How do you define the value of your life?

[2TonCat]

Was thinking last night (no way!) about what I base how good/bad my life is so far. It came to me that there are so many different ways to even evaluate that.

3 ways off the top of my head are evaluating it off of what you experience, what you accomplish, and what you own.

For me, I'm the kind of person who thinks what I experience in life holds the most value. It just makes the most sense to me... Just thinking back at some of the things I've done in the past YEAR let alone before that are things a lot of people won't ever experience.

So... How do you define the value of YOUR life?

[Thunder95]

Now don't play with me Ryan, this is begging to go intergallacticly deep into a religious arguement with you. :)

-Joel

[2TonCat]

I don't see how you can argue this... There's no right or wrong answer.....

I asked how YOU put value on YOUR life. You can't be wrong unless you lie. :rolleyes:

[superdadsc]

Interesting question. Life is complex and shows us many lessons if we chose to learn from them. Some we need to go through more than once as we are slow to learn or hard headed. I speak from experiance.

I do not believe it comes from what we own as I have known many people with all the material things life has to offer and they are still empty inside.

I have come to believe that I feel better about myself when I try to live less selfisly and put others before myself, ie my family, kids etc. I know that I have taken things way to the extreme in my day and have experianced things good and bad. I played pro tennis for 9 years and traveled the world doing what I loved. Got caught up in coke when I retired and did 5 years behind bars. Today I coach tournament player and try to give them the knowledge that I have. A smart man learns from a wiser mans leasons.

I grew up in the 3rd richest town in the us per capita and most people had the same problems and issue as others they just had cash to burn. No real pearls of wisdom from me, I just do the best I can when I wake up and try to do the right thing, and when I mess up I admit it. And life seems better. Joy is playing with my 3yr old, it's better than hearing a 6000 stadium full of people cheering for a shot you just made, but at 27 I would'nt have said that.

[2TonCat]

Great post! THATs the kindof thing I was looking for. Lets hear some more!

[MadMikeyL]

I judge my life based on the percentage of time that I enjoy. I hate seeing people who are always complaining about work, or their home life, or whatever, yet never do anything to get to a point where they actually like their lives. I look forward to waking up every morning, and I dread going to sleep every night because that means I have to spend time not consciously enjoying and experiencing things. When I eventually pass out every night (usually around 4am) I feel satisfied that this day was time well spent, and that is what I use to judge my life. If I don't get up and do something every day, I get very depressed because life is passing by without me. For this reason, I have no comprehension of why people would want to do drugs or get so drunk they can't remember what they did.

[scbird1]

Well I come from the other side of the tracks where I made myself and sold myself every day to a new Customer. As a self employed sales / laborer I made each day my own but still need to do something every day or I feel worthless except when I concede to the fact that I just needed the rest. I enjoy a good beer buzz on the weekends and thats where I leave it. Some times I go out back and light one hell of a bonfire and have all my neighbors over for some warmth and spearits and to just shoot the s*!t but it gives you something to look forward to. Here just out side of Chicago you are juged buy what you drive, how much cash or credit you have and how nice of a white smile you have. Life right now is not great but we are in trying times with all thats happening around the world. I look at it like this, Dont take life to seriously, you`ll never get out of it alive anyhow.:rolleyes: Oh crap just spilled my beer. I hope to be a 100 and still enjoy life! Then it was all worth living. Amen
Oh and what ever floats your boat.

[Jim Demmitt Jr]

Good thread here

Let me tell you the value of life, I was living life real nice racing with my dad watching him winning through all the years of racing. Than one day he is gone died you feel all alone than the next two years both my brothers die of a very painful death. Now you think your whole family gone your all alone only friends that you have want only fame from you. I took chances in my Sc to gain the first 9 second run almost got took my life twice. I dident care at that point and time it ment nothing to me. Now I look at it in a differaint way push the limits prove to yourself you can be the best at no matter what you do injoy the time you have on this earth