Why do you live? Why remain alive?

I live to make my mark in history!

I may sound like a dreamer, but I want to live and make accomplishments in some area of music. Whether it be instrumentally or something else. I want to learn more and experience stuff... Death is coming anyway, why not take advantage of the time you have before it comes...

I've been down that slippery road where tomorrow isn't a reality, and let me tell you...You're better off being a piece of crap then being nothing. (I'm an atheist.) No matter what you do, no matter what you say...You're better off staying your ground and fighting your problems.

"But the night rolls around and it all starts making sense
There is no right way or wrong way, you just have to live
And so I do what I do and at least I exist
What could mean more than this?"

Ok, back on topic. I live because that's why I believe I was created. No matter which way you live, it's something...Compared to nothing.

Lots of reasons things I want to accomplish and no reason not to.

If it helps make a list of things to do before you die.

Because I like living..

There's still plenty of things I want to accomplish, and the realization that I can just drop dead any moment gives me the motivation to go out there and do my best at anything as if it's my last day on earth.

I live for my son and wife...before I had either of them I really have no clue why I would even get out of bed in the morning.

Because i still need to skydive, get on our new wooden rollercoaster, watch the Dodgers win a WS, lose my virginity i guess................X360PS3AMD05

"for the dead only know one thing, it is much better to be alive..."

Well, no reason, at least not one so trivial or insigifnicant that I'd talk about it like that.

"for the dead only know one thing, it is much better to be alive..."

Anarchy4hire82

Why not?

What's fun about dying?

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"for the dead only know one thing, it is much better to be alive..."

EMOEVOLUTION

because I am having a pretty damn fun time, without really trying tbh

I fight for my friends.alphamale1989

i dunno´ really

i thought my brother needed me, but how wrong was i? (: ´Bastard doesen´t even return my calls. The social prowess of the autistic FTW

Well, that was pretty much my reason for avoiding death. I have no significant reasons anymore. I find the concept of death very alluring. The paradox of experiencing the ultra-experience. Something unattainable, yet it befalls every mortal design. A song once told me that death is not the opposite of life. Death is the opposite of birth. Life is eternal. This was quoted by an awesome doom metal musician, so he must be right.

Besides, i feel incredibly old. I´m at peace with most things now.

Ataraxia. It´s... The opposite of toying with melodrama, in regards to how it is percieved cognitively. But the tools to describe this tranquility, well, it does not come much more melodramatic than that. See, i´m ranting again, but that´s because i find the concept of death and life nothing short of amazing. I´ll go grab a cup o´ STFU now. :3

im feeling very lowly in my life right now an the only reason im living is for my family and friends...im tired of entertainment,movies,video games,cricket...my goal in life right now is to continue my education and thats the only thing that is worthwhile right now for living.

Why do you continue? I continue for the unknown... for indulgences, and ultimately for the fear of death.

Diablo112688

the thought ofdeath and what happens next is so eerie to me. i hate to think too much about it. and the extreme permanent, written in stone, immutable state of death. if you miss out in life, sux cuz it never ever comes back around.

also, i couldnt stand the suspense of not knowing what happens on earth when im dead. like what if something really effing awsome happens and im dead. i dont even get to watch. i am friken dead. no fair.:x

I intend to see this world out before I take my next journey, so to speak.

Im not completely bored with life yet.

to be the best at what i do and to change the world

to be the best at what i do and to change the world

killerkool07

I live because I have been given the choice too...

I live because I have been given the choice too...

Jigsaw-

So many reasons which couldn't be named without sounding cheesy or getting drifted away so I'll just say for the lulz ^_^

Have you ever died in a videogame?

Now imagine that, but no respawning. Now THAT would suck! :(

I live because I have been given the choice too...

Jigsaw-

For my Xbox 360, Duh! :D

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I live because I have been given the choice too...

BiancaDK

That's a weird way of putting it if I do say so myself.

Because, suicide is the ultimate act of weakness. Why, if given the chance to live, would you decide to cut it short? I'm only 21, and I wouldn't say I'm afraid of death, but I'd be disappointed if not given ample time to try and change the world, or cause a stir somehow.

I suppose the simplest and most direct answer I can give to this question, though, is that I remain alive because deep down I feel sure that there is something important that I need to accomplish that I haven't yet. I don't really know what it is, but it's something...

Because, suicide is the ultimate act of weakness.Assassin_87

Or the ultimate act of determination?

Every cell in your body is saying "no!", but you cognitively push forward. Hats off to that! :3

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Because, suicide is the ultimate act of weakness.

Or the ultimate act of determination?

Every cell in your body is saying "no!", but you cognitively push forward. Hats off to that! :3

[QUOTE="Assassin_87"]

Because, suicide is the ultimate act of weakness.BiancaDK

Or the ultimate act of determination?

Every cell in your body is saying "no!", but you cognitively push forward. Hats off to that! :3

For someone like myself who enjoys life, including friends, family and all of the limitless possibilities presented to me every day, suicide is definitely an act of weakness. I could only imagine killing myself to escape something - like depression or an unbearable loss - rather than having to confront it.

Yes, it takes weakness to pull a trigger................X360PS3AMD05

I detect sarcasm.

So, if it takes so much strength to kill oneself, then please do explain how. Resolve, certainly. Strength, maybe in a sense. But typically, people kill themselves to escape from something that makes them feel cornered, helpless, or hopeless. To escape, rather than confront, the obstacles before you is definitely weak.

Is the concept of dying scary? Not really, in my opinion. Maybe that's where our ideas differ. People who fear dying would definitely feel that suicide takes a lot of strength of will.

I live to not die