What Is Life?

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What is life? As defined in most dictionaries, life is a period of existence, but to me life is not just that. Life is loyalty, love, hope, time, patience, courage, happiness, sadness, pain, disappointment, complication and all of the other things we often think about when we think about life. Some people might not know it, but the happiness of our lives depends on the quality of our thoughts. I don’t mean that a person who always keeps an idle mind is not living, but I do mean that he is only half living. Half living is merely a period of existence; not the way of living life fully. In this brief essay, I will give my opinion of what it takes to for me to feel alive, what makes me feel most alive and how i make my life worth living.
To feel alive is to feel passionate, euphoric and exhilarated. Many people believe that feeling alive is going out and doing outrageously dangerous and stupid things. For example: Skydiving, driving fast, or even sticking your body out of a sunroof while the car is driving. I myself believe that feeling alive doing things you love, spending time with family and friends, accepting challenges and opportunities, recognizing and accepting your every blessing, being spontaneous, having a positive outlook, awakening your inner spark and experiencing the fullness of being alive.
For me, I feel most alive when I spend time with my family and friends and when I do things that I love. Family is such a huge component to my life. Without my family I do not know where I would have ended up. They have always been such a big influence for me. When I am with them I feel so happy and loved. We are always able to find fun things to do even if there may be “nothing” to do. Friends is another big part of my life. Although, many friends I have do exist outside of school, the time spent with them is some of my best memories. When we are together we do not
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