A 15 minute spiel on the purpose of life

No one knows what the true purpose of life is. We are born, we age, and we die- from the cradle to the grave, in a matter of years. But why do we age, why do we do the things we do, why do make the decisions we make, why do we live the life we live? Is there a reason behind our actions, apart from our own spontaneous decisions? Is there truly something called destiny? If so, then are we masters of our own destiny? Is there a God? Does He determine what we do or will do in our life? When we love, is that pre-decided? When we kill, is that pre-decided? Of course then, our death is pre-determined too. If we had lived our lives differently, chosen a small job over higher education, chosen a salad over a burger, a diet coke over a normal one; would've our lives been better? Would've we been happier? If we don’t know the answers, then why do we worry about consequences? We will never know the answers.

So what is the purpose of life? Are we part of “The Plan”? Perhaps everybody has a purpose without knowing it. Perhaps humans are born workers and not leaders, working in their own ways to uphold peace in the world or waiting to seize every opportunity to destroy it. But I know what I want to do in life. I want to be a good person, an honest citizen. I want to be rich enough to feed and support my family, and poor enough to make them realize that money doesn’t grow on trees. That is the purpose of my life. I don’t know whether God agrees with that or not.

Note: I wrote this as part of an exercise for my Writing course last semester (In which I got 82! Yoohoo!!!)