Are we alone? (Tufts)
This question always surprises me: are we alone? Why does it matter if we are? Why is it that we always need to be around people? If this question means are there any extraterrestrial beings that we have no idea about or if it means are there 6 other people who look very similar to you in the world, then the answer is no one knows, but they think they do. The world in which we live in today is too vast and too complicated to ask such questions and expect to find the answers to. These types of questions are never condemned but never are they given accolades to either. People ask quesions like are we alone or is there a heaven or hell or what is the purpose of life? But what is the point in asking all these questions? Isn't the purpose of life, just living it? And even so, what is the definition of "living life to the fullest?" Isn't it just one of those quotations which everyone says but are too afriad to define it themselves? Many say that living life to the fullest is just the idea of doing extreme sports, or partying all night, or being promiscuous but can't living life to the fullest be sitting in silence the way Quakers do or being by yourself? No one uses these examples to define life to fullest. In this way, yes we all are alone. We say things but are too afriad to define it ourselves. We may always be around people and may always have friends but that doesn't mean that we aren't alone. If we don't try to be ourselves and if we don't accept us the way we are, then yes, we will always be alone. Are we alone now? Of course we are becuase this day and age condemns us to be ourselves but allows us to be everyone we're not. Let it be asking questions about life, asking questions about religion, and saying things like "live life to the fullest", we are alone until we face ourselves in the mirror and accept who each one of us are as individuals.
Number of words: 361
This question always surprises me: are we alone? Why does it matter if we are? Why is it that we always need to be around people? If this question means are there any extraterrestrial beings that we have no idea about or if it means are there 6 other people who look very similar to you in the world, then the answer is no one knows, but they think they do. The world in which we live in today is too vast and too complicated to ask such questions and expect to find the answers to. These types of questions are never condemned but never are they given accolades to either. People ask quesions like are we alone or is there a heaven or hell or what is the purpose of life? But what is the point in asking all these questions? Isn't the purpose of life, just living it? And even so, what is the definition of "living life to the fullest?" Isn't it just one of those quotations which everyone says but are too afriad to define it themselves? Many say that living life to the fullest is just the idea of doing extreme sports, or partying all night, or being promiscuous but can't living life to the fullest be sitting in silence the way Quakers do or being by yourself? No one uses these examples to define life to fullest. In this way, yes we all are alone. We say things but are too afriad to define it ourselves. We may always be around people and may always have friends but that doesn't mean that we aren't alone. If we don't try to be ourselves and if we don't accept us the way we are, then yes, we will always be alone. Are we alone now? Of course we are becuase this day and age condemns us to be ourselves but allows us to be everyone we're not. Let it be asking questions about life, asking questions about religion, and saying things like "live life to the fullest", we are alone until we face ourselves in the mirror and accept who each one of us are as individuals.
Number of words: 361
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