My Understanding of the Meaning of Life

Life is Short.

With the development of cutting-edge medical science, for certain that our average lifespan will be extended for 10-20 years. Many diseases like cancers - which was deemed incurable in the past - will become curable; AIDS, might remain a thrilling killer, but its bloodshedding paws have been drastically curbed since the introduction of the "Drug Cocktail Theraphy," sufferers are supposed to live longer by 20 to 50 years than they were.

Even so, life is still short and we are mortal.
One night, when I was on my way home on a subway after a busy working day, I started to think: What am I doing here? What's the meaning of life? At that time, I was just looking around to see what other passengers were doing; some were napping, some were fiddling around with their phones, and others were idle and doing nothing. Well, I have to admit, I have been doing this circle for 4 years: get up, travel to workplace, work, travel home, sleep, get up...What a bottomless pit! Yes, you may say you need money to live. Well, I admit it, partially.

But is that all there is about life? Making money and aging, then you ascend to the glory, that's all? Perhaps we have been blinded by this financial world, and time can't be brought back. I think I am not making money, but selling my time while time is much more precious than money! All I want is to travel to as many countries as I can, meeting friends from home and abroad, singing the local songs, tasting the local food, writing my themed book based on what I saw and experienced. A sudden voice from the subway announcer pulled me back to the reality: It's 21:35, and you are not in a foreign scenic spot, but in a city.

Where's the end of it? I know life is tough and the saying "Big fish eat small fish," or "Fast fish eat sluggish fish," but what if I don't want to be a fish? I just want to be a human being, experiencing my own life and feel no regrets on my deathbed, and that's it.

Thanks for reading. Any comments are welcomed! Have a nice day! Please let me know what do you think of my thoughts.

I like your style of writing! If you write "...when I was on my way home after a busy working day on a subway," it sounds like you work on the subway. By changing the word order, it removes any questions. The closing (ending) quote goes after the punctuation.

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