Human existence is meaningless without life purpose and
human happiness. The pursuit of longevity has been going on since time
immemorial. Consciousness holds the key to the success of this pursuit.
Consciousness is wisdom of the mind to understand the self, others, as well as
how and why certain things happen. Wisdom is the capability of the self to ask
self-intuitive questions along the life journey.
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desire to live well is as old as age. Everybody desires a life that is happy
and well lived.
To live well, however, one must ask questions about life;
after all, life is about asking questions and finding intelligent answers to
the questions asked. Living for life is never easy because it requires wisdom,
which is essentially finding answers to questions about life and living. In the
Bible, Jesus said: “Ask, and
it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find . . .” (Matthew 7:7) In real life, we must ask
ourselves questions at all times.
Asking questions is introspection,
which is a process of self-reflection, without which there is no self-awareness
and hence no personal growth and development. A static life is never a life
well lived. Therefore, asking questions is self-empowering wisdom—a life-skill
tool necessary for the art of living well.
Why is that?
It is because the kind of
questions you ask determines the kind of life you are going to live. Your
questions trigger a set of mental answers, which may lead to actions or
inactions, based on the choices you make from the answers you have obtained.
Remember, your life is always the sum of all choices you make in the proces.
ve to 100 and beyond—if you just don’t die—you must ask
questions about life; after all, living is about asking questions and seeking
answers to the questions asked, and thereby instrumental in providing wisdom or
a blueprint to continue the rest of your life journey.
The first question you should consciously ask yourself is:
"How long do I wish to live?" Of course, that is only a hypothetical
question because you really don’t have much of a choice—unless you would like
to purposely end your life prematurely. Naturally, the answer to that question
may also change over different phases in your life, depending on the quality of
your life in that particular phase.
The second question you should consciously ask yourself is:
"Why do I want to live long, or why not?" This question will be
naturally followed by the third question: “How do I live long, or what can make
me desire to live longer?”
The final question—if you just don’t die—is: "How
should I live the rest of my life to overcome my daily problems and life
challenges?"
Read my book “You Just Don’t Die!
The objective of this book is neither to convince you to
crave longevity, nor to show you how to live to one hundred and beyond. It
simply presents you with the consciousness of living the rest of your years as
if everything is a miracle—if you just don’t die!
Stephen Lau
Copyright© by Stephen Lau
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