nice thread btw!
i believe the question 'what is your reason for living'? (with a bit of flexibility) can be approached another way... 'what is it that keeps the wheels of life spinning for you'?
I know it's a bit nit picky like Tiay said above, but i just thought i'd add that for some clarity.
Well, there are two approaches i could take with this question...
APPROACH 1... list all the things in life, oh the wonderful things like the sun and the stars, and the cute little innocent children, and world peace, and unicorns, multicolored cotton candy... and so on... HOW I WISH LIFE COULD BE
APPROACH 2... tell you about the bills, stress, the sometimes lonely hours of the day, the hard work, the reality of everday life. HOW LIFE REALISTICALLY IS
(sorry for the dramatics)
Let's call it a specturm... approach 1 represents 10 points.... and approach 2 represents 0 points...
Ideally, we would all like to be in the 10 point range...
For me, it's always been ups and downs... i go from 2 to 6, back to 1 and sometimes reach as high as 8! because that's what living is... it's about making mistakes, it truly is a journey... and i love every day, week, month, and year of it, i enjoy the challenge of it... that's what keeps my wheels going...
...not sure if i expressed myeslf as i wanted to, hope you got the idea though.