‘Enjoying life’-- What is 'your' definition of this word?

To me, enjoying life is very simple. If you're happy, no matter what you're doing, you are enjoying life. You don't have to go out to enjoy life, just enjoy whatever it is you're doing, even your job. I enjoyed my job of proofreading so much I almost felt guilty being paid for it. (ALMOST! I also enjoyed that paycheck. LOL) I enjoy life when I go outside and see what nature had provided. I enjoy life when I'm fishing when the sun is shining. The peace and serenity I experience is quite enjoyable. I'm enjoying life when I hear brand new baby birds peeping from their nests. Life has many facets and there are quite a lot of them that we can enjoy if we allow ourselves to. "Going out to have fun" is something else entirely, to me, anyway. I enjoy life every single day. Maybe not 100 percent of the time but I'm so thankful for the little things that it's quite rare for me to not be enjoying life.

Hi Kala! Different persons will have difference perception about enjoying their life. I differ from those who claim that enjoyment for them is - hanging out in malls with friends or going for movie. I think youngsters or singles who do not have much responsibilities on their shoulders can live a carefree life and may claim that they are enjoying their lives. However, those who have kids and other family responsibilities cannot 'enjoy' life. They may enjoy the life for a temporary period of for some given days, however, it is not possible on continuous basis. I sometimes enjoy my life, when I am free and I have completed all the days activities.

Hi Kala, For me, enjoying life means doing what I love best to do! That may mean a very quiet and uneventful weekend after a very very hectic week…I might just lie around with a good book, order some food from a home-delivery, listen to music, chat with hubby just like that or just sleep…nothing to do except what I want…my idea of ‘enjoying life’ LOL…yes, I’m a very quiet and boring person but I really cant run around much… and then I work really hard to earn my two dimes, so I don’t think it’s a great idea to splurge it all in an expensive mall with impulsive buying! Even my birthday treat at Pizza Hut was too expensive (with quantity of food too little) for my liking…I ended up feeling guilty rather than pampered. And then travelling…yes, I do love travelling but I know only too well that the kind of lifestyle portrayed in travel mags (This is Life!!! kind of images) is not for me, so that kind of life can never be mine either…maybe for a few days (2night/3day types) but then again its not worth it. To really enjoy life, it must be something that I can do regularly, it must come naturally to me and it must make me feel happy and content…not guilty and not leave a hole in my pocket.

Hi kalav56, everyone has his own words to define what actually a happy life means to him. Therefore people having their favorite activities to pursue thier so-called happiness respectively. There isn't any way which is considered to be the best to gain a happy life, as long as one really feels satisfied and happy with the style of life he is chasing. I'm a simple person that would feel happy easily. Many things happen in my daily life would make me to feel pleasant at anytime I was reaally happy to have many close playmates to play with all kinds of games and do with many fantastic activities during my childhood. I'm happy as well with what I have possessed at the moment. Yeah, what's more happy than to have good health, a happy family living under one roof harmonously and intimately Have a nice day

Well, to me as a Zen practitioner, there is the thoughts of enjoying life and the reality of enjoying life. I have recognized that life is about two sides of the coin, that the good comes only because we have known bad. Good and bad are dependent on each other, as is enjoyment and non-enjoyement. It's a roller coaster that if you look around, you will notice that everybody rides... _Derek

I don't feel that I have to HAVE anything or DO anything to enjoy life. For me, enjoying life is more a matter of being someone. Who? A person who can differentiate between the ephemeral and what is important in life. A person who is kind, but not a doormat, who sticks up for the downtrodden and at least tries to make a positive contribution to society. A person who lives mindfully, weighing each decision with questions such as these: 1) What are the likely consequences of this action, both immediate and longstanding? 2) Does this action fit with my goal of furthering the higher good? 3) Have I considered this word or action from every angle before plunging ahead. If I can look myself in the mirror every day and see a person who thinks ahead along these lines instead of being swayed by the opinions of a crowd or just drifting along taking the easiest route at the moment, then I feel that I am enjoying life. What I have found so far, though, is when we put our emphasis on doing what we feel is right rather than having hedonistic pleasures as a goal, the luxurious things naturally come to us. We can give them to others, enjoy them for ourselves, or cast them aside, depending on how we perceive abundance in the universe. If I cast them aside I try not to do it wastefully. If I give them to others I try to give to people who will use the gift responsibly. If I keep them for myself I try to do so thoughtfully without indulging in vainglory.

kalav56 to me at my age I find I enjoy life one day at a time , and enjoy being content with what I have where I have it and being happy just being alive and mylotting and surfing the web, I also interact with my off line friends hre too. life is as good as you perceive it or as bad.

Hey kalav! I definitely agree that there are alot of different ways to enjoy life and I have a few that I prefer! I live to go shopping sometimes with friends, sometimes alone. I also like to go out to restaurants, when I can afford to which isn't too often so when I do get to go I really enjoy myself. I also love to just stay at home with my bf and my cats or sometimes just me and my cats and sometimes those are the moments I enjoy the most!

I believe I am enjoying life when my heart sings! There are so many things that can make my heart sing; doing what I’m doing right now for example, my writing…Not to mention spending time with my child. Life is not about ‘stuff’ although sometimes new things can make me feel very happy although it is short lived. For me enjoying life is not about feeling joyous and ecstatic but about contentment which makes me smile from the inside out.

Hi kala, i don't know about others much though i have many friends, they all have different different ideas about the word enjoyment. But for me as woman i can tell you, I am enjoying my life. I have a joint family, all are with me, we all go out travel outside for site seeing, we all go out for eating once in a month or twice in a month. But above all, i enjoy my household work listening to the music, cooking, caring my family members (inlaws as well as with my parents and siblings), talk to them and spend with them. I really enjoy my day when i get good comments from my family members for my cook and other work. I also spend with the friends in the college and online chat (some of my friends are staying in abroad). I also enjoy the time of worship or pray god. I really enjoy the beautiful moments playing with my son along with my husband in my bedroom.

i guess is mininum work and maxinum enjoyment.Like those celebrity like paris hilton enjoying life from one party to next party from different countries enjoying her life. No need to worry to much of money but just enjoy .Some enjoying life also means the person finally found his favourite job and it is paying so he is actually doing what he/she likes and still able to survive.

For me living my life with my loved ones is enjoying life ...

Enjoying life for me is like LIVING life To the fullest.i enjoyed a lot when I'm out with my friends talking with them.But in whole,i enjoyed life by serving others who are sick and giving them reassurance that there will always be a solution in every problem..

enjoying life means enjoying every moment of life ,i have money and good family ,still trying to earn more money so life will be more beutiful

enjoy life as it is not excessive and does not lack, so that our lives are not a nuisance to others even if you might be able to help others live

There are many things I do that make me enjoy life. Spending time with my guy, see a damn good movie, or a great hockey game. I also enjoy doing a job well done.

Enjoying life varies with different age and mentalities as well. The various ways of finding enjoyment as mentioned by you is absolutely true .A child's enjoyment is colourful things and noisy things but a young student's enjoyment is different -maybe going for a picnic or so .Again a teenager's enjoyment is going to a movie and spending on clothes .A colege student's enjoyment depends on dating or hanging out at malls or restaurants.A newly married couple enjoy in trips abroad and eating out and so on .A middle aged couple would find happiness in their chldren earning well and getting settled .But to an old couple peace is the true enjoyment .I find enjoyment in having my family around all hale and hearty and going out and at the same time the company of friends enriches my happy feelings.

I feel the thing 'enjoying life'is do better for whom you want to satisfy. Just do for the goal that's the 'enjoying life'

of course if all you commitment to life are on the right track,,, i will then for sure enjoy life.... happy mylotting

It doesn't mean to splurge just to enjoy life, for me doing small things on my spare time, free vacation is the meaning of enjoying life.