LIVING OR EXISTING

There was a time in my life when I believed that we all had a purpose for living, I did everything I did with the hope of a purpose, I was so focused on that purpose that I was ready to do anything to make it work. But then something happened to me that made me ask myself what I was really living for, and when I discovered the answer, I was heartbroken. I discovered that everything I did was not really what I wanted to do but what I was taught and raised to do. The things I believed in were things that I was taught to believe in. The things I hated were things I was taught to hate and the things I loved were things I was taught to love. But then I started asking myself if I truly loved the things I loved and I discovered that there were those I loved and there were those I just did because I felt compelled to.

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We live in a society where free will is a myth and we were brought up to follow a path those who brought us up thought was the right part. Now it's not about whether or not that path is good or bad, the question is are we truly living or are we just existing as a character in someone else's story. One thing I've always loved to be is the main character in anything, I guess that's why I was heartbroken to realize that I've been writing someone else's story and trying to be great. I still believe life has a purpose and for every purpose we choose to live for, it can only be classified as good if it fulfills certain conditions.

• Helps this current generation thrive
• Help the future generation thrive
• Helps to exterminate a current calamity
• Helps prevent a pending calamity
• Helps secure our environment

For whatever reason people choose to have a purpose in life it is all tied down to any of these conditions. It must fulfill at least one of these conditions to be classified as good. That was why when I looked back at my ambitions then I saw it wasn't fulfilling any of these purposes for me, and because I'm a very ambitious person I was pained that I wasted valuable time fulfilling someone else's purpose. But now I look how far I have come only to discover that I might have forgotten why I chose this part. I am now just existing not even in someone's story but just as a living being. This taught me a vital lesson, life is best lived when you follow a path laid for you, you will eventually find your own path, but if you can diligently follow what has been laid for you, you will end up in a better place with great people to fall back to.

THIS IS MY ENTRY INTO THE HIVE REACHOUT CONTEST, WEEK 53