few acts that can truly be called selfless. we give to others because it makes us feel good about ourselves. of course there are exceptions, but that is largely the truth of it... not that there is anything wrong with that. if making yourself happy also makes others happy, then all the better for it good vibes are contagious after all, just as much as bad ones.

i am also keen to explore my spiritual side. i've grown up with atheist parents and older brother, as well as aunties and uncles that i believe are atheist (though i've never asked them directly, now i think on it) but christian grandparents and such. it feels difficult to find any "answers" or whatever, because i in NO way believe in a single deity. but equally i find it difficult to believe there aren't ANY either. I think i'm closest to pantheism if anything, the older religions with many gods make far more sense to me, as well as the pagan belief in the God - the physical world, and the Goddess - the metaphysical. These things seem far more likely to me....

/goingofftopictoreligionlol

[neomattlac]

It sounds strange, but I live to fulfill the six of the seven sins. Lust, greed, sloth, pride, envy, and gluttony, but I fight with wrath a lot.
I lust, but do not fulfill. I embrace my greed and pride. I go back and forth on gluttony, although I enjoy it. Envy and sloth happens.
To be precise, I wish to become one of the greatest leaders the world has ever seen. Along the way, I plan to fulfill my glutton and lust when I have the chance. Wrath is sort of the thing that might push me back, but could be used to push me forward if it is funneled correctly.

[sychobunny]

I live to find out what I can do.
Part of it is "who can I help," but some of it is just what can I achieve.

[Chu]

I have to say, that affects me a lot too. I guess I approach it in a bit of a different way though: "How can I grow?"

[neomattlac]

Well, I always see those things too, but I always relate it back to the Sins. Wanting to learn more/grow, I put into the greed and pride, because I want to get more powerful using that method.

[Crow]

I don't like living. I don't really want to be alive. ^^
And I'm not afraid of death. (Only the pain part) XD
(I don't believe in an afterlife, and am comforted by this.)
(Because it means that when I die, I disappear forever. <3)

The reason I keep living is because I want to help people.
I want to make the world a prettier place to live in.
I want to make other peoples lives better however I can.
To help them better understand the world and one another.
I feel the need to at least publish my ideals and hopes.
I think that I can affect the way others perceive the world.
Maybe with my stories and my art I can make people smile.

It makes me feel a lot better about myself when I am being useful.

The reason for this is likely because I've had a crappy life.
I want other kids to grow up having a better time of it.
And I want adults to be able to come to terms with memory.
I agree about the selfish thing. Nothing we do is ever selfless.
I'm a very selfish greedy person. XD So go smile if I can't!
I WILL LIVE VICARIOUSLY THROUGH ALL OF Y'ALL JOYS!


I am sorry for the loss of your poor teeth, Chu! Do you miss them?

[sychobunny]

I do believe in an afterlife, but I'm with you in that if I die and there's nothing, that really that can be quite comforting. There's afterlives that I've heard of, that scare me more than the thought of hell, and a simple death would be so much better.

I like your reasons for being useful, and I admire them. I think making a positive impact that are noticeable after you've gone is the sign of a great life. Sadly I don't have a love of writing, so this will never happen for me as an author.