What Life Should Be

What Life Should Be

By: Joanne Christine H. Mocay

Everyone was given a special gift called life. Some give importance to it while others are not. Life is the sequence of physical and experiences that make up the existence of an individual. It is a period from birth to death. As stated on that definition of life, it was us who has the choice whether we give meaning to our existence or not.

I remember when my instructor in Values Education once said, “Living is different from existing.” He explains that living is simply waking up in the morning, eating your breakfast, lunch and dinner then sleep without doing anything different. Living is just a daily routine which means nothing has change and we are not doing something to attain development. On the other hand, existing means making our life meaningful or we give meaning to it. This implicates that a lot of people were just living and they don’t exist. People who really exist are those who do their best and give effort in everything they do such as, those who keep on sending resume to different agencies to get a job, those who are applying for scholarships to uplift their education, those who are keeping their dignity and respect for themselves despite of circumstances and to those who believes that life is priceless.

            Some people do not see the value of their lives that is why they waste, neglect or even kill it. Some do not care about their health which is an important element of life. They smoke cigarettes which damages their lungs. They drink liquors which damage their kidneys and to some extent, others use prohibited drugs which damages their whole body and sometimes the way to death. Others kill themselves because they are broken and stressed which suggests that they do not see the beauty of life.

            It is true that we only live once and everything will face death but it is not as easy as that because even if life is short, everyone (including me) was given a “free will” and with that span of life, we can do something special in between. We do not know the exact date and time of our last breathe that is why we should live life to its fullest by doing the best that we can.

            Let us always remember that life is a precious gift from God so we must give value to it. Do not let others be our hindrance in finding our meanings of life. Instead, make a stand and make a change for the better then afterwards let us ask ourselves, living or existing?