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I'm a firm believer that every person on this planet is placed there for some specific reason. I'm 17 years old, and feel quite hopeless and lost all the damn time.. I frequently contemplate suicide.I stay alive to find my reason why. I want to find why I was meant to stay alive.
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On the days I can't muster living for myself, I live for my friend Matt who died due to brain damage he received in a high school football game. Matt was one of the liveliest people I have ever met, so on days when I don't see a reason to keep going, I live for Matt.
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1. my boyfriend
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1. my boyfriend
2. my friends
3. my family
4. to witness things, to witness change to the world
5. to live through amazing things
6. so i can grow to reproduce, and give another person life
7. because i am not ready to leave this world yet
8. because i want to do good in this world, even if it is a very small thing
9. because God put me here for a purpose, who am i to question it?
10.because i am afraid of leaving this world
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10. to push past what I thought was possible, even if only mentally
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10. to push past what I thought was possible, even if only mentally
9. to be alive at the end of history
8. cause who knows what tomorrow, or really even the next few minutes, has in store
7. to see how this body that I have known so long and so intimately will grow/change/be upgraded/age/etc.. over time
6. to witness humanity's triumph or, alternatively, the rise of the machines/apes/aliens
5. to fall in love (again) and not flinch
4. to further unravel the mystery of my existence
3. to listen to the next albums from my 2 favorite bands
2. to perhaps talk to HER again, when a lot older
1. cause I'm not ready for the alternative quite yet
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1. I was born and given the opportunity, so I should use it.
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1. I was born and given the opportunity, so I should use it.
2. God
3. Family
4. Husband
5. Cats
6. Helping Others
7. Lake Michigan
8. Music
9. Worship
10. Friendship
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1. I haven't quite LIVED yet.
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1. I haven't quite LIVED yet.
2. My Mommy
3. My Family & Friends
4. I wanna find love and maintain it for atleast 15 years and have my ultimate superhero inspired wedding. =P
5. I haven't taken over the world yet.
6. I haven't succeed in my dream career(s) yet.
7. I haven't moved into a high rise yet with an epic view of my favorite city.
8. I haven't had my interview with Oprah yet.
9. I haven't finished my fantasy-ficion loosely based on my life story yet.
10. I wanna know what happens next. .
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Life is a business decision.
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Life is a business decision.
I have made a 17 year investment, thus far.
And the interest has been accumulating.
But that's all I do with it, let it accumulate.
I think the main reason for life is to find a purpose for your accumulated interest, not just to let it accumulate.
One day I will have to cash in, of course, but not today.
And hopefully by that time, I will have passed my investments on to someone else.
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1. I'm responsible to everyone else who is finding the balls to live.
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1. I'm responsible to everyone else who is finding the balls to live.
2. I'm responsible to my children...they need a loving mother.
3. I've not accomplished my purpose.
4. I found the love of my life at 42.
5. Nature.
6. The ocean specifically.
7. The next time I dance with abandon surrounded by my girlfriends.
8. Could stand to get spend a day in a bar again. That's fun.
9. Art - haven't seen or produced enough of it.
10. Oprah and I have yet to meet.
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To explore what I have not yet.
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To explore what I have not yet.
To learn about as much as I can about everything and anything
To watch my son grow up and see the man he becomes
To bring my creations to life and share them
To travel and see the world
To bring people hope who think there is none
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TO be the best me I can be!
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TO be the best me I can be!
To love!
To be loved!
To share experiences.
To be in community with others.
To enjoy the journey.
To learn lessons.
To live the lessons I learn.
To teach.
To express myself artistically...whatever that means on any given day.
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Realistically speaking:
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Realistically speaking:
1. I am too chicken sh*t to experience death.
2. I am too chicken sh*t to experience death.
3. I am too chicken sh*t to experience death.
4. I am too chicken sh*t to experience death.
5. I am too chicken sh*t to experience death.
6. I am too chicken sh*t to experience death.
7. I am too chicken sh*t to experience death.
8. I am too chicken sh*t to experience death.
9. I am too chicken sh*t to experience death.
10. I am too chicken sh*t to experience death.
That's what it all boils down too. I don't want to die or anything sincerely but I'm pretty sure if the darkness starts kicking in and I am conscious enough to struggle against deaths grip, I'm going to be thinking, "ohshitohshitohshit" as adrenaline rushes through my body and I snap the clot out of my artery. Or someones pointing a gun in my head or I just woke up from a car crash. So pretty much pure terror is my reason to live.
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1. I need to explore this world before i go on to the next
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1. I need to explore this world before i go on to the next
2. I have to much ambition to die right now
3. Liv Tyler
4. I need to outlive Ray Kurzweil
5. Musical Exploration and Masturbation (my 2 favorite "tions")
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1. I can't just stop now.
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1. I can't just stop now.
2. Realizing that taking my own life is not worth it.
3. That I love the people around me.
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1. Me
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1. Me
2. my dreams
3. have Fun
4. Smile
5. my girlfriend
6. family
7. friends
8. see another day
9. try new things
10. discover new things
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I only get to do it once, so I might as well take every thing out I can get out of it.
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I'm gonna let Treat Williams sing my list for you.
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I'm gonna let Treat Williams sing my list for you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1LRD3DtFAo
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Like everyone my family and friends make life worth living, being there for them, supporting them (emotionally), protecting them, and guiding them.
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Like everyone my family and friends make life worth living, being there for them, supporting them (emotionally), protecting them, and guiding them.
I guess without family or friends the number one reason to live would be the fear of dying.
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1. Because God loves me.
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1. Because God loves me.
2. Because God saved me.
3. Because God died for me.
4. Because God rose for me.
5. Because God created me.
6. Because God has a plan for me.
7. Because God is in control.
8. Because my life belongs to God.
9. Because God lives in me.
10. Because God is God, I live.
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1. My 1st grandbaby. :)
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1. My 1st grandbaby. :)
2. Seeing my wifes eyes light up when she is with our grandbaby.
3. Helping and encouraging my daughter to stay in college.
4. Continuing to be a better person.
5. Growing old and remembering my friends and loved ones that never got the chance.
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Love of Life, My Kids, My Loved ones, Making Love, Food, Laughing, Sun/Beach, Learning, Dancing(Music), A good nights' sleep.
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1. I want to keep learning.
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1. I want to keep learning.
2. I want to keep traveling.
3. I want to be a mom.
4. I want to fall in love.
5. The people who love me need me.
6. The kids I tutor need me.
7. It can get better and I have to see it when it does.
8. I want to keep teaching.
9. I want to keep learning.
10. I want to keep learning.
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1. My boyfriend
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1. My boyfriend
2. My love for writing
3. My hope that I can make a difference
4. Movies
5. Music
6. Family
7. To strive
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Not necessarily in order:
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Not necessarily in order:
The beauty of art, and the natural beauty of the outside world.
Knowledge that I have the capacity to help people.
Success is the best vengeance.
Hope for the metaphysical sight I lack.
Joy.
The opportunity to learn.
I love thinking. Without thought, idk what I'd be.
Because giving up on living takes me places I do not want to go.
If you do not choose for yourself, other people will choose for you.
Soulpancake definitely makes the list.
A girlfriend I love.
Making it so wealth does not guarantee easy living.
Reforming economics.
designing inventions.
people
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I think I could at least come up with 5.
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I think I could at least come up with 5.
1. My future.
2. My family.
3. My education.
4. Photography.
5. The chance that some day, I may meet the right person for me.
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1- For me, i love livin its all ive ever known
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1- For me, i love livin its all ive ever known
2- For love(you can lump my family and women and all that in there)
3- Good humor, without laughter the rest doesnt mean much
4- For the challenge to be more, to learn.
5- For the beauty and fierceness of nature, have much to see of it still
6- For work and the satisfaction a job well done brings
7- To teach and pass on what little I might
8- For the rush of a brush with death
9- To celebrate life with others
10-For the fight to be free from the will of others.
Don't think those are in order of importance
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I'm not dead yet... that's the reason I live.
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I'm not dead yet... that's the reason I live.
I'll die when I die, and make the best of everything before then.
But if we're talking "chicken soup inspired reason", I guess I would say family, friends, my lack of knowledge and level of ignorance I would HATE to die with.
My cat. Boys. Vodka. Guess I don't want to die before gays can get married in all states. Really love to go to Australia. I want to adopt some kids...
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1) My family
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1) My family
2) My friends
3) The/My future
4) Music
5) Theatre
6) Exploration
7) To see the age of 21
8) Beautiful conversations in the dead of night
9) Laughter
10) To learn
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I don't have any, although people around me may find plenty of reasons for me to live. I'm just being frank. I can make a list of reasons to die! But I won't be a Debbie Downer.
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1. Comedy
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1. Comedy
2. Theatre
3. Friends
4. Thunderstorms
5. adventures!
6. Eau Claire, WI
7. Music
8. New socks
9. Waking up in the morning before anyone else in the house and drinking tea.
10. The stories and memories that people share.
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1. My family
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1. My family
2. My friends
3. Books
4. Films
5. Places to visit
6. Art exhibits to explore
7. Stories to tell
8. Coffee
9. Conversations with people whose opinions I value
10. People to inspire and be inspired of
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1.) My girlfriend
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1.) My girlfriend
2.) My Family
3.) I'm 17
4.) I haven't really actually lived yet
5.) I have to see the world
6.) I haven't met my favorite band
7.) I haven't seen my favorite band live
8.) I want to have children someday
9.) I want to live away from home
10.) I want to see the year 2020 (i don't know why, I just do)
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1. The journey to wisdom. 2. Expression. If you can not express yourself then in my opinion you are not living at all.
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I would really like to leave a mark.
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I would really like to leave a mark.
The teenager inside of me wants to change the world. The scientist inside of me wants to discover the universe. The writer inside of me wants to pen a life changing novel. The philosopher inside of me wants to explain everything. But the human inside of me just wants to live.
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Because i'm living. There's really no reason to live if you don't realize you're alive.
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1. My kids. My mother said once that every parent wants their kids to do a little better than they did. I want this. And, no one will ever love them as much as I do. It's simply not possible. I love them from the roots of their hair to the heels of their feet. I loved them before they were born.
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1. My kids. My mother said once that every parent wants their kids to do a little better than they did. I want this. And, no one will ever love them as much as I do. It's simply not possible. I love them from the roots of their hair to the heels of their feet. I loved them before they were born.
2. Summers. I love the sun. I like how everything brightens up outside (and inside).
3. Music. There is so much beautiful music out there. So many creative, talented writers and musicians. If I had free time, I would spend every second of it enjoying great music everywhere-from small cafes to big arenas.
4. To serve my purpose. I believe we are all here for a reason and we each have unique gifts. I'm not always clear on what my mission is, but I feel like the older I get, the better I'm getting at what I do well and I can only think that there is a major reason to apply it somewhere along the horizon.
5. To take the journey. See #4. We're here for a reason and each of us has trials and tribulations amid joy and happiness. A full life entails a bit of each. There are plenty of lessons to be learned for me and I wrestle with my inner demons, but it's part of learning and growing as a person. I am a constant work in progress.
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I have so many wonderful things to look forward to everyday, and I know someone would be disappointed with me if I didn't
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...I don't know.
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...I don't know.
You see, depression and anxiety run rampant in my family, so sometimes it can be hard to focus on the better of life. Then again, I'm just a growing boy, and those years are apparently the most tumultuous for the human mind and body. Fun, fun, fun!
I suppose that the small feelings and pleasures of the world, like that really good movie or the cold side of a pillow-case, and the big ones, such as friendship, love, and wonder, are my top reasons to live.
The opportunity that we all have to make a difference relies solely on us, no matter how fortunate or unfortunate we start off. I learn new things every day, experiences new sorrows and joys every day, deal with surprising occurrences and react to new happenings every day.
The world is a marvelous ever-changing rotating orb of wonder and awe, and I've only got one life to understand and enjoy it. I'm not wastin' any time soon!
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In no particular order....
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In no particular order....
- My family
- My desire to help improve the lives of those I interact with
- Great friends
- I still have SO much to learn!
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Love, joy, & all of the 'unknowns' the future holds. Each day is a new & exciting mystery, that in itself is reason to keep living!
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In no particular order
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In no particular order
-My family
-My friends
-Humour
-How pretty nature is (might sound weird to some but I`m being honest)
-Hope
-People I have yet to meet, places I have yet to see
-I want to make people happy. I want to be the person that people can come to just to hear some jokes to brighten their day, or just make them feel less alone
-Art
-Religion
-The constant effort to be the best version of myself I can be
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A lot of people mean the world to me and I would do anything for them, but ultimately I want to make an impact on the world. I want someone to read a poem or story that I wrote and find hope tucked into the pages. I want to inspire, to motivate, and to be able to say on my death bed that I made an impact on someone's life.
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Not in any particular order.
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Not in any particular order.
.my friends (the ones that I consider family [some of whom I am actually related to])
.family
.hope
.nature
.playing
.learning
.music
.art (making it and seeing other peoples)
.love
.life it self
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I just have the one.
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I just have the one.
Life is an incredible adventure.
One sometimes hears that all the "frontiers" have been explored and that the age of exploration for the common person is about 100 years past.
But life is an adventure.
Provided we don't embrace the deaths of boredom, comfort, complacency, drudgery, and convention before our time.
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01. My kids.
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01. My kids.
02. I wanna get to know my family more...
03...I wanna see my kids succeed...
Um, I can't think of anymore...Well that's just f****n' depressing LOL.
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Spouse, kids, adventure, travel, wild expression, music, all art, all nature.............. everything. With spouse and kids.
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My cat, Marshall; music; my parents; learning; friends; romantic love; being inebriated in some way; the stars, moon, and wind all at once; the taste of a night time cigarette
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Random, yet honest list - In no specific order:
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Random, yet honest list - In no specific order:
* Music, which invokes a feeling that cannot be found elsewhere.
* An inherent need to help other people.
* The simple honesty of animals, especially pets.
* The family and friends and lover in my life.
* The beauty in our world, and my desire to see as much of it as possible.
* Books & Reading
* Unmistakable feeling that my work here is not done.
* Constant need to learn and grow.
* The Inspiring people I have met and things I have seen thus far in my life.
* Love in all of its forms.
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1. When you look at the big picture, the miracle of life is far more amazing than it first sounds, and it sounds pretty amazing right from the get go. The first moment a creature gazed up in awe at the night sky above was the moment that our universe became self aware. There's something like a 98 % chance that at least one molecule in the oxygen in your lungs RIGHT NOW was once breathed by Julius Caesar. The fact I have been granted by fate this rare chance to live and be a part of everything is reason enough to accept it.
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(in no specific order)
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~help loved ones succeed in life
~ease pain of loved ones
~make money
~coffee
~education
~diving deep into foreign cultures and exploring the human mind
~diving deep into the ocean to see giant squids and bioluminescent creatures with huge teeth
~helping world take necessary steps towards free and unlimited resources (internet, water, food...)
~eastern european women
~humor
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Hot buttered popcorn and a fizzy coke and that feeling you get as the lights go down and the main feature starts.
Sex.
An ice cold beer and a cigarette, sitting on the steps as the sun's going down with the crickets and the tree frogs singing and the little orange cat from next door across the road hunting and the feeling of rain in the air.
Chocolate.
The way it feels when you're lying naked with your eyes closed holding someone you love in your arms.
Fringe. (I f*****g love that show.)
The works of Robert Crumb and Robert Heinlein and Robertson Davies.
My daughter.
A new Alien movie by Ridley Scott.
That feeling you get; weather you're meditating or stoned or just watching your kids when they're young and chasing each other around the yard; that everything's going to be all right.
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None of you people or your society have given me any reason to stay alive. But it's not up to you I guess. It's not up to anything. There's no reason to live, you just do it or you don't... If you try to give yourself some material or emotional reason to live then that reason's gonna go away or you'll lose it somehow. You can't have a source that validates your existence... There is no valid reason to live outside of doing it just for the sake of life.
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1. Knowing Jesus Christ makes my life worth living.
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1. Knowing Jesus Christ makes my life worth living.
2. My family loves me.
3. My family needs me.
4. I have things to accomplish.
5. Life is sweet.
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