Did you ever asked yourself, What is the meaning of life?
The word "life" would always make me wonder. It gives me bittersweet feelings about it. Like everything is real that you can never hideaway because you always think someone is watching you keeping track of your life events but on the other hand, it is indeed sweet because with life you can be able to feel love, pain, and other emotions that humans feel. It is the most enticing existence in the universe. It makes Us and everything in this world exceptional above all aspects.
Why? Because life itself gives the definition of Us, human and the Universe's existence. Without life, the earth would be a shallow and dead place. Life gives the definition of your favorite color, favorite flower, why you love dogs or love cats. It answers why your mom likes this beautiful places that you haven't ever gone to. It is the reason why everyday we need to eat or drink water. It explain why you'd probably drink a cup of coffee on a cold saturday. It explains why we think, why we play, why we felt sad, why there are questions and unanswered thoughts in our brain, why we sweat, and why we breath. It explains everything the universe is and about Us.
Did you ever asked yourself, Is there a pre-destined path for everyone? Do you believe in destiny? This question would always circulate in this word, destiny. Ever thought why your mom was the one who gave birth to you and loved who you are up until now? How you were chosen or randomly happened in this world? I do believe that it was fate that made me and mom meet because I can never see myself with another mom that can best fit my definition of a mother. On the other hand, I don't believe that everyone has a predetermined path. It was like saying "I will become a teacher someday" but turns out you really don't have passion for it. The moment we age, grow, and become conscious to our surrounding and pass the stages of life, change is the only thing that determines us and the track we might go. You can never determine an exact path because right from the start when we were born it isn't our job to follow that straight line a head. We have free will.
What is free will? Humans are free. Free to determine their purpose to live and how to cope with the challenges in life. Maybe you were born to be a doctor or a scientist but what if you met the love of your life on the way? would you stop? Would you forever stop in that trail and never leave for you are happy? Or you would ignore it? Leave it behind and come back tomorrow? But what about regrets that come for the unknown things that may eventually happen? Are you ready to feel regret? To drive your emotions crazy? It is only you who can know that. Its your only choice that can determine which way you go.
Have you asked yourself if everything your going through is real? Did you ever thought that your life is a make-fantasy in your belief? Did you ever asked yourself, "Does everything I perceived through my eyes even real?" This can only be answered if you can separate reality and fiction in your life. If you separate your dreams like waking up from those and telling yourself it was just a beautiful dream or it was a a nightmare. To perceive the world in a realitic view you should consider being serious about life. It takes courage to grow and be mature since our biological cycle did not say that as we grow, our immaturity disappears. It's a choice. A choice to become mature enough to face reality or you can stay in your fantasies and be a kid forever. If you perceive life as a battlefield reality I can say that you are brave enough to face it. Reality itself is a battlefield. Some people runaway from it because they aren't ready to face it. They were afraid they might lose to this realistic world they live in so they hide in their fantasies, get wasted. It is a station of the damned, some may not surpass this stage of apathy. They can be trapped there forever. The thing is, we shouldn't inspiration from others, we should find within ourselves because sometimes we should let ourselves become an inspiration for us to further improve. Sometimes when we look for inspirations we do not find them because what we find is insecurities and envy and that is bad. Like a little bird we shouldn't just look at the ground and be stucked in that tree forever. We should soar high and let our fears fly away with our souls and tell ourselves "I can fly."
The truth is, we are not capable to choose the life we wanted. We are not living in this world to fulfill our wishes but to drive ourself to pursue them. It's a psychology that I know that for those who just plays around tends to have a less opportunity for the future because they did not care and caring is everything but no one knows. As I have said everything revolves around your choice. If you choose this and that you can never turn back, so choose carefully. Regret only comes after it so don't ever worry about making mistakes because humans are capable of those, the only thing we should remember is to learn from it and you can now say that you achieved and tell yourself my purpose for living is a success.