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Living it is what makes it worth it. Having lost my wife going-on eight weeks ago to pneumonia and septic shock I could easily want to give up on this life to join her in her new life but I certainly won't do anything to hasten that outcome. Between us we have seven children, 15 grandchildren, a great grand and two more on the way. Not bad for a couple of only children. I'm the last dad 'standing' My wife was the last 'mom'. My childrens' mother is still alive but in a facility for those with dementia and has been for the past eight years. She recognizes none of the children or even herself. That left my wife to fulfill that "mom" role and she did to the extent my adult children permitted and was THE paternal grandmother to all the grands. I still have a continuing role.
Life is very much what you make it and if you choose, very much worth living.
Living it is what makes it worth it. Having lost my wife going-on eight weeks ago to pneumonia and septic shock I could easily want to give up on this life to join her in her new life but I certainly won't do anything to hasten that outcome. Between us we have seven children, 15 grandchildren, a great grand and two more on the way. Not bad for a couple of only children. I'm the last dad 'standing' My wife was the last 'mom'. My childrens' mother is still alive but in a facility for those with dementia and has been for the past eight years. She recognizes none of the children or even herself. That left my wife to fulfill that "mom" role and she did to the extent my adult children permitted and was THE paternal grandmother to all the grands. I still have a continuing role.
Life is very much what you make it and if you choose, very much worth living.
I am so glad you still feel this way after your recent difficult loss, Curmudgeon!
It used to be my dogs but it's harder now that I have none right now. Things went downhill after my 6 year old dog got cancer and I was also forced to euthanize my much older Lab (bad arthritis and other stuff) within a few weeks of the cancer dog. He should still only be 9 and we should still have a few years left together but that's not how it worked out for the poor guy.
Now I live for any moments of happiness and peace. It's hard to imagine living for another 60 years but it's pretty likely since all of my grandparents were late 80s to mid-90s when they died. It's also hard to imagine not having any kids, which is a likely scenario given that I'm over 30 and not in a committed relationship. But at least I know I'm lucky that I was born in the U.S. instead of a dangerous, oppressive place like Yemen.
There are many reasons I want to live, not the least of which is love of family and friends and my desire to help others. But there's another reason that keeps me going: curiosity. It's a big world out there and I'm curious about everything in it. From the moment I wake up to the moment I fall asleep at night, I'm exploring and questioning everyone and everything. I'm just naturally curious I guess.
The beauty I see in nature, particularly in birds, which I discovered at an early age and has never left me, despite many other losses. I also have an idea or conviction that I developed early in life that I may do something great artistically at an old age to leave to the world.
It used to be my dogs but it's harder now that I have none right now. Things went downhill after my 6 year old dog got cancer and I was also forced to euthanize my much older Lab (bad arthritis and other stuff) within a few weeks of the cancer dog. He should still only be 9 and we should still have a few years left together but that's not how it worked out for the poor guy.
Now I live for any moments of happiness and peace. It's hard to imagine living for another 60 years but it's pretty likely since all of my grandparents were late 80s to mid-90s when they died. It's also hard to imagine not having any kids, which is a likely scenario given that I'm over 30 and not in a committed relationship. But at least I know I'm lucky that I was born in the U.S. instead of a dangerous, oppressive place like Yemen.
It's actually phenomenal that we can even be depressed over here. PS, get another dog!
I've struggled with this very question for quite a while. What makes life worth living? I think these two songs sum up my reasons. Yeah, they came from kids movies. I'm woman-child what can I say
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