Who do you live your life for?
By natnickeep
@natnickeep (2336)
United States
March 24, 2010 11:45am CST
I have noticed lately that there are so many selfish people out there living their lives for just them selves like there is no one else on the planet.
I am not one of those people. I may have been when I was young and immature. But after having kids and growing up. They are what I live for, then I live for myself and my husband and then I live for the rest of the world. I care about the world my kids are gonna grow up in.........if they were not around I am sure things might be different.
So now is your time to admit, are you selfish and just living for yourself?
Or do you care about the world and other people in it and try to live for them also?
Is there one special person you wake up for everyday? Is one of your goals to keep this earth decent for the next genrations?
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18 responses
@mr_pearl (5018)
• India
24 Mar 10
Nice topic to discuss Miss...
Well.. I live for everything... I live for my LOVE... I live for her... I have promised her that I will do anything to get to her, bring pleasure of all sorts to her, will take or give life, just for her... She is the Queen of my heart and I will do anything for her... Life is of value, when it is about my Sweet lovely lady... :)
@natnickeep (2336)
• United States
24 Mar 10
Awww that is very sweet. It is nice to have someone you can love so much. Someone you can trust with all of your heart. I am glad to have that also, that is one thing I surely live for too.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
24 Mar 10
natnickeep no I do not think I am p articularly selfish as I spent most of my adult life in caring professions, first for years as a nurses aide, then the last 20 odd years working in the library, I always was helping people and liked that so much. now I am retired and in a retirement c enter at 83 and I live my life for my adult son who comes to see me every week and who is out of work too, I do so worry about him. He and I are the only family we have left,.I also care about the world and about my fellow residents here at GoldCrest,it is not a nursing home,its a retirement c enter. we are up and around and can come and go as we like. no old people sitting in rocking chairs. this is not that kind of place at all.![](/Content/images/emotes/thumbup.gif)
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@natnickeep (2336)
• United States
24 Mar 10
Lol I hope to be like you one day. I think good things come to good people. And happiness its self comes from good karma. You sound like a great woman. And I wish you and your son the best. I am sure also like me you have learned to be happy with what you are dealt with no matter what it is. I think once we have children, that is the main thing that we live for. They sure are special.
@wongchoiyee (7413)
• Malaysia
25 Mar 10
I am very selfish when I was young. I live for myself.
At teenager I fell in love and I live for the one I love. After that we break up.
Now am 29 years old on this planet earning money. I live for my employer. If one day I am absent to work, I don't know what the office will be without me!
Ha...ha
Finally I live for money $$$
@sheen13 (567)
• India
25 Mar 10
Actually I am young and maybe or maybe not won't have idea about what is going on. But yea I am sure that I am not that kind of person who lives only for themselves. I am not selfish. Yea, I admit that for some things I don't agree such as to give my things to anyone. But I think that this kind of behaviour is chilidh not selfish. And I am sure that when I grow, I will change my behaviour of not giving things to others. Other than this, I really help others and don't think only about myself. Whenever someone is in need, I help them out in whatever way I can. I never stop for helping someone. I don't think and help, I just rush to anyone if they are in need. Yea, I can proudly say that I live for my parents, my siblings and myself. Not only them, but yea, I cannot even live without my friends, so they are also very imporatnt in my life.:)
@bulastika (5966)
• Philippines
25 Mar 10
It nice that your already done things that you want to do in life.
Me I'm already 30 but I don't have a direction in life.
I don't know if I can make something good out of my life.
Time pass and so my age.
I don't know and can't imagine what is my life at 40.
@umit_umit (1984)
• India
25 Mar 10
well tts true dear friend,we should contribute to the others and their welfare too
@neildc (17239)
• Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines
25 Mar 10
i am selfish. i always think of myself. i always think of my own self's delight. maybe... until i met my wife who already had two kids with her previous relationship. while i have one of mine with my previous also... now we have three more of our own, our common kids... i am working and have to live my life for all of them... two kids have to go to college, one is a special child, one is going to high school and the other in first grade when the next school year opens. the youngest is 3 and still have to maintain his milk and medicines, the one with sleep apnea... never mind my siblings, they all have their own families too. ![](/Content/images/emotes/happy.gif)
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@frontvisions101 (16043)
• Philippines
24 Mar 10
well i try to be an example for others cuz i believe if you want your society to change for the better you start within yourself. i was one of those rebellious kids when i was younger. i talked back to my parents, always broke the house rules, i almost got kicked out of school, yeah i was also living for myself back then. but there s always that time when you realize youre hurting other people bcuz of that attitude and it makes you open your eyes and see who had been there in front of you all along, caring for you despite your behavior. and i realized it was my family that was there all along. whatever they ve done, good or bad, i realized it was for my own good. so right now im still in the process of changing myself to be a better person for them and im setting myself as an example for others like me.
@Danzylop (1120)
• Philippines
24 Mar 10
...I live for everyone I love... I even sometimes forget my own self in making things easy for others while making it hard for my self... I dont know why I think about this but I think it is another form of selfishness... I spoil my desire to be the best friend of people I like ( maybe it is because i want them to like me) but making things hard for myself when I go back to my own world and it is full of mess...
@scja16 (322)
• Philippines
24 Mar 10
I can say that I live my for God and my family, I admit that before I lived my life for my self but it changed because I met my wife, have kids and accepted God in my life. Everyday I always am grateful to be alive and I always make to a point that I am doing my best for the benefit of my family. I have many dreams for them and I want them to be happy. Ofcourse I want to be with all the way until they get old.
God bless
@setsuna26 (2751)
• Philippines
24 Mar 10
I like the question alot , who do you live your life for?If your going to ask someone who goes to church most of the time he or she might tell you i live my life for christ ;) but if you ask someone whose craving for power they might tell you i live my life for you guys because they want you to be charmed with their promises and all.Now if you ask me i believe i live my life for my parents my relatives and all the people that revolve around me. Because they are they ones who give meaning to my life and makes me smile , gives me joy and completes me as a person ;)
@jenrose930 (119)
• United States
24 Mar 10
This is a difficult question to answer. I think I live my life both for myself and for those that will depend on me in the future. I do things that I enjoy and that I want to do, but I also put them into perspective. Will my children be proud of me for doing these things? Later in life, will I regret doing this? Will this action enrich my life?
@JazelNovo (15)
• Philippines
24 Mar 10
yes most of the people today are selfish because they forgot what their life is for. .These needs counseling and should experience more about life. .Though its nice to think about ourselves all the time, spend our money for our own pleasure, i still find it more heartlifting when i think about the welfare of someone, doing things for someone, and helping someone realize that giving the best gift that we can offer this LIFE. .Its good to love ourself that's if we love ourself we should know how to love others. .its a circle of LIFE...
@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
24 Mar 10
I am concern with the welfare not only for my children but for under-privilege children. I work hard not for myself but others that touches my heart. My two sons are already independently earning their own income but I have adopted two abandoned children and they are now my concern.
@magrylouyu (1627)
• United States
24 Mar 10
I have never just lived for myself. I have never been a selfish person. Before having children I always cared about the world and myself. Now that I have my children, I put them before anything. I live my life for them. I then worry about myself, my husband and my parents. I care very much about the world they are growing up in. It is so much different today then it was 20 years ago. I hope the world stays decent for all the generations to come.
@atv818 (1980)
• United Arab Emirates
24 Mar 10
I am living my life to the fullest for my family and loved ones: my parents, husband, 3 daughters age 13, 9 and 7, my 3 sister and brother. They are the reasons why I exert myself to the extreme so I can provide better future to all of them. May God help me in this endeavor.
@Beautyfactor (1512)
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24 Mar 10
Because I have kids and I husband, I now live for them. Sure, during my late teens I thought the whole world owed me and I was an extremely selfish person. I suppose I didn't have anyone else to worry about. Over the last ten years or so my life has changed so dramatically that I never really think of myself. My girls come first, then it's my husband and then the rest of my relatives.
One thing I do worry about is the world that my kids are growing up into, although I am sure every parent over generations has felt the same. I worry for their, and other childrens futures because I have seen the ugly side a few times and I only want what is best for the children of this world so that they become better human beings.
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