What keeps you going in life ?

i think it’s mostly that if you stop you tend to die.

I try to do things that I like doing. For example, I sit at the piano and play, improvising for a few minutes, sometimes not stopping until hours later. Focus on the few things that you really get pleasure from doing and just immerse yourself in that.

The problem is, i don`t really like much of anything. I like to be alone and sit and think but also be surrounded by strangers at the same time. I like to be part of something revolutionary, something deeply romantic, erotic, strange, and eccentric. oh well.

The Odds- they’ve shown time and again I get more positive than negative or disappointment so I hang in there until my hits come up.

There is so much in life I want to experience yet and I truly believe those things are possible so I muster up as much patience as possible and work on getting things done.

Other people rely on me and count of me for their livelihood, I asked of these people and they came through so now it’s my turn to come through.

My emotions change, new experiences come up…life doesn’t always seem hopeless because it ebbs and flows…and of course, my children keep me going and my love

What keeps me going is the knowledge that I can change. If life isn’t going the way that I want, there are things that I can do to change that. I hold all of the responsibility of my own life in my own hands.

This little girl.
My friend’s daughter. She makes the worst days better.
I always want her to have her Aunt Madi.

My Faith and my relationships. I have a Faith that I believe in very strongly and a love and trust in God that sustain through lots of trials. I live for the relationships I have with people from the man I love most, to my three incredible boys, to my sister and her family, even with co-workers and acquaintances. In the immortal words of gimmedat it is all about relationships.

Then try out new things. Write a list of things that you think you might grow to become interested in, Go out (or stay in) and read about them, visualizing yourself doing those activities and such. Then go out and actually do them.

Sadly, I think that a great many people are just killing time till its time to die…they have to be sedated to get through a normal uneventful day…You say; ”...try not to think or feel too much of anything..” I would say,dont dumb down; Think everything, Feel everything! Thats what our life is for. The trick is not to let each and every thought or feeling dictate an action, or become a slave to them. Choose to feel joy just because you can.

@BluRhino I would love for those people who are “killing time till it’s time to die” to meet my 93 year-old grandfather. There is a man who appreciates every single second he has on this planet and stops to count his blessings every morning he wakes up. I aspire to be like my grandfather.

I haven’t experienced that, but my will to discover something amazing out in the universe gets me up every morning. Try looking up at the stars. You will be amazed at where your mind wanders to.

I’m not sure what keeps me going. Sometimes I do think I just get up and go to work each day because that is what I’m supposed to do. Right now I’m at a point in my life where I just don’t care about anything. I hope this feeling goes away soon, because I’m really tired of feeling this way.

Mostly my heart.

It’s the fact that I couldn’t stand to hurt the people I love, and who love me, if I made a decision to disappear.

For me, fencing.

What keeps me going? Right now it’s two wonderful children that I fought tooth and nail to have.

When they grow up? Not sure. Perhaps my woman. Perhaps some small belief that I can accomplish maybe one of my goals. Perhaps it will just be too easy to succumb. Not that I would do anything proactive to make it happen. But I might find my culturally appropriate way to walk out on an ice flow and not come back.

I would say that my friends keep me going. I have one friend that I walk with several times a week and our walks and talks are therapeutic for both of us. When I am alone and down, a brisk walk tends to get me out of my head.

My pumping heart.

When I lost my two husbands, the only thing that kept me going was a very supportive family who tended to my physical needs, food, clothing, and such, and a son who loved me and needed me. I went around in a fog for about a year, both times.

Finally, I made a pledge to myself that I will be happy every single day for the rest of my life. When I wake up in the morning, the first thing I do is ask myself how I can make this a good day.

I’m always in the middle of at least three or four books. I stick around for the end of the story.

Also, my pets.

Curiosity and a sense of humor. And not wanting to stop thinking.

I want to know what’s going to happen next. I won’t find out if I’m not here!

Curiosity about the future.

Imagine what the world would be like if running away was a successful tactic. No one would have ever completed an education, held a job or career for any length of time; marriage and families – fuggedaboudit. It would be chaos. imho, life’s challenges are for proving your meddle. You’ve survived everything so far, and are stronger for it, scars and all.

Im keep walking to reach my dreams.