Ramin's Story

AH! Looks like everyone had beat me to the punch. Such awesome explanations...and it's time for me to ask: Why is life worth living?

It took me a while to come up with an answer that made sense (to me anywho) but I think i got it After digesting everyone's two cents. I've even come up with a little formula:



It's so simple; it's stupid. Life is worth living because it's a lot better then death. Practically, everything that people know revolves around life, alongside with theories about what happens after death (Reincaration, Heaven & Hell, etc, etc) because it involves the absence of life.

Stupid quote #1 by moi:

Life is worth living for the sake of living.

Then that's when it starts to get a little subjective for people because "living" can be a subjective term. Living can then therfore be, money, love, adventure, excitement, family, etc, etc. I like to think of living as anything and everything that can invoke anything within us; hence why I believe music is a popular concept because it has the possibility to invoke all sorts of emotions. I also like to think of living as the totality of life, all the events, seconds, relationships, etc. By my definition, living could then involve all the negative aspects of life, or as Cazuki's example is: Depression (What the scenario sounds like to me).

That brings me to something rather important: Suicide. If anyone has tried it; it's nice to know you backed out. I'll get back to this in a few seconds but let's say there's a hot burner in front of you. Putting your hand right on it will give you no benefit whatsoever and will most likely give you burn marks; which could restrict a majority of activities that involve a hand. Don't do it. I mean, all of you are bright enough not to even let the thought wander around. Let's replace the burner with a cliff. You're not going to stand over the cliff like an idiot unless you have some important reason like wanting to have a grand view of the ocean or perhaps you're some sort of thrill seeker that likes to get the blood pumping. Why would you be a thrill seeker? Because it's a huge cliff with spiky rocks protruding from the bottom. (Yes, I added spiky rocks).

On the edge of the cliff one's obviously going to feel fear. If you think of falling and dying; you're going to have have fear because the thought of being denied life puts you there. Being denied life is being denied EVERYTHING one knows from waking up in the morning to breathing and everything in between. Now let's say you're chronically depressed and you're on the same edge of the cliff. You have decided to commit suicide. Then there's that same fear creeping up again.

That reflex tells us something. It tells us that the value of life is hardwired into our brains even if we try to reject it. Sadly, fear is the only thing from within that can pull someone from suicide once they're on the course. Some people sadly overcome fear while some luckily follow it and preserve their lives. Primal fear for one thing; leads us back to the preservation of life. One needs food, one has the fear that the lack of food will result to death, death will be a denial of life, and life becomes the most important thing in the world.

Let's actually think about the amazing feats some people have done like...saving a life. A person reilizes that someone is in danger, reilizes the predicament he is in, and rushes to save the person's life. This person is hailed as a hero by society because he manages to preserve the life of another human being.

To say this merely makes a loop brings me back to my quote:

Life is worth living for the sake of living.