What is life?

Kevorkian Logic · 06-30-2011, 05:40 PM

Here is my take:

Life is simply about love. But not about great loves, it is also about the subtle loves--the loves that your heart realizes way before your brain has a clue. It’s about the strangers that walk into your life for six seconds and you glance over or take in their detail never to see them again. Because try as hard as you might to judge and understand them in the fleeting glace, imagination hardly ever comes close to the reality of flesh, memory, and tangible experience. We can never understand the true nature of the people until we learn to love them. And it is such a blessing to be able to learn to understand the world of these subtle loves in our lives. They have life experiences we have never touched. The world is full of these subtle loves and that is what life is all about-- to experience random acts of over and over again with new loves and the new places. And to remind ourselves how beautiful everything is over and over again with the old ones.

I'm a sappy convoluted mess sometimes. I'll take other opinions in order to grow mine

**Janszoon** · 06-30-2011, 06:52 PM

Life is about relationships. Well, relationships and struggle.

And taxes.

Life is about relationships, struggle and taxes.

RVCA · 06-30-2011, 06:52 PM

Life is the accumulation of experience

It's that simple

TockTockTock · 06-30-2011, 06:55 PM

Trying to overcome suffering and find happiness. That's more of the goal of life, but I think it can work either way...

Sneer · 06-30-2011, 07:49 PM

A quote taken from a certain Mr Aleister Crowley sums up my idea of life quite succinctly:

"The joy of life consists in the exercise of one's energies, continual growth, constant change, the enjoyment of every new experience. To stop means simply to die. The eternal mistake of mankind is to set up an attainable ideal."

djchameleon · 06-30-2011, 08:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RVCA

Life is the accumulation of experience

It's that simple

I agree with this one.

I came in to say something similar.

oh and 42

richie1 · 06-30-2011, 08:04 PM

This being a music forum, I felt that this might be a usable definition:

"What Is Life" is a song by George Harrison and is the first track on side two of his 1970 solo album All Things Must Pass. It was released as the second single from that album in the United States on February 15, 1971 with another album track, "Apple Scruffs," as the B-side. On March 27, "What Is Life" peaked at #10 in the Billboard Hot 100, making Harrison the first member of the Beatles to log two Top 10 solo hits on that chart.

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

Taken from Wikipedia, btw.

Dr.Seussicide · 06-30-2011, 08:15 PM

Quote:

Life is life when we all feel the power
Life is life come on, stand up and dance
Life is life when the feeling of the people
Life is life is the feeling of the band

Life is life.

Na na nanana

**Janszoon** · 06-30-2011, 08:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr.Seussicide

Life is life.

Na na nanana

I see that and raise you this:

Dr.Seussicide · 06-30-2011, 08:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Janszoon

I see that and raise you this:

And thence, I politely retreat.

06-30-2011, 05:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
Kevorkian Logic Imperfectly Perfect Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 1,290	What is life? Here is my take: Life is simply about love. But not about great loves, it is also about the subtle loves--the loves that your heart realizes way before your brain has a clue. It’s about the strangers that walk into your life for six seconds and you glance over or take in their detail never to see them again. Because try as hard as you might to judge and understand them in the fleeting glace, imagination hardly ever comes close to the reality of flesh, memory, and tangible experience. We can never understand the true nature of the people until we learn to love them. And it is such a blessing to be able to learn to understand the world of these subtle loves in our lives. They have life experiences we have never touched. The world is full of these subtle loves and that is what life is all about-- to experience random acts of over and over again with new loves and the new places. And to remind ourselves how beautiful everything is over and over again with the old ones. I'm a sappy convoluted mess sometimes. I'll take other opinions in order to grow mine __________________ "it is only through a limitless accumulation of the imperfect that a certain type of perfection can be attained"

06-30-2011, 06:52 PM	#2 (permalink)
Janszoon Mate, Spawn & Die Join Date: May 2007 Location: The Rapping Community Posts: 24,593	Life is about relationships. Well, relationships and struggle. And taxes. Life is about relationships, struggle and taxes. __________________ A Night in the Life of the Invisible Man Time & Place 25 Albums You Should Hear Before the Moon Crashes into the Earth and We All Die last.fm

06-30-2011, 07:49 PM	#5 (permalink)
Sneer Let it drip Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 5,430	A quote taken from a certain Mr Aleister Crowley sums up my idea of life quite succinctly: "The joy of life consists in the exercise of one's energies, continual growth, constant change, the enjoyment of every new experience. To stop means simply to die. The eternal mistake of mankind is to set up an attainable ideal." __________________ LastFM Sneer's Emporium of Sound Fright Team radio show

06-30-2011, 08:04 PM	#7 (permalink)
richie1 Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: South Florida, USA Posts: 109	This being a music forum, I felt that this might be a usable definition: "What Is Life" is a song by George Harrison and is the first track on side two of his 1970 solo album All Things Must Pass. It was released as the second single from that album in the United States on February 15, 1971 with another album track, "Apple Scruffs," as the B-side. On March 27, "What Is Life" peaked at #10 in the Billboard Hot 100, making Harrison the first member of the Beatles to log two Top 10 solo hits on that chart. Sorry, I couldn't resist. Taken from Wikipedia, btw. __________________ Well a person can work up a mean mean thirst after a hard day of nothin' much at all Summer's passed, it's too late to cut the grass There ain't much to rake anyway in the fall [link removed by mod - no advertising permitted] Last edited by richie1; 06-30-2011 at 08:05 PM. Reason: crediting the source

06-30-2011, 06:52 PM	#3 (permalink)
RVCA （￣ー￣） Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 3,270	Life is the accumulation of experience It's that simple

06-30-2011, 06:55 PM	#4 (permalink)
TockTockTock They/Them Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 1,914	Trying to overcome suffering and find happiness. That's more of the goal of life, but I think it can work either way...