Meaning Of Life

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Meaning of life One day, one of our group member, Yumi, was walking along with her eleven year-old cousin, Cristina, at the park. When her cousin saw the dead bird on the grass, she asked, “Why did the bird die?” Yumi told her, “Well, everything will die someday.” She had another question with wonder face, “If they die someday, why do they have to live?” Why do people have to live if they die someday? What is the meaning of life for people? People may want to know why they live now. Some people may not find the meaning of life until they die. When we ask people, “What is the meaning of life?” everyone might answer differently. For some people, the meaning inclines toward responsibility of extending a family, transmigration of the soul from a religious belief, scientific thinking, or achievement of self-interest. After our group researches the sources for this particular subject, we decided to choose the article, “Psychological Health” by Albert Ellis & Windy Dryden from , updated 2 Nov. 1997. (Portions are adapted from REBT – “Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy,” founded by Albert Ellis in 1955. It stresses the practice of fighting irrational, self-indoctrinated ideas. REBT focuses on how one's thinking and belief systems are the basis of personal problems . Our group analyzed these characters and clarified the ideal ways, so readers can get the ideas in how to live healthily and meaningfully. Here are 21 criteria. 1. You should find the Self-Interest. Sensible and emotionally healthy people tend to be primarily interested in themselves and to put their own interests at least a little above the interests of others. They sacrifice themselves to some degree for those for whom they care but not overwhelmingly or completely. We can be careless about the notion of interest. The self interests are like that happiness, satisfying someone’s
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