What's the meaning of life???: If you could eliminate one emotion in the world, would you? Which one? Why?

If you could eliminate one emotion in the world, would you? Which one? Why?

If you could eliminate one emotion in the world, would you? Which one? Why?

If I could eliminate one emotion in the world, I would eliminate sadness from this world as without sadness, everyone will be happy with what they have. There will be peace and no wars, there will not be fightings over small matter. People will not cry over spilled milk and get on with life.

There was once where I did very badly for Mathematics in primary school and I almost wanted to give up on everything, thinking to myself "Why bother working so hard where you are not rewarded for your hardwork?" However, my friends came and consoled me telling me to work harder for the next test and everything will be fine. I was convinced and so I tried really hard to improve my Mathematics and fortunately, I get a satisfactory grade and was quite happy with myself.

If there was no sadness in the world, I would most probably forget all about the Mathematics test and get on with life, and to try to do better in the next test. However, others can argue that if we do not have sadness in the world and I did not felt sad for my mathematics test at that time, I might not make the effort of doing well in my next mathematics test and achieve the result I wanted. Although, there is two sides to the story, I still prefer to not have sadness in the world as I want to life my life fill with happiness and not sadness. With happiness, I will feel great, feel the drive to do well in everything in life.

Furthermore, without sadness, there will be no war as every country is happy for what resources they have. They will not be brutal killing, there will not be people who are homeless due to wars and everyone will live peacefully. There will not be people committing crimes and of course the world will be a better place to live in without sadness.

However, in competitions, if everyone is happy with whatever results they have, there will not be any competitions at all. No one will try to get the first position and no one will be determined to work hard and achieve the best result they can. Therefore, people will get lazier and lazier and this is the side effect of not having sadness in the world.

In conclusion, too much of everything is no good we must take things in moderation. To choose between a world full of sadness to a world full of happiness, I will choose a world filled with happiness.

2 comments:

Chua Ming Hao said...: Yo Marcus, just read your post about eliminating sadness from this world. Yes, arguably, without sadness there would be a better world. But have you though about it this way: Sadness is a factor which makes us grow on the inside, meaning that you mature. When you feel sad from the pain of loss, you mature and learn how to deal with it. It is what differenciates the children from the adults, when you learn to deal with the sadness and pain within. Even when sadness is erased from this world, with greed and jealousy and anger, there would still be wars, it's just that the pain of loss and sadness cannot be felt. This is how I feel.; July 6, 2009 at 5:09 PM
Marcus Ong Kee Hui said...: I know that sadness can makes us grow on the inside that is why i said that there is two sides to the story, but I prefer a world without sadness. That is how i feel.; July 7, 2009 at 7:15 PM

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If you could eliminate one emotion in the world, would you? Which one? Why?

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