Are We Living?
Storizen|April 2022
One day you will realize your journey
Madhusudhanan S
Are We Living?

Нave you ever pondered on this question! Are we living life or life is living us? For many people, life is living us. Before that arises an important question what is life? The simple definition is that any aspect of existence that acts, reacts, processes, evaluates, and evolves (through reproduction and metabolism) is called life. Now coming back to the previous statement that - in most or for many of us the life is living us this may have puzzled many. But, that's the truth.

Many people don't live life consciously in the world. Many of us get up in the morning rush to the office/school/ college and come back in the evening to watch TV/ Favourite series/ Movies/ read some books to relax and hit the sack (go to bed to sleep). Along with that, we enjoy having some great dinners or partying out during the weekends with friends.

Many may ask what's wrong with it what else is there to do in life!? Nothing wrong with enjoying life - in fact, one should celebrate life (as it's a rare gift), but not in a way or to the extent that our life has lived us. Many may wonder what the writer is trying to say, well it is important for us first to understand what is life and whether we are living life or life is living us. Now coming to the point, that very few of us live life consciously

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