Human beings for the most part are rational beings. We live, learn, and eventually die, but between these life events we experience events that teach us about our own humanity. Before we die, many of us take it upon ourselves to focus on why "we are living here on earth."

When we are born, the world is wide open and living is very new. You are depended on others to feed, clothe, or bathe us. Fulfilling every want and desire, as well as exploration of our surrounding is the first obsession our innate nature teaches us. We are motivated by touch, feel and specific sensations that become part of our everyday living. i.e.. taste buds, urination, body exploration.

However as we grow older, responsibilities seem to change our outlook on "living." Our profession, choice of school and subjects we choose to take up, all of these fundamentally influence the landscape of us as a person. If you enjoy reading philosophy maybe you see the world as "matter of logical, discrete possibilities. A person who enjoys religion may have a more personal experience with their "creator" and define their life by what they believe in.

Nonetheless, many of us will try to figure out this "mystery of life." Why are we here on earth far such a short amount of time and for what purpose? This is a question that is not measurable in space nor time. It is through our experiences and daily intentions that we attempt to solidify our "purpose of living." Maybe our calling is to make people laugh or heal the sick, but how do we come to this conclusion? It is through our tireless mission of learning that allows us to rationalize our existence. Nothing is written in stone for us to come to these conclusions. It may have been a dramatic experience that caused you to become a firefighter or a missionary for the Church. Life is a doorway to our souls. Only we are able to understand "our purpose of living" if we choose to accept a certain philosophy and have aspirations for involving ourselves outside of our own space.

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