Question

Write a thesis statement on the search for the meaning of life

Answer 1

Sooner or later every person wonders what the meaning of life is. Often it happens when there are some troubles in life and when the person feels tired, but I prefer to think about it when everything suits me. I think that when you understand why you live, why your life was given to you, it becomes much easier to live with pleasure and to tale responsibility for your life. In this paper I want to describe my vision of the meaning of life and compare it to some other views on this problem.
For me the meaning of life lies in self-realization and fulfillment. I think that it can only be reached if every day brings joy to me. So, the meaning is in constant moving towards self-realization through living a happy life. I think that it can sound too easy and naïve, but I want to explain why I think that such a manner of living is a real art.
I believe that today there is too much negative in our lives. People are often angry, irritated and feel bad. But I am sure that such way of thinking is their own choice. And to choose such way of life is the easiest option, I think. It doesn’t require any work on your personality, any strength. You just face some trouble, see that right at the moment you cannot overcome it and you decide not to fight. You just step aside and start feeling sorry for yourself. In the course of life there are many similar situations and people who don’t know how to learn in such circumstances, who don’t know how to be responsible for their own choices and life, just choose to be sorry and to do nothing to change it. Usually, the surrounding people also have some similar problems and here you are – pitying one another and having a lot of common things to talk about. People learned how to base their friendships and relations on such unfortunate situations that happen in life, and so it is really very difficult for them to stop living in the problems and start living the life of joy and self-realization. I want to repeat that this way of thinking is the easiest. If you want to change your life for the better, you will have to stop pitying yourself and start working on your character, overcoming some psychological traumas and finding new happiness – of higher level than there was before. But it is difficult to enter this road, and the majority of people don’t want to bother about it.
In fact, I think that realizing your potential without feeling happiness every day is not possible. Some people want to realize their potential in life through becoming too devoted to money or work. They start living in what they do as professionals and often forget about the other spheres of their life. There are so many cases when people become rich, but then regret that they paid too little attention to their wives, husbands, kids. I think that in this case the meaning of life that they choose – money or professional excellence cannot bring real happiness to them.
Some people can say that the meaning of life is bringing another life (or several lives) to this planet. They tend to concentrate on their kids, forgetting about the other spheres of life. They become also too devoted to one their role – of parents, forgetting all about their other social roles. But sooner or later such people feel fed up with what they have and stop feeling joy. I think that the best possible variant is not to let such a situation happen.
So, I think that the meaning of life that I described in the beginning is impossible if only one social role is realized in the life of a person. If too much attention is paid to one or two of them, and especially if the person becomes excessively devoted to them, complete happiness is impossible. The best situation is when a person realizes what brings joy in each sphere of life – in relationships with friends, with relatives, in being parents, being professionals and just being interesting personalities with specific hobbies. It is necessary not to choose some idealistic images in these spheres, but instead – it is necessary to analyze your preferences, your likes and dislikes to identify how you can feel that you realize your potential in each of the spheres. Then, every day you can make certain steps towards realization of the objectives you define for yourself in each sphere.
It is very important to understand that you have to perform a considerable amount of work to understand your true desires and identify what really makes you happy. This objective can be made complicated because of some societal norms and limits that make you behave not as you want. It doesn’t mean some extreme concepts or situations, but some choices that people make every day. In particular, it means that if you have to choose between certain things, you should analyze the possible variants, understand which one of them I the best for you and then make this choice. It is opposed to the variant when you believe the first thing you hear from some people without analyzing it. Such simple course of actions and the choices you will make in this way make you feel that your potential is realized, as you see how your choices influence your life. You deal with the consequences of these choices, and you grow up as a personality. I think that only in this case a person can feel happy and great. Sometimes social norms and stereotypes make this objective a difficult one to realize, but if the person succeeds to do it, the reward will be really great.
So, above I described my main beliefs about the meaning of life, justifying it and explaining why I consider it to be the most appropriate for me. I compared it with some other views towards this question – such as the meaning lies in money, work or parenting – and showed why I think that they don’t let people be absolutely happy. I hope to realize my goals in life and live it with joy. I know that there will be some challenges and problems in my life, but I hope to learn how to handle them with as few losses as it is possible. In this way I will reach the harmony in life and will have this sweet feeling of realizing my potential. I will know why I live and what choices to make in life. The meaning of life how I see it will make me happy, I am sure.