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Existence and Choice

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Existence, existentialism and existential crisis are some of the words that we hear being thrown around casually. It is not often that we stop to think about what those terms mean or what it means to exist. When it comes to existentialism, we are all certain of one thing (hopefully) that is the fact that we exist. A lot of times we would have encountered situations where we feel completely lost and we feel a sense of isolation or meaninglessness. That is precisely what existentialism says, the world itself is not meaningful but we as individuals have the capacity to shape the world around us to derive a purpose or meaning. Everything that we do in our daily life is relevant only because we have chosen to assign that significance to it. We as human beings have all the freedom to do as we please which is starkly evident in what we have done to the world. Choice is what determines who we truly are. We choose to study, read, eat, wear only certain things, all of which contributes to a m