Why do you live each day?

[popcornbird]

This is a very 'deep' question...one that requires deep thinking to answer. Why do I live? Hmmm....

When I think of life, I think of life as a whole, and I think of what is to come after it. I think of it in this way. Life in this world is temporary. We are all going to die one day...all of us...so when I think of life, I think of the end results, and how living my life in the way I choose to will affect my 'future'. For example, when I think of school and why I'm getting an education, I don't really think of school in itself. The reason I'm studying IS for the 'future'...to help in my future. I feel the same about life. Just as school is temporary and will pass, life is the same. It is something that I'm going through now, and may be going through for many decades ahead, but like school, like a storm, like rain, like the seasons, life too, is something that will pass.

I do enjoy life. I love waking up to a gorgeous clear day, to the sunshine glowing through my window, to the soft whistling of my wonderful birds. I love nature, and think of it as a great blessing in life. My family is a huge blessing in my life. My pets are a blessing in my life. My home, cars, garden, friends....everything that I have and cherish are great blessings, and I do live through these moments that I will always cherish. That being said, the main REASON I live is not my loved ones, not my belongings, not nature. While my life does in a way revolve around these things, and life is incomplete without them, that is not the reason I believe God put me in this world. The reason I am here is for God Almighty. The reason I am here is to worship God, to serve Him, to help others for Him, and to do what I can to build my 'future' after this phase of life is over. If I get a good education, I know that is something that will open doors for my future. Likewise, living a good life, devoted to God, and devoted to helping people and animals who NEED help is what I believe to be something that will open the doors for a good future after this life is over. THAT is why I live. That is the purpose of my life. God, and my future in the Hereafter, and it is with that thought and that purpose in mind that I wake up thankful every morning. I thank God for giving me another day to do something good. I thank God for giving me another day with good health, so that I can use my good health in doing things in life that will help in building my future. I see loving and caring for my family, pets, friends as good deeds, and things I do in life that will help make my future AFTER life, a good one, God willingly.

I feel there is no purpose in life if we're not worried about what is to come in the future. Life is going to end anyway, so there has to be something ahead of me to focus on to keep me going. If I have nothing to look forward to ahead of me....well, I know life is going to end anyway, eventually, so with that point of view, life is just pointless. We are all here for a greater purpose than just living. I don't believe it all ends there. I mean...yes we all live for the ones we love and cherish (in a way), but I do feel life as a whole, and the reason we are here has a much deeper meaning to it than just that.