What is the point of life?
It's been two years since I've been living the so-called adult life. This is the age when we actually start to understand life; rather, our brain develops and we see life from the perspective of a grown-up. Before we proceed further I want you to understand the everything in life is relative hence, this may happen to you sooner or later as per your upbringing and experiences. I have reached this stage in life that I feel how ignorant I've been all my life and now when I look at the wider picture I feel as if what is the point of it all? It seems as if we're all puppets born to advance the process of evolution. Just think even if you didn't exist there would be no change in this world and just in case you don't know, which you should by now, that no one excluding your family cares about you genuinely. No, not your friends either, we're social animals that's why we need friends. Then again, I've had conversations with my friends which becomes repetitive and then I feel what's the point of talking. So now, I am usually quite and I talk comparatively less because I was never able to find a proper solution and even if I did, I was not able to implement it. Is this adulthood? Keeping things inside of you because you don't see any advantage in talking. This doesn't mean I've lost hope; it's just that mentality is not realistic.
I was born in a middle-class family but I feel I am the King. I know monarchy is long gone but my attitude still persists. Attitude of what? I don't know, perhaps I think I am superior. What makes me superior? My mindset I would say. Can I prove it? No, I can only compare it with someone naive and show how experienced and wise I am. When I have no realization that I am nothing literally (at least right now). What gives me the right to think that people should care for me, treat me as someone respectable? This is the realization I've been missing. I had started living my life as if I've already achieved my dreams before even starting to work on it. Predestination it seems.
I think the previous para was kinda crap; I just got carried away. Alright, coming back to the topic; another realization that I've had is that our parents aren't perfect either. Neither are we, nor is anyone hence the quote "No one is perfect". We know most of the things but we don't feel it. Understanding and feeling are two different things. We may forget what we've understood but we'll hardly forget something we've felt. It's also that we're always in a hurry of I don't know what but we never sit back and ponder about the small things in life. We prefer to day-dream and procrastinate. Here's something you can ponder over for a while and try to relate this to someone you have high regard for and think about their low moments. " Everyone in life is a result of the choices they made and no one but themselves are responsible for what they're going through ". If you actually give some time to this you'll see the flaws of that person and now you'll start questioning everything like I am doing. This is even more effective if instead of thinking we get real-life experience of their lows and they vent out the frustration/anger on you; it's heartbreaking but something worth experiencing. But it's not usually feasible for everyone that's why I told you to ponder over it.
People say "If you leave this planet in a worse condition than you were born, it's a crime". Now be it in terms of environment or in terms of degrading the upcoming generation. Now, whether you accept this or not it's up to you. I think life is an experience and we're lucky to have been given this opportunity. (This may sound gross but since the theme of the blog revolved around realization so I am giving a reference. Think about all the sperms and ovules that a couple would have flushed before conceiving you! Heck, you even had to win a race to be conceived. You could have been any one of those flushed ones or the ones who failed the race. Although failing the race doesn't sound that bad but getting flushed does. So be grateful that you're alive) I do want to tell you that I still don't know the answers whether we're a puppet and whether there is life after death; that being said, I do want to emphasize that overthinking gets you nothing except stress, knowing everything is not mandatory, some things are better left as a mystery. I know the latter may be hard to digest but it's that way at least for most of us. (If you don't agree; go meditate for years and find out and please tell us too. Do keep in mind that your time is limited and you need to prioritize stuff) Remember how thought/stress-free we were back in childhood; this power to understand and analyze can take a toll on us if we overdo it! So, ultimately the point of life is to LIVE than just exist.
P.S: Generally I try to avoid writing in the I format but it ends up being like that so I chucked that idea for this post. And if you don't have close friends or you feel confined try writing, not for becoming good at it but to gain clarity. Expressing anger/sadness lightens you; the same way expressing your thoughts gives you clarity.
