To chase dreams.[145]
To live one's dreams.[146]
To spend it for something that will outlast it.[147]
To matter: to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all.[147]
To expand one's potential in life.[146]
To become the person you've always wanted to be.[148]
To become the best version of yourself.[149]
To seek happiness[150][151] and flourish.[3]
To be a true authentic human being.[152]
To be able to put the whole of oneself into one's feelings, one's work, one's beliefs.[147]
To follow or submit to our destiny.[153][154][155]
To achieve eudaimonia,[156] a flourishing of human spirit.
To achieve biological perfection
To survive,[157] that is, to live as long as possible,[158] including pursuit of immortality (through scientific means).[159]
To live forever[159] or die trying.[160]
To evolve.[161]
To replicate, to reproduce.[145] "The 'dream' of every cell is to become two cells."[162][163][164][165]
To seek wisdom and knowledge
To expand one's perception of the world.[146]
To follow the clues and walk out the exit.[166]
To learn as many things as possible in life.[167]
To know as much as possible about as many things as possible.[168]
To seek wisdom and knowledge and to tame the mind, as to avoid suffering caused by ignorance and find happiness.[169]
To face our fears and accept the lessons life offers us.[153]
To find the meaning or purpose of life.[170][171]
To find a reason to live.[172]
To resolve the imbalance of the mind by understanding the nature of reality.[173]
To do good, to do the right thing
To leave the world as a better place than you found it.[145]
To do your best to leave every situation better than you found it.[145]
To benefit others.[6]
To give more than you take.[145]
To end suffering.[174][175][176]
To create equality.[177][178][179]
To challenge oppression.[180]
To distribute wealth.[181][182]
To be generous.[183][184]
To contribute to the well-being and spirit of others.[185][186]
To help others,[3][184] to help one another.[187]
To take every chance to help another while on your journey here.[145]
To be creative and innovative.[185]
To forgive.[145]
To accept and forgive human flaws.[188][189]
To be emotionally sincere.[147]
To be responsible.[147]
To be honorable.[147]
To seek peace.[147]
Dante and Beatrice see God as a point of light surrounded by angels; from Gustave Doré's illustrations for the
Meanings relating to religion
To reach the highest heaven and be at the heart of the Divine.[190]
To have a pure soul and experience God.[147]
To understand the mystery of God.[153]
To know or attain union with God.[191][192]
To know oneself, know others, and know the will of heaven.[193]
To love something bigger, greater, and beyond ourselves, something we did not create or have the power to create, something intangible and made holy by our very belief in it.[145]
To love God[191] and all of his creations.[194]
To glorify God by enjoying him forever.[195]
To
