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Why keep living, what's the use?

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Last Updated: 11/15/2022 at 2:22pm
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Top Rated Answers
Nasrz8
November 22nd, 2017 12:41pm
Every person is there on earth to produce & improve self. Being alive means that you are to experience alot, learn alot and feel alot. For example, how will you experience the feeling of love or fear unless you lived and got involved in that ? If you haven't experienced any of these then you haven't lived yet, and should not assume that living has no use since you haven't fully lived it.
Anonymous
November 22nd, 2017 4:39pm
Just because you haven't found a reason doesn't mean you aren't worth it. You are a great person who has so much to offer to the world. For many, life would not be the same without you. You have changed lives that you don't even know about. You have done more for people than you can understand. I know it gets hard, borderline impossible, but I will get better. Life is worth it, you are worth it.
Cryptidchild
November 22nd, 2017 8:06pm
Life purpose if different for each living soul. Discovering your purpose might not be easy but you will find it eventually. Otherwise you'll just become nihilist. When you find your life purpose and from time to time you keep asking yourself "what's the point??" Let it slide. It's just existential crisis and it'll pass eventually.
browneyeginger
November 24th, 2017 6:29am
Sometimes there are strong emotions that can get you stuck in situations that have shocked you or made you sad while you relive them in your head over and over trying to make sense of it. It can take quite a bit of strength and time to learn to put your thoughts aside and concentrate on something else instead, but it can be helpful to remind ourselves that we can't change the past, but we are still in control of our lives.
warmsunshine23
November 24th, 2017 7:09pm
The use is to make memories. The use is to expierence happiness and love and joy. The use is to change the world. The use is to help others. The use is to accomplish something.
Cside
November 25th, 2017 1:14am
While it does suck right now, at this moment and you want to put yourself out of your misery. This too will pass... either quicker than or longer than last time... but it WILL PASS... so hold on one more day... you can... I have to a lot and it SUCKS... but you do not know what the next happy surprise in your life will be or what could have been if you choose to end it!!!
MeghanSmiley
November 29th, 2017 9:34pm
There's so many people to help in this world and so much that you can do to make the world a better place. Even when you think there's nothing you can give, there's always something that you can do. We're at our best when we're serving others.
MusicMajor
December 1st, 2017 2:48am
To experience things you never knew were even out there. To figure out why everyone else keeps doing it. To truly have an amazing moment and realize that life is worth living.
Anonymous
December 6th, 2017 12:20am
Life gets better. It might not seem like that right now, but it does. And you have so much potential. It's like how, in nature, there will be a field of dead grass, but if you look hard enough, you can see some green grass. That shows hope. And maybe there's a flower. That flower could spread its seeds and polinate other flowers to fill the field, even though it would be so easy to pick it and destroy all that potential.
Nasake
December 17th, 2017 4:43pm
The meaning of life is still not answered because everyone in the world has their own purpose to live. We live to find that answer, we will and have faced hardships in our lives but those are only challenges that are presented to us to make us stronger. There will be happy moments in our lives, we just have to wait for that time to come. Many things in the world happen for reasons that we don't know, but that's okay because sometimes that gives us a purpose to be alive. Please remember you only have on chance to live, make the most out of it.
Morielen
December 19th, 2017 1:58pm
The biggest 'use' I find in living, and always have since I first noticed that something in my doesn't want to live: There's a ton of people that love me, and would be sad, depressed, or devastated if I'd suddenly disappear. My subconcious might not always agree, but there's always a reason to live for others. Not only for everything that you have done so far, not only for those that are currently your friends and family and loved ones and buddies and pals and people you talk to once a year for five minutes tops, but also for all those people that you might meet, that might make you smile just as you made them smile, and people that you might help. That, and I have a list of things I want done. Lists of things that you want to get done, like publishing a book, travel to awesome places, own a castle or be the captain of a spaceship are awesome, far-fetched goals that might keep you running. And might come true. Because you're alive and kicking and found yourself a reason that suits you.
uniqueButterfly88
December 29th, 2017 5:57pm
There are many reasons to live! Life is what you make you it, and with that freedom? Anything is possible. I live for the simple pleasures, like seeing people I care for smile, or the taste of a really good burger.
mysteriousSunset61
January 18th, 2018 10:17am
Life itself is a strange thing, many people like yourself have shared that same sentiment that there is no point. I know I have experienced that same feeling of crushing confusion but in my experience, it took learning about different philosophies in order to grasp what meaning I wanted life to mean. Something like Stoicism, the philosophy of Nietzsche, to name a few may help but it's up to you to determine what meaning you want to derive out of life.
Anonymous
January 19th, 2018 2:02am
Sunrise and sunset, Family, Friends, Shooting stars, Love, fresh baked cookies, the sound of baby's laughter.
Antodolphin
January 19th, 2018 5:36am
When you find a purpose in life, you'll see that life is worth being lived. There's so much to be done, from fulfilling your dreams to bungee jumping. Find the beauty and you'll automatically move forward.
Akshita0612
January 20th, 2018 7:29am
This was the exact same question which I was asking myself a few months back. I understand sometimes it gets difficult to live but things do change with time and support. We just need to push ourselves out of that negativity. Life is always changing. Change is scary but a good thing, because with change there is a new opportunity. Focus on today, forget what happened in past or what will happen tomorrow, I know it is easy to say but I am sure you can do it. :)
KuyaEthan
January 28th, 2018 5:00pm
We live because it is a gift. The real question is what do you do with it? WE make the best out of it. Inspire others, become a role model, share your ideas and innovations. We, human beings, sometimes fail to realize how small things we may have done bad or good can make a large impact in our world and someone's life. It's normal to feel dull but removing the fact of being capable of something can be crucial. Take this quote for example: “Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding." Let us not live a dull life but make the best out of it. I know you will and that's what makes us amazing and unique.
Jess94F
February 24th, 2018 12:25pm
The fact that you wake up everyday means you've been blessed with another day. You may not believe it but people do love you. You mean the world to at least one person.
QrowBranwenSTRQ
February 28th, 2018 2:32pm
There's always a reason to keep living. I recommend planning events in the future, no matter how small. I find the motivation to keep going by setting little thrills here and there.
Anonymous
March 1st, 2018 8:35am
There is always a future, when things are tough it doesn't mean they should end tough. The future is something that hasn't happened yet and can change and you can determine whether or not you will have a happy life or not you just have to keep striving for a positive and happy life.
TalkWithoutWorry101
March 1st, 2018 5:11pm
Because we only experience barely 5% of our lives which are bad, if we give up we are giving up on the good
Anonymous
March 4th, 2018 3:47pm
The use of living is to learn and grow, make unique friends alone the way, going on hiking and doing daring things that you won't do on a regular base, trying something new and being openminded when things get you down and others are giving recommendations.
FlyingAlex1
March 8th, 2018 10:28am
Everyone has a purpose. It sounds a cliché, but we all may end up being role models to others. Just the fact we are making an effort to find our own place, that means a lot, and we will end up finding what we're looking for.
Anonymous
March 28th, 2018 3:11am
Through most of history, it's been a hope for the land of the hereafter. Lately though, that's been changing. Find meaning in your responsibility to the society you live in and that will sustain you.
MintyLemon0921
April 1st, 2018 4:02am
Being alive is such a wonderful thing, you'll meet a lot of people and you will know yourself more..
Anonymous
April 4th, 2018 8:46pm
we should keep living for love ,peace,friends,knowledge and wisdom, there alot more than that, we can even live for others
WhereHaveYouBeen
April 11th, 2018 9:17pm
Given the unpredictable nature of life, it's not a far stretch to assume that even if things seem shitty now, they won't get better later. Someone needs you, and while that might seem inconsequential now; when it happens you'll be glad you stuck through it.
Luke10
April 13th, 2018 2:25am
Being alive is the best thing that is given to us. Life can be rough and hard sometimes but it molds us to who we are today. Even diamonds are just a piece of mineral unless it is polished. That's what life do to us. It polish us to become great. It is hard to understand for now but someday all of the hardships we encounter will make sense. Just keep the faith.
Anonymous
April 13th, 2018 2:46am
Life is so beautiful. There are multiple things in life that can help you feel better. There are amazing people on this earth that can help you overcome obstacles that life may throw your way. Life is full of beautiful things such as: nature, music, the people, the food, the cultures, the most beautiful places on earth.
Anonymous
April 14th, 2018 3:56pm
Why I decide to keep living and what's the use of it? I want to see what the future hold for me since at the end of the journey you can turn on your past to see how far you have come through in your life. Especially the hardship you have been through for yourself and other people as well.