Ponder mode

Once in class we were asked "what's the most important aspect in your life that makes you to feel healthy"
and by that meaning mental health/well beeing as well as physical health.
We had a paper sheet with many alternatives but I answered "happiness"

The majority of the class answered as the most important aspect to be "satisified with yourself" and to be "loved by those close to you" and so on.
I just feel that why would we want to live if we were never happy? All those aspects mentioned above are just ways for us to achieve happiness.
The human as a species is in it's basic form a selfish beeing some would claim. We have unlike most other species sympathy and empathy. It is said that we do kind acts to others just because of that and with the end goal to get a good conscience, by that considering unselfish acts selfish.

I have pondered about this quite a lot and been trying to relate to myself. I try to help people and be as kind as I can, but is it just because I want to feel good about myslef? I think not. If the meaning of "life" is to achieve complete happiness I have a very long way to go and in the end I know it is perhaps unreachable but if I can help someone get one step closer to that why wouldn't I? Because it's an obstacle on my own "journey"? But then what says my happiness is more important that someone elses?
These questions may never have or has never had anwsers but are truly worth thinking about.


Sometimes when I feel down and maybe even a little depressed I ask myself: "why do I really want to live this day?" My answer to myself is mostly the same; what you do reflects on others, spread happiness. If my purpose in life is not clear on this day why not make it my purpose to help others get closer to theirs until I have found my own.