One of the dangers that comes with life is the risk of wasting it. People waste their lives everyday, because it is so easy to do and there are so many ways to do it.
The common force behind why people waste their lives is laziness. Everyday somebody's mother-in-law is yelling at them, telling them that they're lazy and that they're wasting their lives. In these cases, the individuals in question are usually unemployed. So the apparent solution would be to get a job, but even then the now employed individuals could be unhappy with their jobs. As a result, they might say that they're wasting their lives. So let's say that they join the army, looking for direction in their lives. Now let's say that they are sent into a hopeless battle where they all die. Relatives would say that their lives were needlessly wasted.
It would seem as though life is a no-win scenario, but this is not so. It may be true that no matter what you're doing someone might think that you're wasting your life, but that doesn't matter. What is important is that you do what you want to do with your life. As long as your believe that you're not wasting your life, then you aren't.
Ian Chase
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