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I want to live a full and successful life, but it feels like it will all be worthless cause we all die?

I want to do something in my life to be proud of, or have a full and happy life, but it feels like what's the point, just continue staying miserable cause we don't live forever, so why make life more enjoyable? I keep thinking about that, and I don't know how to make that thought and feeling go away!!??

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1. Why should you be miserable when you can be happy and fulfilled. Make the most of the years you do have, or it will be a complete waste and a totally useless life. Maybe try volunteering or doing things to benefit other people. That always makes me feel good!
2. The secret of life is that when you're dead, you're dead. No more energy as you know it to think, or react. Energy is not created or destroyed, but rather changing forms. It's the nature of the life cycle. It's why animals eat only other living plants or animals. An energy source using another energy source. Nature is constantly balancing. Balance does not mean equal. Energy sources effect one another constantly. As one source grows, the other may diminish, only changing in form. The energy in a living animal that leaves it at death continues in some form. The physical remains carry energy. Other sources of energy are referred to by many people. Reproduction unites energy from two opposite sex animals which enables cell division. In cloning, chemicals or an electric current is used in order to stimulate cell division. Lastly, and most importantly, enjoy your life while understanding the impact you have on others.
3. ...don't stop now, you will only let you're life be wasted - good luck...
4. Ahhh, the old legacy catch!!! You want something to mean something else...so you are a creature of habit... needing to find reason for everything... meaning you love rational thought and like to balance your equations (not simply the mathmatic ones but also your spiritual equations too) And when it comes to one's mortal coil, why are you miserable because we dont live forever... what about just being happy with the moment... infinitesimally more intense a feeling then always looking into the future looking for the end, which by thinking of the shortness of life you clearly are. Live for the present. Live in the present and you stop trying to predict your fall, and more time managing the right now... in which you have a choice... manage the here and now in a bad mood... or make the present something that makes you feel safe, comfortable, and hell why not happy? Your choice.
5. 'All good things will come to an end' But isn't it better to try make good things before it ends? We;re only humans so we might as well make the most of our time before we die. Happiness is better than sadness beccause when it comes down to that moment of death...do you really want to sit there and think about all those dull and miserable times you've had or think about what you've achieved and then say: "Cool, i did that." Leave a mark on the world and be proud you did something with your life--even if it is a limited one.
6. I have the key to your problem, and hopefully you will be relieved to know that many people encounter the same problem in life at some point. When a person becomes "aware" of their mortality, they go through a significant psychological change. This change does not always occur very gracefully as the person in question will tend to have difficulty reconciling the bitter reality of our mortality, with previously held values and definitions of life and priorities, and efforts. The lesson here pertains to our definition of "full and successful" life. In our younger years we generally have a rather self-centered view of life and our path in it. We worry about OUR accomplishments, education, failures, plans, etc. Well this method of viewing life and assigning value to it begins to fall apart when we realize that life itself is a finite thing and at some point, our work and efforts in life will be swept away like the sand on the beach being pulled out by the tide. You must view life for what it is. It is the here and now, and ONLY the here and now. Nobody wants to suffer, and just because this is all going to end someday doesn't mean you should embrace a short and miserable existence. I would call that a "rebelliously lazy" attitude. It's like saying that if you can't get what you want out of something then you are just going to sit around and do nothing. Unfortunately this does nothing to get you any closer to what you want, and only serves to make you even more uncomfortable in the long run. In reality, the fact that we die is actually a merciful reality. Can you really imagine what it would be like to live forever? How many hundreds of years do you think you could tolerate before life itself became so boring and repetitive and predictable that even just waking up in the morning becomes a task you would rather not embark on. What is it exactly about life that is so much fun, that you cannot bear to imagine not being able to do it someday? In reality, life is an extremely risky and hard, often unrewarding adventure, which many people are ill-equipped to deal with in the first place. By the time they have learned enough about life to be reasonably good at it, they often only have a dozen or 2 years left to enjoy it anyways, and those are the lucky ones. Others never quite get the hang of it, and the rules change so frequently. many people simply cannot keep up with the learning curve, which nowadays gets even steeper faster, than it did when our parents and grandparents were young. If you really want to live a full and successful life then you will have to get a clue about the different chapters of life which occur during the normal lifespan of a person, and become familiar with the psychological changes associated with them. Then you must understand your own role in life as you approach these chapters and fulfill that role in an appropriate way. For instance, if you are 43 and you are still hanging out around a bunch of people in their 20's, and you behave as though you were one of them, you are in conflict with the natural psychological progression of your life. If you are 35, and you spend all your free time playing cards with people in their 70's and 80's you also are detached from your psychological role in life. These are VERY general examples but I think they display the point well enough. Ever see any of these people around in life? I bet you know a few. The 24 year old woman who would rather stay at home and knit rather than go out to the clubs with the girls. The 46 year old mid-life crisis guy who thinks it's cute to run around with a different 22 year old girlfriend every other week. These are all people that are having difficulty stepping into who they really are at the stage of life they are currently in. Again the REAL problem is that these people are stuck in a "self-centered" world view. They view their success and happiness in life based of how THEY feel, what THEY accomplish, what THEY can afford to buy, who THEY can successfully date, the list goes on, but the common denominator is that it is all about THEM. You must understand that everyone else around you suffers from the same fears and insecurities about life and death and success and failure. If you are not willing to display some empathy to the people around you that are in EXACTLY the same position as you (whether they show it or not), and then act in a manner that enables you to experience the benefit that comes with knowing that you were able to alleviate someone's fears somehow, or make someone else feel valuable or needed, or make someone else feel as though their work has made some difference or has some larger purpose, then you can hardly expect your own fears or insecurities about life to be relieved. Everything we do either helps or hurts SOMEBODY somewhere. We do not live in a vacuum. If you become a person who feels good about making other frightened people feel good, you will quickly discover a purpose in
7. how we live is our legacy and gift to our children. we may not be around but our kids will inherit the fruits of our living a full an successful life.
8. There is no point in having no point.
9. If we lived forever what would be the point to anything. You would eventually do everything , learn everything and so would everyone else. Its life's brevity that gives it its meaning.There would be no specialness. You only get one bite at the apple make it count.
10. You are not that body. You are not the body and/or mind that is animating the brief birth/growth/death story that is your present body. Once you are liberated from the false assumption that causes the confusion of thinking the body is the self, you will not come to depressing, miserable dead-ends that haunt you. The life force that animates all species on this planet, and all planets, is spiritual energy. As spiritual energy, we are eternal-- we don't take birth when the body is born. We don't die when the body dies. The experience of the body happens through the mind and intelligence. Once the shell of the machine of the body falls away, the spiritual spark, or soul, leaves that body to inhabit another womb in another type of body. The soul then "lives" another story while totally identifying as that new body. Forget death. You do not die. Be fixed in the consciousness of the self or soul as your eternal identity. This story of your life will end at death and that is not to going to change. But you can realize your eternal nature and be eternally blissful. A self-realized person is not forced into another womb at death to live another life in ignorance, but it is liberated from the birth and death cycle completely. In the liberated status, the soul is eternally happy in full of knowledge. Please check out chapter 2 of Bhagavad-gita below. A great resource of scientific, logical information on the nature of the soul and how to attain the liberated level of consciousness.
11. Would you like to do anything great if we were all immortals ?
12. You feel this way because you hav been taught to see death as a bad thing. This is nonsense. Death is our exit strategy. It gives us a way out of these bodies. Would you really want to be stuck in one of these things for eternity? That would be awful. Love and blessings Don
13. Having fun is always fun. That way if it feels good it will never be worthless. Cheers!
14. well hun, just think of it this way...you only live once on earth! So you might as well get the best out of it and enjoy it as much as you can! do what you love, and stay happy. --well in order to stay happy you need to be proud and have a full life. Now this is the point. We all die that is true..so make your life somehow that something is left in this world when you do leave ;)
15. Now start learning about your soul that is never ending You are only half informed.
16. Try to see the full half of the glass. Don't worry about death. It will come one day, anyway, but till then, you have a life to live - so live it!