My life on Earth ~ Personal Philosophy project
To me, this project was about how we view life an the world. Some people talked about existentialism and how our lives are so insignificant in the grand scheme of things, others talked about how we must meditate and take the spiritual route through life. I took a broader perspective, because I found that my life philosophy is to just live and be alive. I believe that we should all take life by the horns and milk every last bit of it out, until we can go no longer. With my project I wanted to get across just how great and crazy life is, just how precious it is. I wanted to make people want to live, and live to the fullest. I wanted to make people realize just how lucky they are, I wanted to make people feel alive.
Through out this project I have discovered my desire to truly live. I mean I know that I've always had it but through this project it is as if I have uncovered it. During the study of all the different philosophies I have really struggled with what the meaning of life actually is. I could see how our lives are so insignificant in the grand scheme of things. Yet, at the same time, I could also see how we are all truly unique each of our lives are and how everything happens for a reason (exploring the butterfly effect and religious aspects). However, with each topic that we had studied I had found a reoccurring theme in my thinking. I saw life as something that should not be wasted and saw it as something that should be embraced. With the realization of this I started noticing just what makes me feel truly alive and being more conscious in how I spend each step of my life. In addition, with each of these moments, where I feel alive, I get more an more lost as to why others believe that life is meaningless. This project has defiantly made my 'darker days' seem less dark and has made my 'lighter days' more bright. For with the desire to live, we start to see the 'bad' days as not bad but as a challenge where the outcome and growth at the end is even more satisfying than an easy day where we do not learn. After all that I have grown I yearn to challenge more and more people to actually live, because at the end of it all its totally worth it.
Further Questions to Ponder:
Through out this project I have discovered my desire to truly live. I mean I know that I've always had it but through this project it is as if I have uncovered it. During the study of all the different philosophies I have really struggled with what the meaning of life actually is. I could see how our lives are so insignificant in the grand scheme of things. Yet, at the same time, I could also see how we are all truly unique each of our lives are and how everything happens for a reason (exploring the butterfly effect and religious aspects). However, with each topic that we had studied I had found a reoccurring theme in my thinking. I saw life as something that should not be wasted and saw it as something that should be embraced. With the realization of this I started noticing just what makes me feel truly alive and being more conscious in how I spend each step of my life. In addition, with each of these moments, where I feel alive, I get more an more lost as to why others believe that life is meaningless. This project has defiantly made my 'darker days' seem less dark and has made my 'lighter days' more bright. For with the desire to live, we start to see the 'bad' days as not bad but as a challenge where the outcome and growth at the end is even more satisfying than an easy day where we do not learn. After all that I have grown I yearn to challenge more and more people to actually live, because at the end of it all its totally worth it.
Further Questions to Ponder:
- How can I make others see that life is worth living?
- What can I do to improve my life and increase my desire to live?
- Who do I want to be? What does my ideal self look like and how do I achieve it?
- What makes people so unhappy with life?
- When did humans start being more unhappy than happy?
- What are some other ways that I can feel alive?