The Meaning of Life

What with the stress of living and what with the lack of life goal, Taiwan society has seen a drastic increase in the rate of suicide in recent years.


In fact, hardly a day has passed without a suicide attempt reported in the media. According to social workers, the reasons include depression, sadness, and disease. What should we do to reduce the rate of suicide? I think that the best way to reduce suicide is to refine our mind and to build a constructive philosophy of life.


Everyone has sometime said to himself: Why and for what purpose am I here on earth? Is this life an end or simply a preparation for another life? It is probably fair to say that no one can answer these questions. But based on our background and our religion, we will have an answer of ourselves. Take myself for example, I convinced that our presence on earth, here and now, is a mission and that we should make the most of it to accomplish our mission. Life is dear to everyone. There is much to live for. There are so many things that we have not seen or felt. We cannot escape problems by committing suicide. We should face the music, treasure every day and love the world in our own way. I also believe that the true measure of our success or failure in this life lies in whether we do whatever we are doing all out.

To sum up,life is not always joyful, but when sufferings come, we ought to hold an attitude that happiness makes one a human being; sufferings makes one a god. Let's face the life of our own. No matter whether it is sweet or bitter, we will not realize what life is until we taste it.