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Elizabeth

I just wanted to start by saying that I LOVE all of your posts so far and I am very honored to be a part of this community because everyone is putting in real honest thoughts and really thinking about the topics! :D

Now with the topic…I have noticed that there are some common trends that have been going on here and I agree with most of them. I think that this question’s answer is really going to change from person to person so I also do not want to tell people why their life is worth living! With that being said, for me, life is all about the journey. I know that is another cliché but I really believe that you spend majority of your life on your way to your hopes and dreams and very few moments actually achieving them. That doesn’t mean that I don’t think that you should have aspirations but I don’t think that you should focus on them so much that you can’t absorb everything you possibly can from the experiences you have while trying to achieve them.

I am also someone who thinks that everything happens for a reason (another cliché, I know). Sometimes life just takes a negative downfall and everything just seems pointless. I have been in that position before when I was battling anorexia and that was a poor choice on my part but because I went though that I learned boat loads of information about myself and it made me deal with a tom of problems that I had been ignoring for almost my whole life. It made me stronger and it taught me how to deal with things when they go wrong. It also taught me how to deal with abuse that I had been going through since I was about three (note that this was not physical abuse but a type that hurt just as much). With all that being said, I think that it is pretty clear in my case that even though turmoil happens, it isn’t all bad and it makes us stronger and better people because of it.

Another thing that I think makes life so beautiful is that you can choose how you want to live it. I think that it is your choice if you make life worth living or not; if you wallow around in the negative or you focus on the positive. I am a huge believer in what you focus on is what you strengthen and I think that if you look at life as half full, that you will be able to make it completely full. I agree with all of you who said that you don’t live for things or other people (those are unreliable) but you live for yourself. In the end I think that you are the only thing that you can really trust and rely and on and have with you until it is all over. You choose if you are the one who you rely on and I think by doing that your life will become less painful and you will be in more control of your life.

I guess to try to tie this all together, life is worth living based on how you choose to deal with the obstacles that come your way and learning how to be an extraordinary person through these experiences. It is worth learning everything there is to learn from both the good and the bad to make your achievements mean more to you. Most importantly though I think that life is worth living for whatever reason you choose to live it :D

I just put a ton of thoughts down here and I may have rambled on a lot but I think it works! I look forward to hearing what some of your other thoughts are and what new topics will be brought up!