Point Of Being Alive Analysis
John Green said, "What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable?". This quote can shake individuals' souls who are wasting their life doing something worthless, such as being a couch potato. Humans believe that the two greatest days of our life are the day we were born and the day that we find out what is our meaning of life. However, it might be hard to keep going with our life if we do not discover why we are here in this world. Nowadays, we are fulfilling our goals and finding our meaning of life by doing challenging activities. Ben Saunders exceeded human's abilities by skiing to the North Pole because he wanted to live right at the limit of human capability. Roz Savage challenged herself rowing across
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Meaningful life means enthusiastically getting up every day with a purpose. We know what we are going to do each day. We know our potential and we think we were not born to do the ordinary things. However, while we are seeking to find meaningful life by going through difficult challenges, some people are still living their everyday life without a purpose. They do not risk anything to make their life better. These universal longings or desires to take risks and do challenging things beyond our limit can come from our innate aspiration. For example, people who do not believe in meaningful life will not be enthusiastic to do such actions. They only chase for their short-term satisfactions, such as food, houses or money. This lack of purpose will lead them to find themselves in the middle of something they do not know why they are doing it. They might not notice but somehow they feel like they are missing something. The mindset that we tell ourselves can change our life and how we act, too. Like Savage, she used to think that she would not be able to row over the Atlantic ocean. But, it was just a story that she used to tell herself every day. She actually could do that. Then, her life story had changed when she found out that not only guys with muscles or athletes could row across the ocean, but everyone. She started to fulfill her ambition and had a life that she could be proud of. This is a pride that she will never forget for the rest of her life. After all, those hard times are the price of where we want to be in our meaningful
Meaningful life means enthusiastically getting up every day with a purpose. We know what we are going to do each day. We know our potential and we think we were not born to do the ordinary things. However, while we are seeking to find meaningful life by going through difficult challenges, some people are still living their everyday life without a purpose. They do not risk anything to make their life better. These universal longings or desires to take risks and do challenging things beyond our limit can come from our innate aspiration. For example, people who do not believe in meaningful life will not be enthusiastic to do such actions. They only chase for their short-term satisfactions, such as food, houses or money. This lack of purpose will lead them to find themselves in the middle of something they do not know why they are doing it. They might not notice but somehow they feel like they are missing something. The mindset that we tell ourselves can change our life and how we act, too. Like Savage, she used to think that she would not be able to row over the Atlantic ocean. But, it was just a story that she used to tell herself every day. She actually could do that. Then, her life story had changed when she found out that not only guys with muscles or athletes could row across the ocean, but everyone. She started to fulfill her ambition and had a life that she could be proud of. This is a pride that she will never forget for the rest of her life. After all, those hard times are the price of where we want to be in our meaningful