Reasons to Live

1) love
2) the future is so much brighter
3) friends
4) seeing others smile
5) to fulfill my dreams
6) to watch the sunset over the ocean
7) not only to love, but to feel loved
8) to dream
9) to achieve dreams
10) to learn something from the hardships, and make tomorrow better due to it
11) to have your toes in the mud on a warm summer day
12) to laugh
13) to experience new things, may it be travels, may it be dancing under the moon.
14) to feel the sun
15) to take the time to sit and watch ants
16) to lie in the grass
17) to hear the crash of waves
18) to hug and be hugged
19) to make a child smile
20) to eat a piece of chocolate
21) to hear a moving piece of music
22) to meet a kindred spirit
23) to show others that life can change and get better
24) to write love on your arms
25) baby siblings. they'll need you and look up to you
26) God (with love, honor, hope, and appreciation)
27) hope
28) my family, Friends old and new
29) laughter (even with just myself)
30) music listening, composing
31) writing
32) rainy days, breezes, fresh air, green, blue, puddles (the sounds of water)
33) computers
34) art and dA
35) colors (the more the better)
36) food (eat to live, not live to eat)
37) experiencing the new and different
38) learning, improving (any way I can)
39) tomorrow
40) nature
41) stories and movies
42) ocean, lakes, rivers, streams, waterfalls
43) long hot showers (relaxes the pain away)
44) sleep and dreams (soft, comforting, peaceful)
45) rides in the country (as passenger, with camera, excited, enraptured, not alone)
46) cats and dogs, horses, birds, lizards, turtles, frogs, fish (to keep or observe)
47) to smile
48) to have a chance to fulfill and outdo your potential
49) to give your self a chance to make some one else smile, laugh, or enjoy your company so that they in turn are glad to be alive
50) to do something crazy and be able to talk about it years later, and laugh about it
51) to be able to look back years later and be glad you stuck around
52) as long as you're alive things can be changed for the better
53) someone out there wants you alive, I know we do
54) blowing/popping bubbles
55) walking your dog
56) laughing
57) rainbows
58) dancing in the rain
59) cookies
60) the smell of baking cookies
61) the sensation of being alive has no other comparison
62) if you're dead, there's no guaranteed what's waiting for you, if you're alive, your situation can change for the better
63) everyone has the right to pursue happiness
64) the smell of flowers
65) air
66) books
67) gmh stories
68) kisses
69) cuddling
70) holding hands with the person you love
71) hugs
72) watching the sunset/sunrise/moon with someone
73) splashing in the waves at the beach
74) getting/eating ice cream
75) your pet
76) teddy bears
77) stuffed animals
78) you're a person with a life to lead
79) death would be a waste of time,
80) cheese with crackers on a sunny afternoon,
81) life's just one big adventure you never want to cut short,
82) staying up until one am chatting with your friends about boys/girls
83) hope for the future
84) hate will eventually stop and I can help it finish its journey
85) fruit
86) music, whether it be making, listening, writing, or dancing to it,
87) my family, related by blood, by God, by love, or all three,
88) learning something new every day, even if it's something silly
89) dancing
90) there's so much more to do and find, to learn and see, to feel and love
91) to find beauty in the simple things
92) to dance in the rain
93) to laugh until you cry
94) to smile at the memories
95) to wish on shooting stars
96) early mornings with a warm cup of coffee
97) chocolate and movie afternoons with best friends
98) wonderful books still unread
99) music
100) because whoever you are, when you are gone someone will miss you
101) there is always more to learn
102) making others smile
103) to create art
104) children
105) to help others, even if you didn't mean to at the time
106) to make a change
107) to sit under the aurora borealis and hear it sparkle.
108) to experience midnight sun
109) we're going to die anyway, why do it quicker?
110) to see tears of joy
111) to be able to see an orange moon
112) to feel the crunch of red-auburn leaves underneath your feet in the first weeks of autumn
113) to wake up to that first... awesome cup'o coffee
114) to feel that crisp night breeze when you sit up at night... then feel refreshed
115) to laugh and cry with friends
116) to write
117) to see a tomorrow made better by today
118) for Hope
119) because I can
120) to apologize for stupid mistakes
121) to enjoy every single moment with friends
122) to become a better person/artist
123) to travel and see the world
124) to make the world a better place for everyone
125) siblings
126) pets
127) art
128) the sound of sing birds
129) family
130) a beautiful view outside a window
131) to be able to make some one feel special
132) to help people
133) fulfill goals
134) dreams
135) for my significant others
136) to create inspiring art
137) to learn and nurture my culture
138) to grow and become an even better and understanding person
139) to eat red delicious strawberries
140) to smell green bell peppers
141) to keep my loved ones happy
142) to use my experiences to help make the world a better place to live
143) to make one laugh even at their saddest times
144) to appreciate how giving and compassionate strangers can be to those in need
145) to make memories
146) to show everyone, no matter how many times you make fun of me or put me down, I will survive and my dreams will come true.
147) to wake up to a text message from the person you love the most in the entire world
148) knowing that as soon as I'm 18 I can go anywhere, be anyone, and do anything I want
149) watching rain drops slide down windows when it storms
150) playing in the snow for hours, then drinking hot chocolate
151) for friends that aren't just great to hang out with, but will hug you while your sobbing your eyes out and never let you down. ever.
152) inspiring other people who didn't think they could live
153) music
154) beautiful Art
155) to contribute to something amazing
156) to make a difference
157) unexpected packages in the mail
158) blankets
159) presents under the Christmas tree
160) nail polish
161) trying new things
162) making crafts
163) Mexican food
164) movies
165) buying books
166) shaved ice
167) to be happy
168) so that I can lie awake at night and be so glad i'm part of everything
169) laughing until some kind of beverage comes up your nose
170) seeing others smile
171) my family, Friends old and new
172) colors
173) learning, improving
174) sleep and dreams
175) to smile
176) to give your self a chance to make some one else smile, laugh, or enjoy your company so that they in turn are glad to be alive!
177) my dad needs me
178) even though a loved on died, it doesn't give me the right to die with them
179) hope
180) the smell of dewy grass in the morning
181) to understand and be understood
182) to show people the good things they can't see in themselves
183) to learn new things
184) curiosity about tomorrow
185) because I still have so much I want to do
186) to prove that I am strong enough to survive through it all
187) to see the upcoming Harry potter movie
188) to prove to the world that I am strong and I can survive
189) because there is someone out there who loves me
190) to experience. every sadness, every happiness; every emotion and every indescribable feeling in the world
191) how would I accomplish all of my dreams if I died?
192) to have children
193) for my boyfriend/girlfriend
194) for my best friend
195) my mom
196) to always be a friend
197) to speak for those who cannot (ie: animals and babies)
198) to stand up for those who can't stand up for themselves
199) to protect
200) to leave my footprint on the world
201) to show others that I can do it
202) to help make others dreams come true along with my own
203) to show that you can start from scratch and still be something amazing
204) to inspire others
205) to see the end of something that's gone on forever
206) to fight for what's right
207) to find love
208) to find happiness
209) Chinese food
210) to finally finish transitioning
211) to spite everyone who hates me
212) to listen to the pitter-patter of rain on the window
213) to have a scent of freshly fallen rain after the storm
214) to watch rainbows form in the daylight
215) to find shapes in fluffy clouds
216) to take the time to watch a flower grow
217) to live in a life of art and music
218) to find your other half
219) to smell old books
220) to walk in a young forest
221) to admire something or someone
222) to turn yourself into a role model, and to meet your own role model
223) to be able to sit back in an old chair when you're eighty years old and smile about the past
224) to know you are a survivor of something
225) to live with integrity
226) to be able to grow on your skills and teach them to others
227) to laugh and sing about the world
228) to live the dream
229) to continue having hopes and ambitions and work for them to live on
230) to be able to sit back and laugh at yourself
231) to literally wake up and smell the roses
232) for the ones who say they care,
233) to hold onto other people as they hold onto me
234) because the future is only a few heartbeats away
235) to follow my path to God
236) my thoughts
237) my sounds
238) my fragrance
239) my visions
240) my tastings
241) my touchings
242) their smiles
243) their tears.
244) their answers
245) your confusions
246) your wonderments
247) our longings
248) our testaments
249) to create things and make my dreams into reality before I leave this world
250) to leave memories and dreams behind for others to experience and remember me by
251) to tell your story
252) to be a living memory
253) to make beautiful music together with others
254) I've seen what death does to a family, friends. And I don't want to make my family and friends feel that.
255) to see the end of some shows
256) one mewling stray at my back door
257) to be there for someone else
258) to see the new generation
259) to meet my idols
260) to see the world
261) to dig your feet into the warm sand
262) to help others get through
263) to learn
264) to laugh
265) hugging stuffed toys
266) watching movies
267) waking up next to my spouse, hitting the alarm & snuggling close for just a few minutes more
268) the people you love
269) the people that love you
270) feeling the breeze on your skin
271) to be loved
272) petting a very fat cat
273) to obsess continuously and have something always on your mind.
274) sex
275) to go on dA.
276) to meet new people who could brighten up your life
277) to make a discovery no one else has ever made
278) to be recognized for doing something spectacular
279) to discover a hidden talent
280) to turn some one else's life around when it seems un-repairable
281) coming up with stupid nicknames with your friends
282) to have an obsession
283) to get your acceptance letter from Hogwarts
284) the scent of thawing soil as the snow melts for every spring
285) finding a list of reasons to live
286) toasted marshmallows
287) fire roasted hot dogs
288) camp fires
289) curling up with a bowl of chicken soup when you get sick
290) eating an apple you picked from a tree
291) baby bunnies
292) cats clinging to screen doors
293) puppies running into screen doors because they don't understand the concept of it opening and closing yet
294) to watch a baby try a lemon for the first time
295) birthdays
296) long car rides to nowhere in particular
297) the first swim of summer
298) cupcakes
299) chocolate covered strawberries
300) home made rice krispie treats
301) because the feeling of standing on a hill in a gale is the best in the world.
302) to watch the sun go down but know that it's always daylight somewhere.
303) water fights in the middle of winter.
304) staring at the moon for hours with your friends
305) to find where you belong
306) to pursue your passion
307) to catch fireflies
308) to inspire others
309) to invent new things
310) to do or see things never seen or done before
311) to kiss in the rain
312) meet a new person
313) make a new friend
314) taste a new fruit
315) discover a passion
316) perpetrate hijinks
317) to change the world
318) to fulfill others and your expectations
319) to do nothing while doing everything you want
320) being the one person that can only be you
321) to learn by consequence
322) to misspell little words
323) to sneak that extra piece of cheesecake when you think your partners not looking
324) to make the mistakes we all make and then learn from them
325) to laugh at yourself for being such a dork
326) to see the dawn rise then pass out because you waited all night for that stupid sun
327) the sound of the heartbeat of your beloved one
328) to dream
329) to draw
330) to hear the wind
331) to look into the sky
332) gaming
333) to inspire
334) fantasizing
335) cheering people up
336) to know one day it will be over and be motivated to make the best of it and be happy
337) to see your child smile
338) to find out what happens next
339) my favorite books that haven't been written yet
340) who would feed and cuddle the cat
341) so I can become a crazy old lady/gentleman who shakes things up
342) to eat different kinds of candy.
343) to experience the pure bliss that is ice cream.
344) the twinkling city at night.
345) the magic and beauty of a road full of green stop lights
346) the big, fat orange moon
347) the first snowfall of the season
348) getting new hair cuts
349) good movies that make me feel or think
350) bad movies that make me laugh
351) butterflies
352) thunderstorms
353) that brief moment when your eyes lock with a beautiful stranger's glance
354) orgasms
355) my little brother
356) so that my future children will be born.
357) to live as much so that when I finally do leave this Earth, I can't say I missed out on anything
358) because so many can't
359) because 32Gs of music isn't enough
360) those little smiles in-between dealing with the stress of falling in love
361) because dancing in the rain is really fun
362) cussing in foreign languages
363) late nights and early mornings
364) living it up while I'm going down
365) saying random lyrics to complete thoughts
366) thinking in terms of music
367) there are a lot of instruments out their, gotta learn them all
368) learning every line to your favorite movie
369) giggling
370) saying "Period" at the end of a sentence just because
371) speaking in third person to annoy your best friend
372) respect
373) knowing I have God, and He has me
374) flirting with everyone, not worry about gender, race, politics, or anything else
375) being me and no one else
376) to tell someone you love them
377) to hug your parents
378) to laugh until it hurts
379) to change the world
380) to change yourself
381) to help others find their reason to live
382) to see how far technology goes
383) to one day live on the moon
384) to see a shooting star
385) to make someone's wishes come true
386) to dream crazy things, and laugh at how silly they are
387) to find a way to get taller
388) to learn how to fly
389) to go to the movies with your best friend
390) to cry on your best friend's should
391) to be someone's shoulder to cry on
392) to hide under your blanket when it is cold
393) to share a cup of tea with your mom
394) to hold your mom's hand when she is scared
395) to tell your children about your childhood
396) to discover a new species
397) to finally invent something
398) to find the quote that sums up who you are
399) to finger paint with your children
400) to cry at your graduation
401) to take pictures of every moment
402) to realize that every moment is beautiful
403) to forgive someone
404) to hold someone and never let go
405) to dance as if no one is watching
406) to stay up all night long
407) to experience the greatest moment of your life
408) to break a bone and have your cast signed
409) to meet a celebrity
410) to marry the man/woman of your dreams
411) to take chances
412) to initiate a first kiss
413) mosh pits
414) the feeling you get when you listen to a new CD for the first time
415) waiting up to download an album as soon as it's released
416) standing in the cold after gigs to meet your heroes
417) to watch the stars all night
418) to create a purpose of your own
419) to feel sand in between your toes
420) give support to those artists in need who don't have enough inspiration to motivate themselves
421) to paint my bedroom floor.
422) to tell the stories stuffed animals can't
423) to drink hot espresso and watch the sunrise on a cold morning
424) to support others and know they'll be their to support you
425) to spend the evening dancing into the night not realizing that morning has already
426) to laugh so hard that you cry
427) to explore and learn
428) to talk with friends until the early hours of the morning while eating ice cream out of the carton
429) to see others joy and happiness
430) inside jokes
431) my extremely adorable boyfriend/girlfriend
432) really weird, hilarious parents
433) my amazing best friends
434) promises
435) stranger's smiles
436) laughing until you can't breathe
437) music
438) photography
439) God, Jesus, Holy Spirit
440) hickeys
441) late night talks with my mom
442) kisses in the rain
443) paper
444) candy
445) memories
446) mud pies
447) spontaneous moments
448) watching Seinfeld
449) dancing terribly
450) songs that describe your life
451) knowing the difference between morning and afternoon light
452) traditions
453) leaf fights
454) festivals
455) making fast friends with a random stranger
456) watching scary movies
457) thunderstorms
458) lipstick and eyeliner
459) mirrors
460) breathing kisses
461) funny faces
462) answered prayers
463) secret handshakes
464) photo albums
465) roasting marshmallows on candles
466) sleeping with my cat in my arms
467) that's what she said jokes
468) realizations
469) ironic moments
470) Youtube videos
471) getting to the age where you wish you were a kid instead of wishing you were grown up
472) realizing that you really are beautiful
473) spinning
474) the phrase "Whatever..."
475) having your parents apologize to you
476) looking forward to my wedding and hoping it's sooner than planned
477) waiting to meet my future children
478) buying gifts for people
479) driving late at night
480) laughing attacks at inappropriate times
481) concerts
482) the sense of pride you feel after you accomplish something by yourself
483) realizing how many things there are to live for once I started writing them down
484) and wanting to find out more
485) help others
486) to prove to my sweetheart, who is an Army veteran, that there are still people out there who care about our troops
487) make people laugh
488) dance in the rain
489) play with children and teach them to be good people so that maybe they'll change the world
490) to look into your child's eyes and see them stare at you with a special kind of admiration and love that only they can show
491) to learn more of life's lessons, even if you think you know them all
492) to revel in the comfort of surprise and unexpected joy that someone has sent your way just to brighten up your day
493) to taste December snowflakes
494) dancing so close you can hear their heartbeats
495) for someone amazing who deserves to "sleep" with me.
496) to speak for the trees, for they have no tongues.
497) to find Mr. Or Ms. Right
498) to see my babies, see them happy, hear them laugh
499) see the amazing things in life, but they're not the seven wonders
500) to be woken up with kisses
501) to really truly be in love, and not have to worry about the pain
502) to see the swimsuit edition of Playboy
503) to learn to pole dance
504) so I can finally have my tango
505) to spend the one chance you get... right
506) because I am loved, because I love
507) my empty canvas which are ready to be painted as my future. You make your future, you make your life, you paint them in the empty canvas
508) poetry
509) the rush of nervous excitement
510) oddly perceptive comments
511) the split-second feeling that someone understands you
512) irony
513) curiosity
514) pretending to be Batman
515) August
516) change
517) to have a moment/memory
518) to make a moment/memory
519) the morning cups of coffee and how it tastes different every time
520) to discover brilliant ideas
521) to make a stranger a friend
522) laughing so hard you fall holding your sides
523) to get arrested for some mischief you did
524) to cry and just let it go
525) my friends
526) my love
527) my refrigerator magnets
528) my messenger bag
529) to get my first pair of glasses
530) new socks
531) new chucks
532) to just be
533) photo bombing
534) to answer anyone who asks what are the reasons to live
535) to be an adventurer
536) to see great things and people
537)the smell of new books
538) the anticipation of everything
539) to piss my mother off (i love you mom).
540) to annoy my older sibling
541) to fall in love the first time
542) to get my heart broken so i could put it back together
543) to ask what if and have the answer
544) to be with her
545) to be with him
546) for holding hands
547) for gay pride
548) for the tears that are worth it
549) for the fireworks.
550) for curly fries and the calories with it
551) to chase cars
552) to every first in life
553) to have no regrets
554) to run through the corridors like you're crazy because of some dare and laugh about it
555) to confessions
556) to new releases
557) for resident evil
558) to sing silly camp songs
559)to skinny dip
560) to fall asleep in his/her arms
561) to listen to the melody of the wind in the trees on a summer's day
562) to swim in the sea in a thunderstorm
563) to stay up all night talking to him/her
564) to fall asleep on web cam to him/her late at night/to watch him/her fall asleep on web cam late at night
565) for giggling girly sleepovers
566) for popcorn
567) for being hyper on fizzy pop
568) for cuddly toys
569) for pets
570) to eat pretzels with my mom at the mall during Christmastime
571) to conquer hardships
572) to pursue Palaeontology
573) to care for my pets
574) to create something new
575) to please
576) to do something you believe in
577) prove to others who try to get you down with lies that they are wrong
578) find that "one" person
579) find the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow
580) ride down a rainbow
581) for silent hill
582) to be yourself
583) live every day like its your last
584) to be there when your friends need you the most and just for the hell of it
585) to live every day like it's your last
586) to achieve your goals
587) to make promises
588) to love the world
589) to wonder how you got so lucky
590) to waste time
591) to forgive
592) to be forgiven
593) to tell the truth
594) to stop and smell the flowers
595) to see your friends smile
596) to make strangers happy
597) to work for the things you believe in
598) sucking helium from balloons and having a cartoon voice
599) shark week
600) to be held
601) to laugh
602) to finally get my license
603) my baby and husband
604) to have the baby we will make in the future
605) our house project to be finished
606) to one day go to college
607) to live long enough to embarrass your children and spoil your grandchildren
608) to see the world
609) to see the pyramids
610) to see the Eiffel tower
611) to visit Ireland
612) to hear someone say "galoshes"
613) to feel the wind through my hair
614) the wonderful sensation of a hot shower after a long day
615) to learn to play violin or any of the other instruments I love
616) to learn to paint like I would like to
617) I wouldn't see my family or anyone I love ever again
618) I would never get together the nerve to stand up to my mother and tell her what I really want.
619) to make new friends or laugh and cry with old ones
620) I would never hear my favourite music again
621) to dance like a complete fool when nobody's looking
622) to grow my hair to my ankles, so that I can braid it for a bit and not worry about anything else for a little while
623) my cat would miss me, and I could never run my fingers through his soft, rabbit-like fur again.
624) I wouldn't feel the reassuring shape and the smooth surface of a 2B pencil as I sketched along some lines of my imagination's creation  
625) because life is too short already, so I want to live all of it, the good and bad, so I may do everything I've ever wanted to
626) because of you, someone's life is saved just by looking at your face
627) to build snowmen in winter.
628) to move your neighbours' snowmen around their gardens while unobserved and laugh when your neighbours get confused
629) things will get better in time, so be patient with yourself
630) for the next Stargate/Star Trek movies
631) to get my doctorate and get an excellent job
632) because the end will come when it comes, not before
633) for the utterly quiet calm moment
634) to see the sun
635) to walk through a greenhouse and smell the life in the air
636) to watch the reflections of cars in puddles on rainy days
637) to climb trees
638) to show this list to people who need to see it
639) making grilled cheese with an iron (on the cotton setting) and ironing board
640) my friends, 'cause what would i do without them?
641) to see night turn into day
642) to see another day
643) to see surprises
644) to be happy
645) to help others
646) for the next Stargate/Star Trek movies
647) to get my doctorate and get an excellent job
648) because the end will come when it comes, not before
649) help others realize how much they mean to us
650) puddle jumping
651) for passion
652) for this face
653) there's always a reason to live
654) to name a star
655) to be the first to dip into a jar of peanut butter
659) to experience love at first sight
660) to kiss during fourth of July fireworks
661) to set off fireworks
662) to be kissed on midnight of the new year
663) to survive 2012!
664) to read Harry Potter
665) the wind in your hair
666) riding a motorcycle
667) to experience things we wouldn't be able to if we died
668) to learn to love the thing around us
669) to try to bring everyone together in harmony
670) to keep others happy, because if we die we surely make someone if not a lot of people sad
671) just to experience living
672) to discover the unknown
673) to help a cause
674) to spread the word
675) to bake wish cookies
676) help others realize how much they mean to us
677) to make people laugh
678) to sing God's praises in every note you play
679) for the many fandoms
680) to finally find peace of mind
681) for my best friend, who would also take her life if I had
682) to become an author, because I know I can someday
683) for my boyfriend, who would take his own life if I had
684) to help kids who feel the same way I do now
685) icees
686) that someday I'll be loved by that one special person
687) to drink an ice capp in the shower
688) to watch a child pet a dog for the first time
689) pie
690) to listen to the nutcracker suite
691) to give an unexpected hug
692) to pay love forward
693) to get an unexpected hug
694) to see people smile
695) to inspire, and be inspired
696) to know that someone looks up to you
697) to overcome your fears, and the freeing feeling that comes with it
698) to be absurd
699) to see two cats that normally hate each other asleep on a bed together, not fighting at all
700) to do something crazy when everyone's watching, and not get embarrassed
701) for fireworks
702) to get married
703) to have kids
704) to wake up and feel the nice warm sun
705) to go sledding (and have hot cocoa)
706) you won't disappoint family/friends when they find you're dead
707) to learn a new instrument
708) silence in all its forms
709) a new book is written every day
710) to save a life
711) to dance
712) to be the best version of yourself you can
713) to imagine
714) to aspire to make a change
715) to make a change
716) to believe
717) to be the one who survived, even when no one thought you would.
718) to hear your favourite band play live
719) to see the new release of your favourite band/show/comics/books/manga/anime/game
720) so you can prove people wrong
721) so you can find out who you really are
722) to change the world
723) to live for my brother
724) to watch my children get married and have little children of their own.
725) to donate an outrageous amount of money to charities
726) seeing the joy on kids faces when you purposely run a race slowly to let them win
727) to draw inappropriate things in window fog
728) to fall asleep in front of a crackling fire
729) to send and receive handwritten letters
730) for the feeling when someone holds your hand
731) for a taste of pizza
732) for a taste of steak
733) to do crazy stuff you've always wanted to do
734) to form a conga line
735) to Dance the Macarena
736) to save the earth by forming more carbon dioxide for plants
737) to hear your baby giggle for the first time, and every time afterwards
738) scented Candles
739) Christmas and everything surrounding it
740) road trips
741) spontaneous sing-alongs
742) family traditions
743) sex
744) so that you know, without a doubt, that you can endure
745) to watch enough sunsets to know the best colours come after the sun has fully dipped below the horizon
746) cozy quilts
747) for that bit of cake you get at the bottom of a parfait after you've already eaten all the cream, fruit and chocolate
748) favourite childhood story books
749) to prove to yourself that you can do something
750) to laugh at\about the smallest or strangest things
751) to protect your loved ones
752) to laugh at the expressions your pet gives you when you are down
753) to tell your crush that you like them and hear those words back
754) your first kiss
755) achieve New Year's revolutions