Eat to live, but do not live to eat.

                                                            

                                                  Eat to live, but do not live to eat

            “Eat to live, but do not live to eat” means that in order to survive, people need to eat; however, the purpose of our life is not to eat, but things far more meaningful and essential. Men are born not to enjoy, but to fight for their life and pursue their dreams.  

            People could no more know the meaning of their life by only eating than they could see the Sonoran Desert by rafting down the Colorado. Taking Stephen Hawking as an illustration. Stephen Hawking, a great physicist and author, caught a motor neuron disease when he was in Cambridge University. The disease soon progressed, paralyzing his body. What’s more, he needed a speech generating device to speak. Under such terrible condition, Hawking was thought by most of his colleagues that his life would end soon, not to mention his academic ability; whereas, so indomitable was Hawking that not only did he survive but he also contributed substantially to the physics world, recognized as the greatest physicist after Einstein. On the one hand, food is a major part in Hawking’s life because it is important for him to get as much nutrition as he can from food. On the other hand, despite severe pain and inconvenience, Hawking did not give up his academic researching; instead, he fought harder to achieve his dreams. He did not make any excuse to give up his research. As Hawking pointed out, “we should seek the greatest value of our action.” The greatest value in his life, to me, is definitely physics, rather than food. From Hawking, a man who needs food more eagerly than normal people do, still regards physics, not eating, the most critical element in his life. In consequence, we should fight for real values in our life.

            Created for a divine purpose, men need to spare no efforts to explore the possibility, excitement and variety in their life. At meanwhile, men are supported by food to fight. We cannot deny the fact that food is one of the most essential parts in our life. Without food, ideologies crumble and life crash. However, this does not mean that men are created to eat. Remember, food is only one indispensable element; there are still bunches of other critical issues we have to do everyday, such as doing academic assignment or making friends. Generally, man has a destiny with his creator---he was not just born to enjoy food.