Myles Munroe's View On Life

Myles Munroe believes that, “The value of life is not in its duration, but in its donation. You are not important because of how long you live, you are important because of how effective you live.” People in the world have their own view on life, but as Munroe states, it’s not about how long a person lives but the effectiveness of what they have done with their life because it affects how the future generations will turn out. Throughout time and space, people have debated about what the purpose of life is and why do people have the opportunity to experience it. People like William Shakespeare, Robert Ebert, and Amanda Ripley all have their own appointing views on life but they all relate to each other in many different ways. Though there have
Ebert was a man who passionately valued life more than the average person mainly because of how he was able to devote his own life into the activities he loved to do even when he was in his darkest times. Before he passed away, Ebert left behind these words, “To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute to joy to the world (paragraph 34).” His saying stands true no matter the problems, health, or circumstances a person has. People in today’s society are too focused on creating the “perfect” public image because they believe that conforming to society is the way of life, which is not at all true. However, there is a person, centuries ago, whose viewpoints about life strongly oppose those of Robert
One of her major key ideas in the article is how the government views the life of a person as only as a price tag, and the price of a person is determined by their job and social stature. Ripley makes a logical point when she says, “The concept of assigning a price tag to a life has always made people intensely squeamish (paragraph 2),” because nobody wants to be informed that they are worth less than others. Many people believe that having the most money or being worth the most money signifies that they have become more significant than others and that they have achieved something great in life, which is truly pathetic and the most degrading way to live. People need to learn that life is not about becoming famous or making the most, but as a chance to truly express oneself and leave an impact on future