College Admissions Essay: The Meaning Of Life

“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are. While your reputation is merely what others think you are.” -John Wooden.

Life, it might be argued, is the distinguishing feature of all organisms and may most usefully be thought of as involving various kinds of complex systems of organization providing individual organisms with the ability to make use of those energy sources available to them for both self maintenance and reproduction. Underlying this deceptively persuasive definition, however, lie those persistent traditional problems inherent in the search for an essential, distinctive substance characteristic of all forms of life. Additionally, as evolution theory makes clear, there is the problem of borderline instances, organisms of which it is not easy to say whether or not they may be defined as being alive. One such case

Rooted in philosophical and religious contemplation, questions on human’s existence and life’s purpose, or existentialism questions, is the question as old as the human race. In trying to find the answers to the questions , humans have approached them from different disciplines; from scientific theories, to philosophical, theological, and spiritual explanations. Unlike adults who may wonder and talk about such concept in intense complexity, young children begin to inquire about such concepts and try to seek answers within their own capacity and their experience. At times, their position in the society as the youngest members of the community complicate their search for answers. Their inquiries and questions are often taken lightly

Many people don’t know the high regard I have for my school. Many think of school as a place that eventually awards them their diploma. School is where I had many experiences that molded me into a well-cultured human being. When a fellow student committed suicide, the helpless pain I felt taught me the value of life, and the limited longevity of it. When my jovial classmate from a successful family of doctors revealed his personal life problems, I learned to empathize with what others were going through. When my entire class, full of friends shunned me for standing up to them for cheating, I learned that doing the right thing is extremely difficult. But it earned me the respect of the teachers, and the students. This incident taught me that

Fàbio Moon and Gabriel Bà illustrated a story through comics that represent different moods and feelings in a series titled Daytripper. Comic books are a form of art, and they provide the reader with a broad spectrum of topics. Artist express the world through colors, symbols, and themes to show feelings, thoughts, and ideas and this can be done through various forms of art, which includes comic books. The illustrations in comic books help to convey the meaning of the story. In Daytripper, Moon and Bà describe Bràs de Oliva Domingo’s life and how choices produce outcomes both good and bad. At a young age Bràs believes that anything is possible, and one never knows what is in store for him at the end. His philosophy

When I was nine, I remember asking myself what it meant to be human, to be an inhabitant of this world. I couldn’t figure out an answer, I mean, I was nine; nine year olds aren’t exactly meant to know the meaning of life. If I were to ask myself that question again, I still couldn’t give you an answer, not a good one anyways. When I was four, I used to sit in the corner of my closet sized bedroom and ask myself a lot of questions, a lot of them were incredibly advanced for my age, that set me aside from the kids in my class, the thing that brought me back to their level was my lack of answers to said questions. I could never come to a conclusion; it was a problem that continued into my teenage years, I have never really been good at conclusions.

In this seemingly endless journey that we call life, we are all in the pursuit of happiness. The thought of immense pleasure and satisfaction drives us towards adversity and hardship, only so that we may experience the joy to come. One can predict that joy be a product of many challenges, but this one aspect of life that makes it worth living comes in many forms. With that being said, it has been a personal endeavor of mine to launch a quest. What is the absolute deepest desire that brings a human joy?

What is the meaning of life? Well known Greek philosphers such as Socrates and Plato believed that our purpose in this life was to gain knowledge in preparation for the next life. Other Philosophers such as Epicurus believed that pleasure is the main goal in life. After giving these ideas lots of thought, I have come to my own conclusion that the true meaning of life is far more complex than either of these; far too complex for any human to fully comprehend. In fact these two different philosophies are only part of the grand picture. If it were that easy for men to figure out our lives wouldn't be so messed up now. The meaning of life revolves around many different things. I

My few years on this planet have been a bit confusing. I have learned of many aspects of life from which one can draw meaning, if indeed such meaning can be drawn. I have also learned that there can be no singular meaning of life to stand for us all, or even any one of us. What I have learned above all is that trying to put words to the meaning of life is a task of absolute absurdity. This is not to be confused with the idea that life has no meaning, for life certainly has meaning. However, there is no single meaning of life to be defined - life is different for us all. Therefore, rather than define life for an entire planet, I shall try to explain what life means as I perceive it, and why it means so.

The abstract idea of life cannot be explained by such simple ideas as being animated, breathing, or speaking. Ordinary machines in this century can perform all of these basic functions. The quandary with defining death is not as abstract and elusive as that of life. The problem of defining life and death has plagued philosophers and the religious bodies for thousands of years for one reason; each philosophy or religion has tried to define the meaning of life and death from only their certain perspective. The seemingly appropriate approach to this problem would be to understand the ideas presented in various philosophies and religions and through this knowledge create a new definition for each idea of life

Through out history, as man progressed from a primitive animal to a "human being" capable of thought and reason, mankind has had to throw questions about the meaning of our own existence to ourselves. Out of those trail of thoughts appeared religion, art, and philosophy, the fundamental process of questioning about existence. Who we are, how we came to be, where we are going, what the most ideal state is....... All these questions had to be asked and if not given a definite answer, then at least given some idea as to how to begin to search for, as humans probed deeper and deeper into the riddle that we were all born into.

     I can remember as a child always asking myself the “why” questions of life. What is the purpose of life? Why are we here? What is the purpose of life? Why do certain things happen? And is there really a God? I had always kept these questions to myself and eventually pushed them out of my mind altogether. I was raised in a Christian household and you just were not allowed to ask questions of that nature and doubt the faith. The world is the way it is because God made it that way and that is all there is to it. I was really excited to take this class because it would finally give me the opportunity to exercise my personal thoughts and beliefs. I have come to agree with Socrates that “the unexamined life is not

The life given by god has a very special meaning a value in which people sometimes forget to thank or either regret. Many students/adults believe that they are going to be popular if they have money and a good job buy forget that people are influenced by those who have learned something. Also a lot fail to remember, to earn value you must earn it.In today’s economy the government creates a value on the person by looking at the position they are held for. If you look at it from the society’s point of view they believe people should be given value according to what they do and what position they are. From an individual's perspective they judge themselves on what they accomplish and achieve.The value of the individual would

What is the meaning of life? I think that the meaning of life is to live it with as much joy and happiness as you can. It’s about trying as much as you can in a short amount of time and living it to your greatest capability. Living your life is supposed to be exciting and thrilling. I think its just to find what you love to do and do what makes you happy. Fulfill all your dreams and goals you create for yourself. I think the meaning of life is to just be happy.

I can remember as a child always asking myself the "why" questions of life. Why are we here? What is the purpose of life? Why do certain things happen? And is there really a God? I had always kept these questions to myself and eventually pushed them out of my mind altogether. I was raised in a Christian household and you just were not allowed to ask questions of that nature and doubt the faith. The world is the way it is because God made it that way and that is all there is to it. I was really excited to take this class because it would finally give me the opportunity to exercise my personal thoughts and beliefs. I have come to agree with Socrates that "the unexamined life is not worth living." In my opinion life is a combination of