He who has why to live can bear almost anyhow

He who has why to live can bear almost any how. Media has become so ubiquitous with Anime among one of them. It is a big wonder that people intermingle cartoon and Anime. There is a huge difference. Anime is for more mature audience.

One such anime is "Black Clover". Asta is an interesting character who resides in a world where everything revolve around magic but life has something else to offer. He was born with zero magic abilities. Everyone believed he will become nothing. Defying every odds he works hard every day. Intense physical training, meditation and focuses on sheer strength. He decides to become the King of clover kingdom. Ironically the king controls all the magical power but Asta refuses to be limited by his inability. He tries hard to fight on sheer strength. Whether Asta will become king is still debated as it is ongoing manga.

But one thing is clear that if a person has his unique "why to live" or on simpler term a purpose he will eventually fight his circumstances and reach to the top. Yes it is true, the realities between Anime and real world is different but the context is same i.e a strong purpose drives us towards future. In this essay we will twelve into various aspects of a clear purpose, its consequences and how it makes our life lively and competitive. A person can have different purpose with respect to another person. Student may be living for a healthy and bright future, a corporate person for growth of his/her company, a teacher for sharing knowledge and wisdom. It concludes the reason for living have subjective interpretations. On the other hand it also have universal or objective perspective. Every person irrespective of their religious centricity want to attain salvation.

i.e "emancipation". Hinduism advocates that purpose of a being is to achieve 'Moksha'. Buddhism & Jainism supports enlightment of an individual soul. Christianity believe the ultimate purpose is unification with god. Hence reason for living has some universal "ought to". A right and morally correct purpose eases the bearing. That translates our into reasons for living must be ethical and should not come at the cost of others. This simple yet critical maxim was cultivated in our mind during early childhood. Remember, the old golden story of "Ants and the Grasshopper". One may find it obsolete and others may have forgotten it but it is of immense importance in this context. Ants worked hard despite harsh summers whereas the Grasshopper relaxed and sang songs. Yes, the Ants were bearing a lot but it was clear that they have to work hard for easy and comfortable living. Grasshopper too had a reason i.e to enjoy and not to care for future. Both were correct to some extent but undoubtedly Ants knew a strong why to live can make their hardwork feasible and more or less enjoyable. A more nuanced example can be of Holocaust surviver Viktor Frankl. His core philosophy reflects his days in concenteration camps. It is unbelievable that how can a person navigate a reason for living even during such distress. Not only he survived but became an eminent philosopher. He is credited as founder of logotherapy. In his book Man's Search for Meaning, underlines that primary human drive is not pleasure or power but the pursuit of meaning. It corroborates our theory that a strong and reasonable purpose can keep us working. We cannot negate that the world is diverse and unique. One can have a negative or wrongful purpose that may or may not have unexpected consequences. In this regard, Adolf Hitler was a learned men inspired by great personalities like Herbert Spencer and Charles Darwin. It is not like that these personalities has some wrong doings but Hitler interpreted their theories in his own way. His reason to live was to create a world full of German Nordic Aryans and eliminating all other races like gypsies, romans, jews etc. He made racial hierarchy and survival of the fittest his staunch and deliberate tools to destroy those he considered undesirable. In this case Hitler faced serious repurcussions of his action. Therefore wrong reasons can make outcomes and processes unbearable to an individual.

Sometimes a right intent and purpose cannot yield a desired result or more explicitly can have a negative outcome. Consider the case of J. Robert Oppenheimer. One might have already forgotten him in race of nuclear arm race. We came to know or remembered him due to a recent movie. J. Robert Oppenheimer is famous for serving as director of Mahatten project earning him the title of "father of Atomic bomb". He saw and designed the first of nuclear weapon He might have created his project in light of scientific advancement or security but no one can ignore that his work caused immediate death of over 100,000 people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In the climax of the movie we can see Einstein and him talking, though authenticity of such dialogue remains vague. Oppenheimer asks Einstein if he recalls when they worried a chain reaction from bomb might destroy the world and Einstein remembers that. He (Oppenheimer) replies "I believe we did". This turns into the fact that on some point of life Oppenheimer may have felt what he has done is wrong. His whole purpose was wrong. Moreover, his reason led to some long lasting aches in his life. Next question of utmost importance is how to have a purpose? Is it innate? or we develop it throughout the course of life. Earlier we have discussed about universal reason for living i.e salvation. It is a long term phenomenon and our day to day activities may require us to change are perceptions and behave in a certain manner. Hector Garcia and Francesc Miralles wrote a book "Ikigai" based on Japanese secret to a long and Happy life". This remains relevant for the development of a "why to live". Ikigai means a "a reason for being". It combines iki (to live) and gai (reason or worth). It is based on a town in Japan i.e Okinawa which have majority of centenarians. It says purpose or reason to live at the intersection of what you love doing, what are your talents, what the world needs and what you are paid for. This not only makes life bearable but full of happiness and liveliness. At last one must work hard towards the purpose they look for living. Every one takes birth and die, some are recognised and some are not but one should never die with the guilt that they didn't worked for their purpose. Everyone should be like Asta, having a strong unbeatable will to live.

We cannot negate that the world is diverse and unique. One can have a negative or wrongful purpose that may or may not have unexpected consequences. In this regard, Adolf Hitler was a learned men inspired by great personalities like Herbert Spencer and Charles Darwin. It is not like that these personalities has some wrong doings but Hitler interpreted their theories in his own way. His reason to live was to create a world full of German Nordic Aryans and eliminating all other races like gypsies, romans, jews etc. He made racial hierarchy and survival of the fittest his staunch and deliberate tools to destroy those he considered undesirable. In this case Hitler faced serious repurcussions of his action.