What is life, and what is the purpose of being here? I've been thinking about it for a while, trying to figure out why we have to come to this world only to die after a few years. To add to our curiosity, we have no idea where our consciousness will be when we die. What happens to it?

When it comes time for us to pass away, do we ever get to see the person we once lost so many years ago? When we pass away, does our consciousness go to the same place? Or do we simply pass away and rebirth? Science has not been able to fully address many questions, but when we look at religion, we find some answers that cannot be verified as being true or false.

We are taught to believe only in things that we can touch, feel, and can be scientifically proven as science students. Because I was also raised in a religious environment, this does not lead me to believe that there is no such thing as an afterlife, Heaven, or Hell.

The article's primary goal is to answer my own question: Why do we live? Why don't we arrive in this world with a manual in our hands explaining that this is our calling and what we must do, making life easier for us and removing the need for us to second-guess our actions?

But this is actually a good thing. Each of us can decide what we want and who we want to be. We are not treated like robots, and our future is in our own hands. But because we are only human, we experience confusion, seek approval, fail, make errors, and sometimes we don't end up doing things correctly. Even a few end up lost for good.

My grandmother, who was 98 years old, had her funeral yesterday. The truth is that it has been so long and her first child is nearly 80 years old that they are unsure of exactly how old she was. She had a happy and long life.

Yesterday, as I gazed upon her lifeless body, I was brought back to a time when she was still alive. My mind began to wander, and I pondered the location of her consciousness at that moment. Since we will eventually leave this world, I was wondering what good it would do to come here.

I felt really emotional and tear was about to drop from my eye and then I remembered: "oh shit, I am in front of everyone." I decided to MAN UP! and not cry then leave before I end up embarrassing myself in front of everyone.

Then it dawned on me that life is pointless and empty, and we shouldn't live as though our current possessions will survive our death. and when we pass away, everyone forgets about us and goes about living their own lives. Next, the cycle repeats.

LIVE THE LIFE YOU HAVE NOW! ALL THERE IS IN IT IS JUST VANITY...

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