Life is what we make it...how would you explain this?

Your parents cant really decide everything for you there are going to be some choices that you make on your own and they will also determine what you do with your life and from birth till 18 isnt really about your life its just the foundation of your life, once your on your own and deciding everything for yourself thats when your really going to create what your life will be like

Hello dear Bebs. To begin with, thank you very much for this interesting discussion. I quite agree with you that life is what we make it. Life is like a boat on the river or sea. We are the one to control the direction as to where we want to the boat to go in most cases, though there are sometimes some cases that are beyond our control. As to our parents deciding things for us, for sure they are more experienced in quite a few things that they make some good choices for us. We have a saying in China that there must be someone who can be my teacher of us three. So I would like to follow any good advice so long as it is reasonable and acceptable and beneficial to my need and to my good. I am also a very good follower in accepting nice and good ideas. Thank you for your nice discussion.

Ah what a tangled web we weave! Life is indeed full of twists and turns and every decision made leads us in a certain direction. Some parts of our lives are pre-determined and no matter what decisions we make we'll end up there eventually, but as for the majority of our life, we make the decision. Therefore we choose which direction our lives are going. Of course, you have to take into consideration that your path may cross someone else's and depending on your contact with that person, your path may become diverted, or even merged for a while in a direction you never expected. There are just so many factors that come into play when the direction of your life is in question. Yes your decisions today may change what your tomorrow could be or would have been. That's why we should make our choices carefully. 1 bad decision can not only spiral into a whole series of bad events, but it could also negatively affect those who cross your path.

You are right....by this, it simply means that life is a consequence of our actions. That is, all depends our deeds. Our deeds keep entailing different results which keep entailing different actions...this process continues like this, and finally it's us who make our lief. So life is what we make it.

this simply means that our future is dependent on wehat we do today. that is, whatever actions we are doing, we will get its fruit later and thus life depends on our deed and it means that we should think well before doing something as our future will be besed on our actions, thus we ourselves make our life.hence, life is what we make it.

If you look to the rule of determinism life can't be what you make it. Determinists believe that our lives are already determined by a higher being/force. Even the colour of the clothes you chose to wear everyday is already determined. Life is what you make it assumes you have free will. I think in our lives we are faced with many opportunities many choices and different paths you can go down. They say that 10 percent will always happen to you and 90 percent is due to how you react to it. Life is what you make it is about how you react to things and basically making the most, getting enjoyment and happiness out of everything you can regardless how small.

Whenever you make a choice you are making a turn at a fork in the road, go one way and you will end up here, go another and you will end up there. These choices do not necessarily mean that your whole life will be dictated by them. I was a stay at home mom for 15 years and then went to college and found a job. I worked at that job for 8 years and moved to Florida where I am living a completely different life. Had anyone told me 10, 20 or 30 years ago that I would have lived the life I've lived or ended up where I am today, I would have told them that they were crazy. Life is ever changing and it IS what you make it.