Every day someone new wonders what makes their life worth living. Life is mysterious in many ways. Most of us are often told to live life to the fullest, we only live once - but we were never told how to achieve that. As we grow, we continue to pursue our search for how we can make our lives seem interesting and worthy. We tend to do more adventurous things in our lives by exploring the world and doing activities that attract people’s attention. So we can say that our life is worth living. However, there are 7.7 billion humans on this earth, and each and every one of us has a different perspective on how life is worth living.
Friends, family, relationships, improvement in myself, and seeing the world are what make my life worth living. My whole life, I have been given the amazing opportunity to experience the world. I’ve lived and visited many different countries and I can say it’s been the best experience of my life so far. I was given the chance to experience these places with the people that complete me as an individual. Enjoying life to the fullest along with my loved ones. Being surrounded by my family, friends, and loving relationship is what is important to me because they are the people that I create the happiest moments with that I can look back on later in life. They are also the people I go to for advice, support, and comfort in both times of joy and distress. Growing up, life has thrown me many difficult challenges but the love that I receive from my family and friends makes me become strong enough to face them because I know I'm not facing them alone. Another reason is the chance to improve myself as an individual and to have an impact on others' lives. As I explore my potential in life, it’s worth living to know that I’m having an impact on others' lives because it’s like knowing if I leave this world, I’ll be remembered by those people on which I left an impact. Knowing what makes you happiest makes you become a better version of yourself.
Australian social researcher, Hugh Mackay has spent a lifetime listening to people speak about their dreams, fears, hopes, and their search for meaning. From his research, he has identified 10 desires that are believed to be common to most people. The ten desires that drive us are:
The desire to be taken seriously
The desire for ‘ my place ‘
The desire for something to believe in
The desire to connect
The desire to be useful
The desire to belong
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The desire for more
The desire for control
The desire for something to happen
The desire for love
The desire to love is one of the desires that drive me the most in life. One of the best feelings we can have is the love of another person. The true meaning of this desire is that love binds us to family and friends; it comforts us, reassures us, and boosts our confidence in ourselves. We learn about love from our childhood when our parents teach us that love is freely given and can involve sacrifices. As we grow older, we learn that love needs to be communicated to each other and that loving someone is when you choose to be your best when the other person is not at their best. To make this desire achievable in my life I will need to start by loving myself, and feeling happiness in my heart and mind before I can understand that loving someone and sacrificing things for them is a big commitment.
The desire to connect is another desire that drives me the most in life. When we are first born, we have a deep sense of connection with our mothers. We feel at one and only later does our sense of individual identity appear. From there on, we are torn between being one with others and being a separate individuals. We also connect with strangers, animals, nature, and the world around us. When we connect, we bond with others and form relationships. The more we connect, the more we like other people and friends are often just people we have known for long enough. When we connect with others, we also connect with ourselves learning how to improve by using observation, feedback, and reflection. To make this desire achievable in my life I will need to start by connecting with myself and the world around me before I can connect with others fully.
One way people have tried to investigate the meaning of life is by attempting to understand how religion, particularly faith, contributes to making meaning in people’s lives. Some researchers have investigated whether age and life experience changed people’s views and understanding of faith. The most well-known faith development theory has been developed by James Fowler.
Synthetic conventional faith stage 3, is the stage I personally think is the stage I am at in my life. Synthetic Conventional Faith generally develops during puberty and adolescence as personality and self-identity emerge’s. Interpersonal relationships and being known and accepted by a group are extremely important in this stage, as self-identity is formed as a member of the group. Fowler says that many adults still remain in this stage. The reason I think I’m in this stage is that I am at a stage in my life where I am still trying to figure out my self-identity whilst wanting to be accepted by my peers and be known by other people around me.
Thinking back to the original question at the start of this article, as you can see the answer to the question is all in your perspective. However, I have spoken about how the ten desires and the Fowler stages connect with the question because they both are linked to our personalities, identity, and relationships, and they can influence our approach to love, friendship, work, and family. So I am going to leave you with this. Just enjoy it.
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