Definition of the word beautiful: (From Websters dictionary)

Adjective

1. Delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration; "a beautiful child"; "beautiful country"; "a beautiful painting"; "a beautiful theory"; "a beautiful party".
2. Aesthetically pleasing.
3. (of weather) highly enjoyable; "what a beautiful day".

I believe that the longer one lives, the more beautiful his life becomes. The simple reason for this is that the longer one lives, the more experience he would have had gained in life. He would have met more people, gone through more circumstances, been through more ordeals and come out a stronger, wiser man enjoying all that life has to give not repeating his past mistakes.

As one goes through life, he would inevitably have to go through many obstacles. Be it in his school life, workplace or relationships, he would have found difficulties in these various aspects. One would ask then how does that make his life more beautiful? The answer is that having been through these problems, he would have learnt how to solve them, coming out as a wiser man. This makes his life more beautiful because for the rest of it he would not make the same mistakes again and even if he faced similar problems, he would know how to tackle them, thus saving himself from the previous hurts. This would make his life later on much more pleasant and enjoyable, in other words more beautiful.

Living longer also means that one grows older. As a person grows older, he might feel that time is running out. Thus, he would want to make sure that he enjoys his remaining years. He would slow down and take things as they come, not getting upset easily by everyday circumstances. This would then allow him to see how beautiful even the simplest things are. Perhaps in his past, he used to be so busy that he did not even have the time to watch the sunset. As he grows older, maybe he would have retired and found time to watch the sunset, enjoying how beautiful it is. Even though the sunset is such a simple everyday affair, he would realise how beautiful it is and be happy.

Some might oppose and say that living longer does not make life more beautiful, and in fact hurts more people. They might feel that having lived longer, one would be jaded by the world having been through so much. But i beg to differ. Living a long life is a priviledge that one must learn to embrace. No doubt living longer also means encountering more problems but it is through these problems that we learn and grow. Life becomes so much more meaningful and beautiful.

Thus I stand by that fact that as one lives longer, the more beautiful life becomes.

Done by: Charmain Loy

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