It All Starts with a Question ( A Philosophical Paper)

The Essence of having an Ultimate to One's Life

        
          In life, we face different dilemmas as to how we value it with respect to our religious faith. We’re confronted with different stand of people as to what they believe and sometimes it bothered us for it contradicts our own world view. For instance in my experience, I was made to think what was really the true origin of life. Is it the “theory of evolution” which was supported with scientific facts or is it the” creation” which my religion has taught me and was only supported by biblical scriptures?  This was just one of those instances wherein we are being test on how strong is the foundation of our “Ultimate” belief. How would these different views affect our life as a whole?  Can we trace a connection between the Ultimate and our life?    In this paper, we are going to dig deeper into the “Ultimate” meaning of life.

         
           In my life, I believe there is an Ultimate.  I made to believe it way back when I was still a child when my parents introduce it to me. In my early years of believing such, I never really care about its importance nor understand its role in my existence. I just thought it as a way of life because that’s what the society has told me to do. But when I started to engage in simple decision making by myself, little by little, my “Ultimate” meaning of life has developed. I never trust my own capacity nor do I hold on to my own decision. I always refer every decision to my parents but there are personal matters that you cannot disclose to others. I face it my own yet I don’t have enough courage to stand for it. I have no other resort but to believe in the mystery of what I've known as the Ultimate. From then on, I started to understand my own faith and live with it as part of the totality of my life.

         
           Life for me is something that is very complicated. It is something that we need to carefully plan with. Planning our life doesn't only need our rational thinking. I believe there’s more to it and that’s the role of the Ultimate for me in dealing with this topsy-turvy flow of life. As I venture out this life, I learned that we can’t stop those situations which may bring changes to the usual way of our living. Whatever decisions we made, there are really results which are not according to our expectations.  At times we experience being down but what keeps us going? It’s the “hope” of rising again. Hope is the most beautiful thing I learned about this life. It’s the virtue which I think is the closest to what is Ultimate for me. Hope gives me a reason to pursue everything that is possible to human mind.  Without hope, I guess I haven’t reached this far of existence. The same thing that without the Ultimate, I've never been what I am now.  It’s the Ultimate that gives meaning to my life for I believe it’s through Him where I can find reason and meaning of this existence.  Through the Ultimate, I can differentiate what’s right and what’s wrong, what’s good and what’s bad. It serves as a guide for me on what path to take. When I’m in despair, the thought of having an Ultimate gives me hope and strength.  In times of doubt, I take the risk but there’s a hope that whatever happens, I can take it and I can be guided. Throughout these years of existence, I never depend purely in my own capacity. I do believe that   there is this Ultimate intervention which forms part of this life for whatever I do, how I deal with this life; I've done it in accordance with  the will of what I call us the Ultimate.

        
           My ultimate meaning of life then is to do well and to reach my goals in a positive way and in accordance with the will of the Ultimate of my upbringing. The phrase “in accordance with the will of the Ultimate” is a matter of call. I believe that there will come a point of life wherein we will find meaning and fulfillment within us. Maybe not within this material world that we’ll feel such for it has been discussed that human as we are has no satisfaction. But perhaps in the next life if there is really such, we can attain fulfillment. I may not be sure if what I believe is the truth or not but that’s how I view this life. How I view this world therefore is a matter of how I give importance with my faith and the underlying principles of it. How I conceive my faith with the Ultimate is how I find value and meaning of this life.