Me Before You, By Jojo Moyes

One of the most important church figures, Mother Teresa, stated, “Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is beauty, admire it.” What this quote means is that one should live their lives to the fullest. Life gives us many opportunities and it’s our job to seek these opportunities and make the best of it. From these opportunities you can learn things that will benefit your life. Life is a gift God gave to each of us and we should learn and appreciate everything our life encounters. This statement by Mother Teresa helps us understand to enjoy the beauty of life by doing good deeds while you are alive, living your life properly, and cherishing every moment. A philosopher named Aristotle stated, “Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the aim and end of human existence.” What this quote means is that the purpose of one’s life is to be happy until the day you die. Everyone should strive to live a good, healthy and happy life. Another important religious figure that preached the greatness of life is Pope Francis. Pope Francis stated, “The right to life means allowing people to live and not killing, allowing them to grow, to eat, to be educated, to be healed, and to be permitted to die with dignity.” What this quote means is that everyone has the right to be born, to live and die

	Living is about making choices. The choices people make shape their lives for better or worse. Even the decision not to choose has its effects, often not wanted. But the individual who chooses to make positive choices and to act accordingly is more likely to see his or her life reflect his or her beliefs and desires. Usually the individual who chooses to take action is also willing to face the risks and obstacles that such choices involve.

“It is difficult to understand the sum of a person’s life. Some people tell you it’s measured by the one’s left behind. Some believe it can be measured in faith. Some say by Love. Other folks say life has no meaning at all. Me… I believe you measure yourself by the people who measured themselves by you,” narrated by Carter Chambers (Morgan Freeman) in the movie “The Bucket List”. When you think of this quote you see that every individual determines the success of their life differently. Whether old or young, we are care about the life we live and whether is a could by our own standards. In the movie, Bucket List, you witness two men, Carter Chamber and Edward Cole, from two different backgrounds experience illnesses that leaves them with 6

The exalted creatures of the universe are men and women. Every individual is unique when it comes to every aspect of life. Our purpose in life as people is to develop a life worth remembering; to learn, to build relationships, and to consistently grow intellectually. Labouring to contribute to the development of this space we call Earth is also known as life. An individual has the power to mold their life, yet taking action is the most essential ingredient to develop a life that is relevant and memorable. The excerpt, The Signature Of All Things written by Elizabeth Gilbert, exemplifies how a moment of learning and curiosity can change the life of an individual drastically. In my own experience, when someone strives for success, they will be faced with challenging situations and arduous decisions to be made. Individuals need to realize the power that they obtain which will allow them to become astute and have a life worth remembering.

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” -Albert Einstein. Life should be viewed as a positive because everyone is only given one lifetime to do what they would like to. Although few people interpret life as a positive aspect such as Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple, there is also other ways people see the value of life. Including Hamlet from William Shakespeare’s book Hamlet, he views life as a complication, and Amanda Ripley, who views life in a financial point of view. When faced with the perspective of life, many people see the value of life in a black or white manner but there is also a financial perspective as well. All of these views offer an interesting perspective regarding the value of life.

“Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.” I try to live by this quote by Charles R. Swindoll every day. I feel that this is a strong quote with a lot of meaning behind it and, it can be interpreted in many ways. In my opinion, we should see things in a positive way all the time. We also should do what we love every day because you never know how close you are to the end.

“A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives.”- Jackie Robinson

Mae West, an American actress and screenwriter, once said that “you only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough”. However, people have different philosophies of what the “right” way to live life is. Priorities and routines differ for most people and some believe that because the way that they live works for them, they should encourage other to live in a similar way, like Thomas Jefferson, Machiavelli, and Pema Chodron. While Jefferson and Machiavelli exhibit strong arguments through their use of argumentative strategies, Chodron’s document “Start Where You Are” is the most effective of the three in terms of evidence-usage, connecting to the audience, and overall

Many people in life take each other for granted and sometimes people are completely unaware of when they are. In Me Before You by Jojo Moyes, a young small-town girl needs money to support her and her family, as soon as she finds a new job at the Traynor’s to help a paralyzed man. She gets to know the family and learns pressures and challenges. In a similar text, Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher, a teenage girl makes audio tapes about reasons why she committed suicide. In the book, Me Before You the author teaches the readers that it is okay to fear for someone when they are hurting, but do not let your fear make them hurt worse. While in the book Thirteen Reasons Why Asher suggests that getting betrayed is finding the strength inside of you and using it to get through hard times.

“Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it?” This quote from the play “Our Town” points out that many people do not potentially live life to the fullest. People always say “don’t wish your life away” because before you know it, it’s already gone. In the play “Our Town” there are many little life lessons that can be learned.

Some people said : ”Man's dearest possession is life, and it is given to him to live but once. He must live so as to feel no torturing regrets for years without purpose, never know the burning shame of a mean and petty past--so live that, dying, he can say: all my life, all my strength were given to the finest cause in all over the world--the fight for the liberation of mankind.” Whether my dream will come true or not, what I can do now is work hard and improve myself. Don’t regret in ten years later. To be a better person and believe myself is the most important thing

No one in this world wants to die because they want to do something with their life. Yet when people are on their deathbed there number one regret is that they wanted to live a life true to themselves, not the life that others expected of them. In the year 2005 Steve Jobs went to Standford University to deliver his most famous speech. In that speech, he spoke about his weaknesses and his mistakes he urged people to always move forward even if you encounter an obstacle. Jobs stated that the only way a person can obtain their goal is if they never give up no matter what happens sooner or later you will achieve your goal.

Me Before You, a realistic fiction book by Jojo Moyes, is a story told primarily through the perspective of Louisa Clark, a bubbly and chatty girl in need of a job. As she searches for a job that will allow her to contribute to her family’s financial situation, she comes across a position caring for a wheelchair-bound man named Will Traynor. Her main obstacle is trying to balance her time between her family and boyfriend while spending an increasing amount of time with Will. As she becomes more invested in Will, she makes it her personal mission to convince him to want to live, rather than follow through on his plan to end his life. Her attachment to Will causes conflict between herself and her boyfriend as well as an internal battle within

Life as we know it could vanish within seconds. The next day is not promised to anyone that walks on this earth. As we live our everyday lives peacefully, we tend not to think what our mission or purpose in life is. Instead, we think what we must do for that to be a “successful” person. Despite this way of thinking, just think for a second. What makes life meaningful? What is life anyway? These questions dive right into the heart of the philosophical, psychological, and the biological aspects of life and what the true meaning of life is. This is a very arguable topic due to every person’s different perspective on life and what it means to them. In summary, I personally think that life is simply what you make of it and each person’s accomplishments has its own merit

Life is a complicated twist of suffering, laughing, and learning all merging to tell a great story - or great many stories. Based on this view, "it is not the end goal or outcome of life that gives life meaning but rather the quality of the story, the quality with which one lives out and develops his or her role."