226 thoughts on “Weapon of Choice”

• Princess Leah Banoy
  Act 184
  I believe that Life has no meaning to begin with, and it is us who has the meaning and bring it to life. Life is what we want and ascribe it to be. And as we express or communicate ourselves, we also expose who we are which then will show how we live our lives. But what will happen if we can’t properly communicate or express ourselves? Or we can, but they can’t apprehend it for some reasons? Life, your purpose in life will be lost, will be nothing, useless and purposeless. People are created for others, it could be for others’ betterment, joy and happiness or completeness, it may not be your purpose, but it is part of your nature as a human, to be part of someone else’s life. Communicating is not as simple as you think. It is done through so many various and complex ways where you need to be smart and careful enough to understand. Different meanings can be derived from it but it doesn’t always mean that that’s it. People are intricate, some are deep, some are shallow, others are open minded, but others are close and having your thoughts or your personalities expressed will be nothing if the other party doesn’t really comprehend it. The problem doesn’t mainly lie on the medium of communication you are using, but rather to the willingness of the other person to listen and fathom your message where understanding plays some roles in doing your purpose in life, in living your life and turning it to something you want it to be.
  And as of the moment, I am still not sure of how I am going to put meaning to my life, my real and specific purpose is still unknown and still hard to figure out. But one thing is for sure, I will be living my life with profound love and happiness, doing things I know will be good not just for myself but for all the people around me. Living life is beyond being successful, having your own family and achieving your dreams. I believe that Life is about happiness, and real happiness comes from knowing God and God wants all of us to be good, to be useful, honorable, and compassionate, and to have it make some difference that we have lived and lived well. This may sounds like my purpose in life was in lined with my religion and it could really be. John 14:6 “I am the way, the Truth and the Life”. God is life, and through him, you will be able to walk the path with guide, unconditional love, and support towards the life He wants you to have, and that life will be the best. Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you, Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future”.
  Our lives are not given just to live it up. It is given for a purpose. It is like a given opportunity for you to experience sadness and happiness, failures and success, challenges and solutions. These make up who you are as a person. Have you ever wondered why people in this world are different and life is unfair? It maybe because, you exist to do something about it and be handy, it could be you or anyone else but I think this could be the purpose of our lives, through the small yet great things we can do, it is our role to bring change, and make this world a better place.

• A) Based on the article there will be violence if miscommunication happen this imply the significance of language in producing quality relation and avoiding conflicts. This article show that sometimes in life it is hard to admit that you are being overwhelmed as a result you turn in to rampage to get out in a certain situation, the author also stated that you don’t need to shout in order for you to be heard,you don’t need to be aggressive to be dominant, that sometimes being silent is being powerful.

  B) My life was basically aligned with my beleive for I know that everything that happen to be is all in the plan of my GOD and I believe that all the things I achieved was given by my God, therfore I know that I am living my life in right way, don’t get me wrong I faced a big challenges in my life, I failed so many times but for me it doesn’t mean that my God is dead nor my God do not exist things challenges of mine only strengthen my believe that my GOD he will help me in the perfect time and he is only giving me this problems for me to become strong as I wrestled with this cruel world.

  The core of my life as a human being is my believe for this so called believe will always be your personality, it also my standard in how I live,how I dressed, and the things that I will not do. The believe that a person is a big factor in building his/her whole personality.

• Amparo, Marilou Mae E.
  ACT183
  The meaning of life was hindered by miscommunication. Like what the one line in the article said ” If someone is unable to hear, they can still communicate.  If someone is unable to see, or speak, they can still communicate.  ”  We can still communicate even not using any word but because of miscommunication the message we want to tell can be misinterprete by someone and cause a trouble. Because sometimes our meaning of life is different to others.
  As of this time I think my purpose in this life is to guve happiness to my family specially to my parents, because as their child for me it is my obligation to give back to them for all the love and care the gave to me. And to be a blessing or a  lesson to someone’s life. Yeah it is aligned with my religious belief. Because we are created with a purpose in this unfair world its either we are a blessing or just a lesson.

• A) Based on what I read in the article is there will be clearly had violence and misunderstandings if there are miscommunications happened. And this targets and simplifies the true essence of communication on how it affects people and it’s beneficiaries. But we can still communicate by means of silence, by doing things through actions. Always remember that ” Actions speaks louder than words”, you can prove to anyone that communicating isn’t always verbally and visually done by everyone else. There will always Misinterpretation when silence takes place, for example sometimes people might think you’re not approachable or had bad impressions, but the truth is you’re just silent and unable to communicate to them or you’re an introvert and they don’t know what you’re going through. What matters the most is it’s not the type of medium of communication is being used or portraited, but the willingness and dedication of the listener to understand what you truly are saying.

  B) From this stage of my life, I might say that I Didn’t know when or where my life is headed, but I had dreams and ambitions in life, but from now I believe in God the father, I believe that if I do my part, he will take over and provide. All the things that I achieved are given by my God. Just believe in him and pray for him, call out its name when you need him, and he will bless you with all his heart. I know that he will never abandon me whenever I messed up things, I commit sins, or rejected him when I’m down. As long as you are willing to change for the better because he is our father and we are his sons and daughters, he is the first one who will accept us on who we are and understand us and embrace us to his kingdom. I don’t know where my faith in God take me, but I promise it will be a rollercoaster ride, there are ups and downs I might encounter that will bring flavor and spice to my life. But in the end, there is a pot of gold where I’m headed and that symbolizes Success.

• “If someone is unable to hear, they can still communicate. If someone is unable to see, or speak, they can still communicate. The only time people are not able to communicate is if they are afraid, or unwilling.”

  I think, what the essay wants to say about the meaning of life when communication is hindered is that if we keep our mouths in silence, if our messages unexpressed, and stay on the blindsight, there will be no meaning in our lives. Even if we all speak with different languages, even if we can’t see or hear, if we are all unwilling, it will be just like what the author said, “Silence can be golden just as silence can be deafening.”

  As of now, I haven’t really found my purpose yet in my life. For me, our purpose changes as we enter new chapters in our lives. And right now, my purpose is to do all my responsibilities as a college student and be a good daughter to my parents. But, I think, no one knows what really our purpose is, until they have come to the point that everything just feels right.

  I feel that my purpose in life right now is aligned in my religious beliefs because I feel that God wants me to do well on my responsibilities, in my studies, and to be a good daughter. I feel that God brought me here in Manila to study college, to reach my dreams and to achieve my goals for the future. I feel that God wants me to be motivated for all the failures I felt in the last terms as well as the achievements I’ve received and to do better. And I will be more willing and honored to fulfill my purpose as His own child.

• ACT186
  A.) Language barrier commonly separate people because of having miscommunication. In this article, it is stated that If you are screaming Aramaic at someone who doesn’t comprehend the language, it doesn’t really matter how insightful you are. Which means, if you are going to tell someone your own meaning of life, they would not understand and worst, they will not appreciate. But, if someone is really committed or really wants to know what you are saying they have the chance to learn the language you are using. Moreover, The meaning of life either good or bad became unknown when someone does not understand you. For me, it is better because if you are in need to shout your problems out to lessen the hard feelings you are having, you can benefit in this language barrier as they did not understand you have the gut to tell your problems out especially when you are not into telling your problems.

  B.) As of now, I’m still confuse with my purpose. but for now, if I’m going to analyze things, I think my purpose is to help. First to my family, I think I am created to give this man and woman (my father and mother) a beautiful life in God’s perfect time. I think my purpose is to give and provide things that they haven’t experienced in their life. and that would be very fulfilling for me. Second, to help people. Helping for me doesn’t always mean giving them financial needs. For me, I help what I can do or I can provide. Sometimes, I feel very sad and depressed because I feel that I’am not appreciated and I feel that I am being abused because I help and help and help and they we’re not helping me back. Until, I realized that, maybe, that was my purpose or what if that was my purpose? What if I stop? But in everything I do, I let God lead it.

  If this is my purpose, I will be really happy as it was inclined with my religious beliefs. As I believe to how good is our Jesus Christ, I know he will be happy for me and for these people if I will continue and strive to do and provide these things. This is in accordance to his will and as long as I hurt no one, I know I still follow him and I’m still inclined in what I believe and what I believe is God’s words.

  Believing in God’s words is the greatest way you can have to do and accomplish the purpose of my or your life; in good and right way.

• As to what I’ve read, if there is a barrier or miscommunication in the meaning of life, the people may not be able to express themselves to others. They tend to shout or yell just to make them understandable in the eyes of society. As I understand the point of the article, being loud is not the answer to express yourself in other people. Silence, is the key to make them understand you. First, everybody must learn to close their eyes, reflect and talk to Him about your life. That’s the first step to know yourself better than before. “Silence can be golden just as silence can be deafening.” This sentence retained in my mind as I’ve read the article because this summarized the main point of it. Which is; being noisy is not the good way to make them understand you, instead, we must learn to be silent to know ourselves first, before understanding others’ lives.

  Yes, my answer will forever be yes as long as I live. For every morning that He wakes me, it is a blessing for myself and for my family. Being one of His children, I live because of my family. I strive hard to stand up in my everyday life for them. Each day, all of the things I do is for them. We have a strong bond due to our strong faith to Him, that’s why since I was a child, I already know my purpose that He gave to me. It is to be a good loving only daughter for my parents. He gave me as a single blessing to them that they cherish so much. Hence, I must make the most out of it. As a goal oriented lady, my main purpose in life as of now is to finish my studies to pay back my parents of what they deserve for loving me. I want to make them feel relaxed for the past years they’ve worked hard for me. My another purpose is to make them feel proud. Not just for my academic awards but for just being their daughter as a good role model to everyone. As I also have this purpose that if He would give me a chance to be the game changer of today’s generation, I would not hesitate to grab it. It is a great opportunity because through me, I could change the reality better for my fellow youth and future generations. As I breathe 24/7,I always swear to Him that no matter how the challenges may shake my heart and soul, at the end of the day, I’ll still be His soft-hearted daughter that will never get tired to hold His hand.

  Claudette Ann C. Manalo
  ACT 181

• ACT186

  A.) Communication is very important tool that makes people unite for the common good but then again, there will always barriers and hindrances that would make people minsunderstand the message you are trying to convey. Sometimes in life, even if how much you try to express yourself to people, they will not believe in you. That’s why, sometimes silence is the only way to keep yourself out of trouble. As what the author said, “Yelling louder isn’t going to help.” Let people wonder about you if you are not open to talk to them. Less talk, less mistakes because life would be meaningless if you talk too much without sense. In order to be meaningful, then speak up the truth and fight for what you believed in according to your choice of action and the situation.

  B.) As of now, my purpose in life is to cherish every moment with my loved ones and to study hard to pay back the sacrifices and efforts of my parents for letting me study in a good university. I think, my purpose in life is aligned to my religious belief because I always consider the presence of God in making my decisions in life. I always trust in Him and I believe that all of my endeavors will be successful in His will.

• Dela Rosa, Ashley Nhicollete G.
  ACT184

  Life is hindered by language barrier or miscommunication.

  Communication is an essential part of our day to day lives. We use it in almost everything we do. Although effective communication does not guarantee success, its absence usually assures problems. Good communication skills are mutual respect skills. Ideally, each person will show respect for the other as well as respect for self. You show respect for the other person by listening fully and demonstrating that you “get” what that person means; and you respect yourself when you assert or “give” your own legitimate self-interest without aggression. To have a complete communication, each person must both “get” and “give.”

  Purpose in life? This question is hard to answer but some argue that our purpose is to find happiness. Others say our purpose is to love others, to become the best version of ourselves, or to follow God’s will. Still others say there is no purpose to life at all. I believe that our lives do have a purpose, and that the clues are all around us in plain view. You can’t miss them. Our purpose is so deeply imbedded in our culture that we easily overlook it or take it for granted.

  Psalm 57:2 says, “I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills his purpose for me.” This is key in understanding God’s purpose for your life. God has numbered your days and will fulfill every purpose He has for you.

  In one sense, you are always living in God’s purpose. God is God and He works all things, including your life, according to his purposes. Nothing can happen without God ordaining it.

  Our choices and actions also really matter. In some ways, this is a mystery we can’t fully understand, but that doesn’t mean it’s not true. We can choose to do things that will bring us more joy and give us more of a sense of purpose. That’s where we’re headed in this post. We want to help you identify those choices you can make to bring more excitement and God-given purpose into your life.

  But you can trust God to lead you where he wants you to go. As Psalm 23:2-3 says, “He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.”

• ACT 181
  A. What is the meaning of life?, In general it pertains to the significance of living or existence. As for what the article is all about, it tells us that if the meaning of life is hindered by language barrier or miscommunication there will be no unity and peace at all. There will be no understanding, because there is someone out there who were afraid to express his/ her feelings the way he/she wanted. Some may be always express silent and the meaning of will be meaningless when there is no communication or understanding.

  B. As of this moment, my purpose in life is to be a good daughter and a good friend. It is align to my religious belief because according to God, honor your mother and your father. I will always honor my parents because they are the one who made me possible to live in this world, even though we were not that rich to have the things we want in our life, still we manage to be happy in all the things that we have. If I were given a chance to change my parents, I will never do that because they are the best parents that i will have i love them very much. I am studying hard for me to able to give them the best life that I can give to be able to return all the sacrifices they have given to me. I thank God that he open my mind in such belief.

• A. Life loses its meaning when misunderstanding and miscommunication happen. Even we shout out loud to express our own thoughts, but people couldn’t understand us, still it is useless. Action speaks louder than words. We can’t just communicate verbally, but we need to act to says it all. The article mentioned that, “If someone is unable to hear, they can still communicate.  If someone is unable to see, or speak, they can still communicate.  The only time people are not able to communicate is if they are afraid, or unwilling.” This means that it is really our choice if we want to communicate with others. There are a lot of different ways if we really want to. We should open our mind and heart for this. Sometimes, we should be the one to do a certain action, and not rely to the other people. We can’t just stand there and wait for someone who will be the first to communicate with us.

  B. Every individual has a different outlook on the purpose of life. But right now, my purpose in life is to do what God wants me to do. Yes, it is related to my religious belief because I believe that God has a plan for me. I believe that He created all that we know, and that He is the actual purpose of our lives. But of course, I’m not just relying on that. Faith without action is dead (James 2:26). I should still live my life but according to His plan. I should still do some certain actions to fullfill my purpose in this world. My purpose is to live my life in the fullest, to be contented for all that I have, setting Jesus as the center of it all.

• CATALAN, JUSTINE – ACT186
  Last year, I have been faithful in serving God in every way I can. I have peers of friends helping me in knowing God and seeking for His forgiveness. Anything I do was all for His name. My family and friends have always been there to support in everything I do. I have graduated with honors, passed the University’s examination, and I have been able to apply and passed the scholarship as well.

  It was a surreal moment last year. Delighted with everything I need the most, my family is in a good state, my life is in coordination with Him. Not until this year…

  College years came… I thought it would be easy just like my Senior High days. I am confident with my course. I’m not doubting my capabilities. My minors went well, it was almost perfect but to compare with my majors, heck it was hell. Maybe because I’m not seeking Him anymore. I’m not asking for his forgiveness through prayers. I’m not thanking him for the life he gave everyday. The blessings he has given us for our family. I was turned into a bad child I thought I could never be.

  Right now, I do not what is my actual purpose. I do not know what’s for me. I am lost inside. There’s no light to guide me. Oh God, why did I do to deserve you? Our communication was lost. This must’ve been the reason I am desperate to have you back in my heart again. Lord God, I may always lose hope through your trials but let me find your light once again.

• Act181

  A.
  According to what the author wants to convey on his essay, the meaning in life is not highly appreciated even though you really understand it lesson if there’s a miscommunication between the two parties and if there’s a language barrier between the talker and the listener. Not everyone can speak and understand each languages we have in this world. If you talk on a foreign language in Philippines such as Dutch or Cantonese. Someone could understand it in a very small probability through self- learning but with a very long span of time until it’s true meaning will lost beyond. No matter how meaningful and insightful your words are, if the one you are speaking to can’t comprehend, digest or unwilling to hear your words, then you are just wasting your time.

  B.
  As I was typing this, I came up with a purpose which is related to my religion and belief.

  I’m not a very devoted catholic which likes to go on every famous churches and do a devotion on few saints such as Nazareno. I am a girl that has a very big faith and passion about going on our municipality catholic church every Sunday and what I think my purpose on this matter is about obeying those ten commandments and always seeking guidance and mercy from Him as well as giving back all the blessings that I’ve got. I know that all the nice things that I have here has nothing to do on my wealth in Heaven.

  It’s about proving how the words of God is working in my life and how I manage to fight those bad ideas and make good deeds to contribute love, peace and kindness in this world.

• John Rey Dungca ACT 184
  According to the article that I’ve read communication barrier can cause violence imagine you are communicating with other people and you don’t know what or you don’t know what are they saying. There will be a misunderstanding between the two communicators the message will not be delivered clearly and

• John Rey Dungca ACT 184
  According to the article that I’ve read communication barrier can cause violence imagine you are communicating with other people and you don’t know what or you don’t know what are they saying. There will be a misunderstanding between the two communicators the message will not be delivered clearly and The meaning of life is different from the other people we all have different kind of perspective in life.

  I think my purpose in life is to serve others. To use me as a instrument to help others since I was in highschool many of my classmates ask favor to me and as the time goes by I can’t say no to others favor so I pray and I realized that my purpose is tor help and serve other people.

• A.
  Communication is deeply connected with our existence, it is an important part of it. One cannot live a life without communication. It is so hard and suffocating if we are not allowed to talk for a long time. In our personal life we need to communicate in order to deal with life concerns and problems. Communication helps us to understand others, it helps us express our feelings and ideas. Some people may not be able to express what they want so for them to be understood by others they shout or yell. Being loud is not the best way in expressing ourselves maybe others would misunderstood it. Sometimes we just need to be silent to be understood by others. It’s not important on how you communicate the most important thing is that how you understand and interpret it. Communication is the key to success.

  B.
  “God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well. ”
  -Voltaire
  For me, yes my purpose in life is in line with my religious belief because I am here now with a purpose and because of Him. He gave me this life for my family and friends, I am here to serve my family and give them a good life in future. I am here to make my friends happy whenever they are sad and in need. I am here to help others and give back the blessings that I have received from Him. Everyone of us has our own purposes in our life, everything we do has a purpose. He gave me this life because He has a plan for me, he gave me this chance to live because He knows that I can get through whatever problems may come into my life.

  ACT186

• Jacklyn Mapalo ACT186
  Life is so meaningful and one of the component to make life meaningful is communication, communication is always the key, so languange barrier and miscommunication will be a hindrance in our life because we always need to express what we want and what we need for us to survive and also interacting is needed for us to live, and miscommunication or worst killing communication can kill one another due to frustration, communication is a great weapon of life so we need to use it properly and meaningfully.

  Being alive is a great blessing from the above, and we are alive because we have purpose here in earth, and my purpose is to live great live my life to the fullest, live in accordance to the will of God, live to give lesson to others, my purpose is align with my religion because I’m living in the will of God and I’m doing my goal with the teachings of God.

• I. First of all, the meaning of life for me might be different from other people. The meaning of life for me is something that people create. You will never know the meaning of life until you yourself found it. What happens to the meaning of life when miscommunication occur is that, people might tend to do things based on their own understanding without even listening to people around them. Just like what a line in essay stated above, you cannot force someone to listen to what you are trying to tell them unless they want to.
  II. I always believe that one of the hardest question to answer is what is my purpose in life. I am still in the process of identifying what I want, what I need to do, what I want to be and the purpose why I am living. As of the moment, the purpose that I see in my life is somewhat related to my religion which is Roman Catholic. From what I see and believe, the purpose of my life is to do things in accordance to God’s will. I want to be someone who portrays what a child of God should be. I train myself to do things that will bring good results to others while not compromising myself.

• We are given our lives in this world because we have a purpose, one of it is to share what we have inside us to the world and to the people around us. We may not know our purposes yet but we can know it little by little by the experiences we have shared with others. That is why communication is very essential in our lives. Without communication, our lives will be useless. It will also cause chaos because of miscommunication and it will definitely cause trouble because of misinterpretations. We reakly can’t express ourselves and we will never find our purpose in life or find the true meaning of life. Communication will always be present, as what the author have stated, even we can’t see, hear or touch, we can still communicate. It only depends on the person you are talking to. It only depends on their WILLINGNESS to communicate with you. In where communication will help us hear each other but with willingness we can be able to listen and understand on another.
  As of the moment, it might seems that my purpose in life is to make my parents proud. But, I’m not really sure because I know I still haven’t find it. But I know that God is guiding me in every turning pages of my life. I know I will be happy to what the end game will be. I still doesn’t have the perfect relationship with God but I know that He is the source of everything and that He created me and given this life to me because I have a purpose. For now, I’ll try to live my life merrily and do good things that will please God.
  ACT 184
  Erika Yvette Lopez

• We are given our lives in this world because we have a purpose, one of it is to share what we have inside us to the world and to the people around us. We may not know our purposes yet but we can know it little by little by the experiences we have shared with others. That is why communication is very essential in our lives. Without communication, our lives will be useless. It will also cause chaos because of miscommunication and it will definitely cause trouble because of misinterpretations. We reakly can’t express ourselves and we will never find our purpose in life or find the true meaning of life. Communication will always be present, as what the author have stated, even we can’t see, hear or touch, we can still communicate. It only depends on the person you are talking to. It only depends on their WILLINGNESS to communicate with you. In where communication will help us hear each other but with willingness we can be able to listen and understand on another.

  As of the moment, it might seems that my purpose in life is to make my parents proud. But, I’m not really sure because I know I still haven’t find it. But I know that God is guiding me in every turning pages of my life. I know I will be happy to what the end game will be. I still doesn’t have the perfect relationship with God but I know that He is the source of everything and that He created me and given this life to me because I have a purpose. For now, I’ll try to live my life merrily and do good things that will please God.
  ACT 184

• We are given our lives in this world because we have a purpose, one of it is to share what we have inside us to the world and to the people around us. We may not know our purposes yet but we can know it little by little by the experiences we have shared with others. That is why communication is very essential in our lives. Without communication, our lives will be useless. It will also cause chaos because of miscommunication and it will definitely cause trouble because of misinterpretations. We reakly can’t express ourselves and we will never find our purpose in life or find the true meaning of life. Communication will always be present, as what the author have stated, even we can’t see, hear or touch, we can still communicate. It only depends on the person you are talking to. It only depends on their WILLINGNESS to communicate with you. In where communication will help us hear each other but with willingness we can be able to listen and understand on another.
  As of the moment, it might seems that my purpose in life is to make my parents proud. But, I’m not really sure because I know I still haven’t find it. But I know that God is guiding me in every turning pages of my life. I know I will be happy to what the end game will be. I still doesn’t have the perfect relationship with God but I know that He is the source of everything and that He created me and given this life to me because I have a purpose. For now, I’ll try to live my life merrily and do good things that will please God.
  ACT 184
  Erika Yvette Lopez

• “If someone is unable to hear, they can still communicate. If someone is unable to see or speek, they can still communicate. The only time people are not able to communicate is if they are afraid, or unwilling.” This quotation means that in our world, communication is really important specially in today’s generation because communication is one way that can help us to improve our social communication tp others even though you can’t see, speak or see you can still communicate in your own way, theres always a way in every situation we have. There are some people that are shy, afraid or unwilling to communicate because they are not that good when it comes to communicating and I think this problems is one of the reason why they are being misunderstand by some people sometimes because they are afraid to face the reality. I think if the meaning of life is being hindered by language barrier or miscommunication all of us don’t also understand ourselves and what’s going on or what’s happening now. Communciation is really important to us and using our phone or social media accounts we can communicate to our family or friends even though we are not with them. It can help us to understand and know on what’s happening in everything so I suggest to those people who are afraid or unwilling to communicate to try sometimes to be brave and be sociable to others because sometimes being someone who nothing to talk to can lead to depression. Also, of you have friends that are depress itbis important to talk to them and that’s simple way can form communication to understand what’s the important of our life.

  As of this moment actually I don’t know what is the purpose of my life but I believe that everything happen in this world have a reason and only God who know about that reason and our only need is to have our trust with him. I am not that religious person but I think it is aligned with my religious belief because honestly sometimes I come to the point that I think if God is really true or not but in the end I end up on still trusting and have faith on him no matter what. I trust him because he is the only one who know what may happen to us in the future and what is the purpose of our life in this world. If I have given a chance to see what may happpen to me in the future maybe I will not going to look at it. Why? Because honestly I don’t know, I know it has a lot of benefit for us to be ready but for me I want to take things slowly and as I said I believe that no matter what happen only God know why that thing is happening and I know there’s always a reason in everything we only need is have strong faith on him no matter what challenges or problems may come to us.

  -ACT 185

• According to the article, life will be hard if there’s miscommunication or language barrier but it didn’t directly state that the meaning of your life will vanish that easy. Your life will depend on how you’ll live it. Yes, communication is part of everyone’s life and it would be really hard if you’re not expressing yourself in any way. If you chose to live in silent, and you’re cool with it; that’s fine. You, choosing a life that is not loud and not palsy-walsy could be your way of telling others that you chose to live that way. That’s communication already. Silence is sometimes as loud as what loud is. Your purpose and meaning of life won’t change if you chose to live in a way you wanted it. For me, your purpose will vanish if you chose not to fulfill your purpose in life. It’s you who can tell and it’s you who will decide. Purpose is not given by you, it’s given by God. Purpose is different from ambitions. Your purpose in life won’t change that easy just because of miscommunication and so the meaning of your life.

  As of this moment, my purpose in life is to know Jesus and make Jesus known. The Great Commission. I knew who Jesus really is when I was 13 and from that point, I already perceived my purpose is life. Yes, it is aligned with my religious belief as a Christian. Our church is an evangelical one and so we focused on evangelism and discipleship. I was baptized the same year I was invited in church. Yes, just months ago after going into some coaching and trainings. I became a volunteer for our ushering team until I became a moderator which does some hosting, transitions and giving. I don’t know how it’s called by others but yeah, I do preach. As our church is known for “Love God; Love Others” or “Honor God and Make Disciples”, I know I’d prolly be known as someone that is honoring God and making Him known.

  Kevin Aldrin De Guzman, ACT184.

• We are given our lives in this world because we have a purpose, one of it is to share what we have inside us to the world and to the people around us. We may not know our purposes yet but we can know it little by little by the experiences we have shared with others. That is why communication is very essential in our lives. Without communication, our lives will be useless. It will also cause chaos because of miscommunication and it will definitely cause trouble because of misinterpretations. We reakly can’t express ourselves and we will never find our purpose in life or find the true meaning of life. Communication will always be present, as what the author have stated, even we can’t see, hear or touch, we can still communicate. It only depends on the person you are talking to. It only depends on their WILLINGNESS to communicate with you. In where communication will help us hear each other but with willingness we can be able to listen and understand on another.
  As of the moment, it might seems that my purpose in life is to make my parents proud. But, I’m not really sure because I know I still haven’t find it. But I know that God is guiding me in every turning pages of my life. I know I will be happy to what the end game will be. I still doesn’t have the perfect relationship with God but I know that He is the source of everything and that He created me and given this life to me because I have a purpose. For now, I’ll try to live my life merrily and do good things that will please God.
  ACT 184
  Erika Yvette Lopez

• We are given our lives in this world because we have a purpose, one of it is to share what we have inside us to the world and to the people around us. We may not know our purposes yet but we can know it little by little by the experiences we have shared with others. That is why communication is very essential in our lives. Without communication, our lives will be useless. It will also cause chaos because of miscommunication and it will definitely cause trouble because of misinterpretations. We reakly can’t express ourselves and we will never find our purpose in life or find the true meaning of life. Communication will always be present, as what the author have stated, even we can’t see, hear or touch, we can still communicate. It only depends on the person you are talking to. It only depends on their WILLINGNESS to communicate with you. In where communication will help us hear each other but with willingness we can be able to listen and understand on another.
  As of the moment, it might seems that my purpose in life is to make my parents proud. But, I’m not really sure because I know I still haven’t find it. But I know that God is guiding me in every turning pages of my life. I know I will be happy to what the end game will be. I still doesn’t have the perfect relationship with God but I know that He is the source of everything and that He created me and given this life to me because I have a purpose. For now, I’ll try to live my life merrily and do good things that will please God.
  ACT 184
  Erika Yvette Lopez

• ,We are given our lives in this world because we have a purpose, one of it is to share what we have inside us to the world and to the people around us. We may not know our purposes yet but we can know it little by little by the experiences we have shared with others. That is why communication is very essential in our lives. Without communication, our lives will be useless. It will also cause chaos because of miscommunication and it will definitely cause trouble because of misinterpretations. We reakly can’t express ourselves and we will never find our purpose in life or find the true meaning of life. Communication will always be present, as what the author have stated, even we can’t see, hear or touch, we can still communicate. It only depends on the person you are talking to. It only depends on their WILLINGNESS to communicate with you. In where communication will help us hear each other but with willingness we can be able to listen and understand on another.
  As of the moment, it might seems that my purpose in life is to make my parents proud. But, I’m not really sure because I know I still haven’t find it. But I know that God is guiding me in every turning pages of my life. I know I will be happy to what the end game will be. I still doesn’t have the perfect relationship with God but I know that He is the source of everything and that He created me and given this life to me because I have a purpose. For now, I’ll try to live my life merrily and do good things that will please God.
  ACT 184
  Erika Yvette Lopez

• Life is beautiful but not always easy, it has problems too, and the challenge lies in facing them with courage and believing that everything happens for a reason and has meaning.The life given by god has a very special meaning but not everyone understand life because of the challenges and adversity that they encounter in midst of their lives. Sometimes, miscommunication hinders the understanding of someone to the meaning of their life. “It’s said that a wise person learns from his mistakes. A wiser one learns from others’ mistakes. But the wisest person of all learns from others’s successes.” which can also mean that through communication, one person can find the purpose of his life if there would be people who are willing to speak out the things that they learned to help and if he or she is willing to listen, learn, and practice what is must. Communication can vary in different ways and the best kind of communication for me is the one felt by the heart willing to touch someone’s life to clearly help him or her to find the meaning of life because it doesn’t matter if one can’t hear or see as long as there would be someone to calmly show him that every life has a purpose and meaning. One can never understand life if people around him will only drag him down and shout to him that he is a failure. Miscommunication can bring people to frustration and depression questioning the existence of their life.

  The purpose of my life is based on my religious belief because on the day that I clearly understand how God works in my life I surrendered my life by letting go my pen for him to hold and use it because I let him be the author of the story of my life. I have goals and dreams in my life but the purpose of my life is to live the life that God wants me to live every single day. I know that I am not perfect and I make mistakes but I learned to value life more than enjoying it and regreting things. Most of them might say that I’m a boring person because I don’t cuss, I don’t drink alcohol, I don’t hang out late at night and I don’t conform with the doings of the people around me. They might think that I’m unhappy and I’m not enjoying my life but the reality is I love myself for being like this because this kind of life makes me happy. Someone told me that I am being a “kill joy” person but to be honest I’m just doing what I know God wants me to be. My days and nights will never be complete without me thanking God for everything. He is the reason of my life because without him, maybe I have took my life before for having unreasonable situations that happens to me. He saved me from all the hatred that I felt and from the depression that I experienced. He was the only one whom I can talk to when everybody seem to turn back on me. I learned to appreciate how he tried to make me realized everything by the words I hear from the mouths of the people he used to remind me that my life has a purpose and that is to live with real happiness even without conforming with the known trends today. I have my own plans for my future and I am preparing myself for a bigger world when I reach my adult stage and everything that I planned is everything that I always pray to God. For me, My life became more meaningful because I knew someone who will walk with me even in the darkest part of my life.

  Princess Marie Juan ACT184

• ERICKA V. DUEÑAS
  ACT 182

  A. The meaning of life will be chaotic when miscommunication happen. There will not be any atmosphere of cooperation, fun sharing and helping each other in difficult times. Simply because when people is unwilling to understand what we are saying and can’t comprehend or digest our words,
  no matter what we do, still it’s useless.
  The article mentioned that, “If someone is unable to hear, they can still communicate.  If someone is unable to see, or speak, they can still communicate.  The only time people are not able to communicate is if they are afraid, or unwilling.” This means that it is our choice if we want to communicate with others or not. If we will choose to open our mind and ears to digest their words or we will just sit there and waste their time in talking and talking and talking.

  B. Yes, my purpose in life is aligned with my religion and belief. And as a person who have a big faith in God, I believe my purpose in life is to make a difference in others lives. We each decide what we believe our purposes in life are weather it be to make a difference like I want or something different. What we each do has a purpose whether it is positive or negative, everything happens for a reason. Some you can control and others you can not. It my not always seem right or fair but not everything is, that’s life.

  For those that you can control, I want to end by reminding everyone

  “You get what you put in and people get what they deserve” – Only God Knows Why, By: Kidd Rock.

• Life is nothing without the communication because I believe that it serve as the part of our daily life. As what I’ve read in the article If there’s a hindrance of language barrier or miscommunication in meaning of life, it may cause trouble because you are trying to express yourself but no one or nothing can understand you. Of cour it will led to shouting and being angry while talking, sometimes we are carried way and our emotions are triggered as ourself. People are or person is shouting because he/she wants to understand the people who surround him/her or our society but in the article it says that sometimes being loud or screaming is not the only option to answer or ubderstand yourself, sometimes being silence is just the key or path to understand you by the people. Just like what article author said “Feeling powerless to watch someone you care about self-destruct is not easy, but sometimes it’s the only option you have.” We can understand them by only hearing and comprehend them even though they are deaf, mute, or unable to see. Let’s here them and let them express theirselves because if we disagreeing to them or unable to hear them it will led in silence because they are afraid or unwilling to express theirelf because of judgmental society. I believe on what author said that “Silence can be golden just as silence can be deafening.”

  In this moment, after reading the article entitle weapon of choice I realized that my purpose right at this time is to live your life to the fullest, just live and be my self, let express myself to the judgemental society. But don’t let anyone controlled or manipulate you. I think my purpose is aligned or base on my religion because from the beginning of my life, when I am still a new born baby my religion is one who influence me and guide me through the years, through my adulting, and through my experience. Start with the christening, confession, communion and confirmation. It affects my daily life, my purpose in life because without my religion I think I am nothing. Without God in my life I am nothing in this world. Even though I am not deaf, mute or unable to see I think I am nothing. I think will not know my purpose in this world and I can’t live without HIM without my religion. And I am proud to be Roman Catholic.

• ACT 181
  a) Based on the context of the essay, what happens with the meaning of life is hindered by language barrier or miscommunication?
  When the meaning of life is hindered by language barrier or miscommunication there will be no meaning at all. It simply means that communication is very important. It is the main ingredient for us to understand each other. But in the article it said that “If someone is unable to hear, they can still communicate. If someone is unable to see, or speak, they can still communicate. The only time people are not able to communicate is if they are afraid, or unwilling.” and this paragraph communication is always there but people uses it doesn’t have knowledge to properly do it and afraid on risking to do it. That’s what the problem, people doesn’t want to go outside to their comfort zone and language barrier and miscommunication happens.

  b) As of this moment, what is your purpose in life? Is it aligned with your religious belief? If yes, how and if no, why not? (15pts)
  My purpose in life is to lived with good values and morals. To achieved my dreams and be happy. To not hurt other people but to lived with what God’s plan. It is aligned with my religious belief. My religion is Roman Catholic it is just and right to follow what Lord because I know that I serve him and his words. He was it commandments so I lived with it. And its my learning on reading bible and studying in school. I am fully aware that living my life is for him, and I gladly accepting because I know that he is the reason why I am in this world. Making memories with this will help me to go to heaven where will I live my eternal life. I am thankful that I’m living with his word and living my life meaningful.

• ACT 181
  We all know that communication is very essential for it helps each one to understand others. We have different perspective in life. We see things differently and that made us having a miscommunication and a language barrier.

  In life we don’t need to hear nor speak because the only thing we need is to take courage, feel and understand them and I think that is the real meaning of life. We don’t need to shout nor yell just for them to hear what we want to say because loudness cannot solve everything and sometimes the only solution is being silent. Many people misinterpret those things, what they don’t know is that they tried enough but they know that whatever they will do, nothing will change and all they can do is watch and learn something from it.

  Life is a matter and a weapon of choice. It will either be your sword or a weapon to kill you but whatever it is, we should know that we have to be responsible. We are the one who have the power as to how our life goes.

  I think my main purpose in life is to serve God. In addition is to give happiness, and understand what other people feels. We all know that He made us to serve Him with all our life. We are just passing by in this world and we cannot avoid to experience a lot of things that will test our faith but those things will strengthen our faith. I believe that respecting others belief, doing good things and willing and open to learn something from others shows that it is aligned with my religious belief.

• Versola Christian O.
  ACT 183

  Communication is very important for us now a days. There are instances that we might encounter when we communicate to other people like language barriers and miscommunication.  When the meaning of life is hindered by language barrier and miscommunication based on the context is people can’t express there thoughts and feelings that they want to communicate or express. Meaning in life is like your purpose in life here in this world. You can’t do your purpose when there is a barrier and a miscommunication. It’s hard for people to express themselves and fulfill their purpose. And because of that people cannot go or move forward. Sometimes, the hindrances may lead us to not fullfill our meaning in life or purpose in life. Don’t be afraid to communicate and express  your thought. Being quiet is weak.

  As of this moment, my purpose in life is first, is to serve our saviour which is God, to fullfill my duties and to be a better person, to obey my parents and give back all their sacrifices on me and lastly, is to achieve all my goals in life.  Yes, my purpose in life is aligned in my religious belief. I am a Roman Catholic and it says in the bible that our first prioty or duty is to serve God. I am serving God through my faith to him. I always talk and pray over him. I always give thanks to God for all the blessings that I received. I trust Him and loved Him because He is our saviour and He’s the one who gives meaning to our life.  Everything happens for a reason because God is the writer of our book. God gives us the oppurtunity to experience the world, and to experience what is life. Live life to fullest and do what makes you happy.

• A. Based on the lines “If someone is unable to hear, they can still communicate. If someone is unable to see, or speak, they can still communicate. The only time people are not able to communicate is if they are afraid, or unwilling.” Communication doesn’t only happen when a person talks to another person. We can communicate in many ways. It is a powerful tool that can settle any problems. But when communication is hindered it can cause misunderstandings and this misunderstandings will serve as a root for other problems.

  B. I am Roman Catholic but I believe that there is no religion that is on the top of other religions. I don’t go to church every Sunday. But I believe that God exist. I have fear for him. Right now still don’t know my purpose in life. I think that my religion is the one that will show me my purpose. The thing that will lead me to my purpose in life is my belief in God and my fear for him and not my religion. Religion serves only as a guidance to become closer to God and his words.

• Life has different definition in the eyes of different people. There’s no clear definition or meaning for it. Life meaning can be answered throughout the journey in exploring the “broad” aspect of life. Language is needed for any kind of communication, and communication becomes difficult in situations where people don’t understand each other’s language. Barriers would occur, and will lead to miscommunication or misinterpretation. Not using the words that other person understands makes the communication ineffective and prevents the right message from being conveyed.

  My purpose in life is to live, love, learn, improve, and apply learnings of life that could make me a better person. My main purpose in life is to grow and learn to make myself each day a better person. What happens around me and what I experience makes up who I am today. Each of these life’s lessons make me stronger. I learn and grow from my mistakes, from challenges, from fights, from break-ups, from downfall. You name it everything around us has an effect on how we view the world and what we believe today. Psalm 57:2 says, “I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills his purpose for me.” This is key in understanding God’s purpose for our life. God has numbered our days and will fulfill every purpose he has for us. However, our choices and actions also really matter, so I fulfill each day to be a better person, with that my purpose is align on my religious belief and that is to let the will of God be my guidance on achieving my purpose in life.

  ACT 183
  Kate Angela Mae Longasa

• Life can’t be defined unless we give its true definition. A definition that came from as we share and express ourselves by communicating. And as we share and express ourselves, we are introdung what kind of life we are living. Communication is a way that ties everyone. A tool that can be used to understand each other. But what will happen when miscommunication occurs? It will definitely separate one another. Conflicts will arise, different interpretations will come. And this misunderstandings can refrain us on showing what we are really tyring to relay. It also affects what we are today and what we are tomorrow. In fact, communication is not only the problem. If we only open our hearts and listen to everyone, everything will be alright.
  As of now, I am still in the stage of getting to know more about myself, and in the stage of asking what is the real purpose of my life. But I promised myself that I will live my life to the fullest. A life that is colorful, lots of love and care, real and geniune happiness and trying things that are beyond my expectations. And living life with God is the most important. I know that my God blessed me with wisdom and knowledge to face all the challanges of world. I have God that will surely guide me until I reach the things that he wants the best for me.

• A. Based on the article, communication is the cornerstone of people’s expression and feelings. It is the key to have a good relationship in the different aspects of life. So what happens when someone shut all of the communications in his/her life? When this happens misscommunication, and eventually violence will occur. The sincerity and the quality of relations will be hindered by this because language is significant in building one’s meaning of life. The author’s said that you dont need to shout just to be heard and you don’t need to be aggressive to be dominant by this it is cleary stated that it is important to use or maintain proper language whenever we speak.

  B. As of the moment, I think my purpose in life is to make my loveones happy and very proud of me, also my purpose is to achive my goal and be a successful woman someday. I can say that my purpose in life is aligned with my religious belief, because whenever I dream or ask God to help me pursue this, I always put in my heart the He is the one who can help me and myself, is just the one who do the actions. I believe that God is the creator of all, he is the only one who can help us and he always have plans for all of us. And the onky thing that we need to do is to obey his rules. By doing this I can say that my purpose in life is aligned with my religious belief, and not only that, it is aligned with God’s plan for me and for my life.

  Yumi Nakaniwa
  Act 182

• ACT184

  Communication is as important as breathing . All things considered, breathing encourages you to endure yet correspondence will assist other individuals with surviving. The best intangible weapons are words and how you utilize those weapons are as communication . Your communication can have a great deal of effect in the general public. Tomorrow your child may come to you in the wake of confronting a major blow in their life. Your words to them matter a ton. The manner in which you convey will choose their future or further conduct. Communication can change an individual’s life in the general public thus the world.

  I am always wondering what is my purpose in living to this world. Until now, it is unclear to me but what’s clear in my mind is that as a Christian I have to obey the will for my life of my Father above. Yes, all things that happens in my life, I strongly believe that it is authorized by God.

• A) Even if we don’t have a voice to speak and we can’t hear, we could still communicate with others but the meaning of life is hindered by language barrier or miscommunication because of wrong choice of words. Sometimes, as we share our own meaning of life with others, some may be offended and some may understand it. It depends on us—people who would hear their sides since miscommunication can cause war and violence.

  B) My purpose in life is just to live with happiness since my religious belief is God just want us to be happy and share His blessings to us. If we live happily, then it’s like sharing your blessings with other people. Using your smile can put a smile on someone’s face. Also, if you are happy, you’re able to help anyone willingly because happiness can make us things we don’t usually do.

  ACT183

• A. As what I understand in the essay, to define a purpose of life is difficult of there is a language barrier and miscommunication. Personally I believe that clear communication is always needed if one person is conveying a message, for an instance talking to a person with different language one wrong accent can cause a miscommunication so how to prove a point if we can’t understand each other this may lead to some unintentional quarrel between the two parties. But maybe as what the essay also said “If someone is unable to hear, they can still communicate.  If someone is unable to see, or speak, they can still communicate.The only time people are not able to communicate is if they are afraid, or unwilling.” in some circumstances language barrier is not a problem,we don’t always need to voice out every opinion that we think just like what the essay said “the loudest messages are expressed through the stillest of silences”.

  B. We all have our different purpose in life some may say that it is to be a good citizen, some is to be a and etc. For me, honestly I don’t really know what is my purpose as of the moment, I’m still on the process of discovering why I am on earth. Even though I still don’t know my main purpose I believe that some of it are: first is to give my family an experience that life deprived them in their early age. Second, is to become a listener and adviser of my friends whenever they have problems in life. Then, last but not the least is to be an example to many that failure is not an opposite of success but a part it. I hope soon I will be able know my real purpose here.

  Joana Marie B. Recato
  ACT-181

• Thinking of having no communication really scares me, but what’s scarier is the one that is stated in the passage where “The only time people are not able to communicate is if they are afraid, or unwilling.” We can express our emotions through communication, with the tone of our voice and the facial expression that we can show. But if there is someone whose not interested with our story, then we can see it with their actions and expressions. And in that way, we can already hurt other people whose trying to communicate with us.
  Also, if someone will ask about my purpose in life, I think my purpose right now is to be happy in my life. Maybe there are times that we can encounter troubles and hardships in life, but it is satisfying to know that there is someone who continuously loving and guiding our actions and decisions in life. And if I am aligning to my religious belief, I think yes, the moment that I’m letting God to move within my life, I know that the outcome will always be good. Glory to God hihi

• What is the meaning of life if it is hindered by language barrier or miscommunication? Sometimes it can be complicated because to be able to continue in life we must continue to communicate to others to be able to understand them and ourselves. Miscommunication will lead you to do wrong and not to understand others. You can’t express what you want to say because sometimes someone can misinterpret it. It can be torture to yourself and sometimes your lost.

  My purpose in life is to be a good person that God created. Today my purpose is to be a reaponsible women and a daughter to my parents because now that I am turning 20 i can identify what is wrong and right. Also my purpose is to live my life doing good things because it is in God’s will that we should respect our parents and do not do bad things to others, sometimes it is hard to do it but as much as possible i want to do it. And also to confess my sins to God and thank Him for the blessings that He gave us.

  Act183

• Communication can build a harmonious relationship. Communication is very important in our daily lives because it is always a key for everything. It is also one of the reason why are life so meaningful but sometimes because of misunderstanding and language barrier it will be a hindrance. We can express ourselves to others by having a good interaction or communication. One of the reason why we survived in life is because of communication, in order to survived with our life problems and concern we need to interact. “If someone is unable to hear, they can still communicate. If someone is unable to see, or speak, they can still communicate. The only time people are not able to communicate is if they are afraid, or unwilling” this is one that caught my attention because it means so lot for me. They want to say that it is our choice to communicate to others without any problem. If you have a willingness o communicate even though there are some language barrier or misunderstanding you will find a way to understand each other. Also the author want to inform us that we don’t need to shout it loud in order to heard or understand them, sometimes silent is more powerful than anything. We have different meaning of life because we have our own perspective to define what is life is. But because of communication we have some insight on how they define what is life is.

  It is quite hard to know what is my purpose in life but I know that every people in this world have their own purpose and we our the only one to identify what it is. And I realized that my purpose in life is to give happiness to others. I’m a kind of person who will do his best just to make my his family, friends and even others to be happy. On time, my friend is very sad because she didn’t passed the exam so as her friend I really do my best to feel her to be happy and don’t discouraged about what happened. I feel that gives some happiness to others can reduces her/his problems. Because I do believe that happiness is one of the most powerful medicine to our sadness.

• ACT-182
  A. We begin to appreciate the true essence of life when we learn how to express what we feel inside. Communication gave us the ability to have the freedom of being self-expressive in our thoughts and feelings in many different ways. There are conditions where people don’t understand each others language. And if a person failed to decipher someone’s message for him/her, that’s the time when misunderstanding occur. The meaning of life will be hindered by this language barriers or miscommunication. By that, misapprehension and misinterpretation between people might exist and disagreement will be evident. Life is about sharing, exchanging and conveying words and messages, if it is not conveyed properly, the message will be ineffective. Therefore, the significance of life will be purposeless.

  B. Each one of us has a mission and purpose in life. We are not born to be just a mere human being, we are born with a purpose in it. God gave us the chance to prepare for a purposeful and meaningful life. As of this moment, my purpose is not just to become the best version of mysef, it’s not just about being a good citizen in my country, it’s not just about fulfulling my responsibilities and dreams, it’s not just about seeking bliss. But it is about of being a child, instrument and servant of God. By using my own transformation to change the society with good deeds, sharing his good news, following his will, and spreading the love, kindness and goodness in all ways. Growing with righteousness will definitely gives us the right direction to our lives. (1 John 4:8). He created us and gives us purpose in life because He loves us. And He wants us to learn the eternal joys of this complete and perfect love.

• Adrian Tabios ACT181 A)The article explains the importance of language and words. If there is language barrier, any idea being talked about is nonsense. Ability to speak is not a requirement for communication. Even people with speech impairments can communicate with sign language. Even silence can express feelings. Just what the song says, “you say it best when you say nothing at all”. so what is important with good communication is that we must be brave enough to express what is on our mind so that we can share our ideas to others.

  B) I wonder if there is more to life than just playing, working, raising a family, then growing old and die? As for myself, with the influence of my religion, my major purpose is to help people know God better. Having a successful secular career is also my goal to be able to support my future family but it must be balanced with my relationship to God. Wealth and fame are not my priority but to make sure the happiness of my family. Just enjoy life and make the most of this precious blessing from God.

• Karen M. Dayle
  ACT 182
  Meaning of life will be no sense if there is wrong way of communication. When there is no willing to listen to one’s voice we cannot understand what that people trying to say. Our eyes will going to be blinded by the reality that will also hindered our growth. When there is no communication, there will be no coordination and people will going to do things base on what they wanted it to be and there will be no order and everything will going to be ah mess. Also without communication there will be high chance of having misunderstanding that might cause arguments and fights.

  To be honest I don’t know yet what is really my purpose in this world. I think this is because even me, myself I still don’t know what I wanted to be for a long term purpose. I’m just doimg right know the things I supposed to be doing and I really give my everything to that thing, specifically in studying.

• Mendoza, Fatima Mae
  ACT185
  The meaning of life is hindered by language barrier or miscommunication. Like we are all have a different ways of understanding people. As what article said “If someone is unable to hear, they can still communicate. If someone is unable to see, or speak, they can still communicate”. Because it’s us how we understand people, how we guide our self to communicate to others. Understand people around you goes to along way. If you think its not uneasy to you, Say it,If you’re unsure, Ask it, If you you feel upset, Express it, in a good way. Because sometime we are so mad and we expressing our self beyond our limitation without control and you will realize that when you hurt someone with your action. Being straightforward is not bad but make it in a good way, think many times before you say.

  As this moment of my life I was unsure what is my purpose in life. Because my purpose change when life goes by. I believe in what Tony Robbins say ” The real joy in life comes from finding your true purpose and aligning it with what you do every single day. I think for now the right purpose for me is be responsible enough being a student, daughter and friend. A student to past all my subject. Responsible daughter for mom to be close more, to introduce who really I’am because I keep secrets, so that she don’t know me well. A responsible for friend because it hard for me to find my real friend so I need to be responsible for me to be valued. It aligned my religious belief because I honor my self to him every single, Cause I know that God has a perfect purpose for me so I trust him so much. Every time that no one is there to talk with I pray. I appreciate and thank God for all the blessing I have everyday.

• ACT 182

  A.

  The article conveys the reader of how miscommunication leads to violence and how life becomes meaningless because of misunderstanding. Being too emotional and loud in communicating wouldn’t let you understand someone. It takes wisdom, respect and patience to finally comprehend with what people are conveying. “If someone is unable to hear, they can still communicate. If someone is unable to see, or speak, they can still communicate. The only time people are not able to communicate is if they are afraid, or unwilling.” Indeed, it is our willingness to listen, appreciate and understand that can bring us to a better communication. We are able to express ourselves in many ways, verbally or non verbally, but it is our responsible on how we are able to deliver it rightly and with manners to prevent misinterpretation.

  B.
  I believe my purpose in life is to fulfill God’s plan over my life. More than just being an individual, I believe I am meant to achieve and experience abundance through perseverance, hardwork and help of God. I am called for greater purposes: to be successful, to express love and gratefulness and to spread the word of God. I believe I do not just exist to fulfill my dreams and be prospered but to have intimate relationship with God so as to spread the gospel and to share blessings I am receiving. All these purposes are aligned with my religious belief because ever since I became a Christian, I know that the plans of the Lord is to prosper me (Jeremiah 29:11) and though, many of the plans I have for myself, still it is God’s purpose that will prevail (Proverbs 19:21).

• Kristelle June Sandrino ACT 181

  A.) Based on the context of the essay, what happens with the meaning of life is hindered by language barrier or miscommunication? If there is a barrier or miscommunication in the meaning of life, is that the people may not be able to express themselves to others. Having the hard time to express their selves that will let them think that it was better to not say something that sometimes the frustration can be overbearing, but yelling louder isn’t gong to help. Based on the article, you don’t need to shout in order for you to be heard,you don’t need to be aggressive to be dominant, that sometimes being silent is being powerful. That in simple action or showing emotion of ours have a bigger meaning than being so aggressive and dominant to others.

  B.) As of this moment, what is your purpose in life? Is it aligned with your religious belief? If yes, how and if no, why not? My purpose in life is to be a good daughter, good friend, and a good listener to others. It is align to my religious belief because according to God, honor your mother and your father. I always honor my parents because without them I’m not here for where I am today. Maybe I can’t express how I honor them but giving back the respect and silently saying thank you for everything makes me more thankful that I have them as my parents. Working hard and finish my studies in able to give them the best gift that every parent wants to achieve for their children. I think the man up there who make me believe that I have my own purpose in life and that I don’t need to be insecure of others achievement because we’re taking different path. We don’t need to compare our beginning to others middle achievement.

• Santiago, Kimberly Ann C.
  ACT 182

  A. Based on the context of the essay, it says that communication is the foundation of expressing someone’s feeling and it also serves as their weapon to have a good relationship with other people. But if language barrier and miscommunication happens, life would be in chaos. Just for example when there is a foreigner who starts a conversation with a Filipino, it has a possibility that these two people might encounter misinterpretation because of language barrier that may lead to trouble. Likewise, in life as the article wanted to point out; people can still communicate even if they can’t speak nor hear. The only time people are not able to communicate is if they are afraid, or unwilling. On one hand, it is not just with the words. Some people retain to be in silence in order for them to think of how they will react or communicate with others.

  B. It takes time for me to realize what’s really my purpose in life. We all know that everyone has their own purpose in life and for me, as of this moment I can say that to believe in God’s will is my purpose. In connection to the challenges that I am facing right now, lots of struggles tested me in believing with His will. There are times that it feels like my life is breaking me into pieces and the only key to escape from it is to give up. But as a children of God, who believes in Him. I still rise up from the darkness of challenges and believing in myself that God has a purpose in every struggles in life and He will give me better plans. Everytime, it made me realized that it was really God’s will why do I have to feel these kind of things. It might take hundreds of time to rise up, I know that I am God’s masterpiece and He will fulfill my His purpose for me.

  “For I know the plans I have for you” declares the Lord. “Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future”

  Jeremiah 29:11

• A. As reading the said article, communication plays a vital role in our society. One cannot express himself without communicating with other people surrounding him. It is indeed an inevitable fact that communication could definitely be the reason for everyone to understand what is going on in our society. As a matter of fact, it would be so much easier to communicate with everyone around you if we, humans, know that there are barriers that we face to enlighten the word communication. To give so much meaning on how important on it. These barriers indeed block the significance of communication considering that there are almost hundreds of language that immerse as in some ways to confidently express ourselves, and to be understood. By these barriers, we almost forgot that tongues are made to help us fully understand the nature of speaking.

  B. Growing up, it has been the church that I have been looking up into on how I dedicate my life for my family and specially to the maker who made me who am I today. I was able to see the goodness and the abundance that has been overflowing in my life and by this, it has been my faith that drove me to write this answer. As time passes by, the world has been cruel in some ways, but despite of that, my faith and my belief will always be my prudence to continue life as my family supports me to be successful enough and to achieve what are the things that I have today. I think my purpose in life is to follow the path that has been made by people who also believed and achieved what they have because of their faith and the abundant life they encountered. As I take the step and faced college life, I have a goal that I am willingly and passionately striving to achieve.

  Avellaneda, Neil Bryan V.
  ACT182

• ACT186
  Everyone have the capabilities to understand each other, but miscommunication begins when someone can’t relate or don’t want to relate to your ideas. According to the Weapon of Choice, when someone are been cornered in such situation, it is our nature take a step back quietly. We can be frustrated and sometimes the best way to internalize and understand our selves is by making a barrier to your friends, because it can also make you more thoughtful about everything. When someone are sharing its idea about something, we must not push our selves to understand it, because we might not yet experience it but when time goes by we might understand it and reflect it more. Thus, meaning of life can be more complicated and unorganized, when we experience language barrier or miscommunication that led us to step back and silence ourselves, because silence might be the key to contemplate and understand ourselves more. Try to open up and make some advice to your companions and friends, because this might led your relationship and communication between yourselves more better, and also don’t hesitate to share and tell each others problem. However, always remember that we are the one who can resolve our own problems.

  As of this moment, I still finding what really my purpose in this life of mine, God have a plan for my life and I believe on that plan of his, and no matter what life takes me I will still believe that God has something good in store for me. Proverbs 11:14 says, “Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.” In other words, one of the main ways God will help you find your purpose is through others. Today, I’m living in trust of my friends and family, wherein they believe on what I’m doing and they think that I’m in the right way, so they give me the trust that I need to accomplish my goal today. As of now it is what I’m living for, to bring others into my life, but I know that soon I will find what is the true purpose of my life. Also, I trained myself that serving God is a must because someday it might be the main reason why I’m living this world, to serve God and spread his words. Yes, I always align all of my goals, careers, and dreams, which create what is my purpose in life, in my religious belief. What do my religious belief require is only to believe and trust God and have Mercy and Compassion to others, and I always apply it to my everyday life. I’m not assured for what I believe at but I know that this faith of mine will change, develop, and enlighten my way to the path of what Lord Jesus Christ given to me. Failure might bring my faith down but this people that is rooting on me are giving me trust and confidence that enables my fighting spirit always on. I want to end this week of mine by giving a Bible Verse, “God’s intended aim for his people, after all, is that we are conformed to the image of Jesus. This is his decree and promise, having chosen us for this before the foundation of the world and having promised us unto this that all things will work together” (Romans 8:28–30).

• A. Communication is really important because it’s how we express ourselves to other people, be it verbally or non-verbally. For me, miscommunication is the root of all misunderstandings and it’s really hard to overcome especially when you don’t speak the same language. For the communication to be effective, both sides should be willing to listen and learn because no matter how insightful your words are, it will be nothing if the person receiving it makes no effort to understand you that’s why for me, it’s not the language barrier that hinders the life rather it’s the people who are unwilling to communicate that hinders life.

  B. My purpose in life is aligned with my religious belief because I believe that everything that’s happening in my life is according to what God has planned for me. I also believe that every challenges and problems I faced and will be facing is given to me because I can overcome it in time and I will learn a lot from those challenges.

  As of now, I still don’t know what my main purpose in life is but I believe that one of my purpose in life is to help others and spread hope to others. One of my closest friends in high school once told me that she’s really envious of my optimism because every time that something unfortunate happens, she often hear me encouraging myself and other people that we can still do it. I often encourage the people I know who’s feeling down by saying “Kaya yan, tiwala lang.” because I really hate seeing people, especially the people I love, dejected. I also believe that we can overcome anything if we don’t give up that’s why I often help people who asks me for help with the best that I can and encourage them that they can achieve anything as long as they give their best.

  – ACT185

• ACT 185

  When the meaning of life is hindered by language barrier or miscommunication, every moment that we live in this world will be a regret. As mentioned in the essay, if you are screaming Aramaic at someone who doesn’t even comprehend the language, it doesn’t really matter how insightful you are. Everything will become useless. We know that being able to communicate with one another is important. It will be a waste not to convey the true value of one’s message. That’s why it’ll be best if all of us is giving some effort to learn another language, even just the basic words, but this is unmanageable. Not all of us will be able to do it or would want to do it. Still, communication may be done in many ways. We should not let this differences become a barricade for us not to live our life to the fullest. We should use this weakness to help each other — to widen our perspective of the true meaning of life. Nothing good will happen if we don’t address this long existing problem — the problem of staying in silence because you can’t understand one another. So, even with differences, speak out your thoughts in any way that you want to convey your message.

  As of this moment, I believe the purpose of my life is to help others and witness that happiness in their lives as they obtain, slowly, some of their goals. I am always ready to help other people if the favor is within my capability. I have this personality of entertaining them first, within the best of my availability, because I want them to go on with their life. I want to push people to do their best after overcoming some challenging part of their life. I want them to succeed and have a meaningful and productive life. I personally think that my life purpose is inclined with my religious belief. Just like always having God by our side, know that we should never take our journey alone. If we need some help, do not hesitate to ask. But of course, know your limits. Do not abuse the person who is helping you. Be grateful and treat them the way you like to be treated, as the saying goes. Indeed, our life purpose will transform us better, day by day. Someday, our selfless service will surely return us something good. We just need to do good on our own life purposes and let God reward us, unexpectedly.

• Jonathan B. Arcayna ACT182
  A) Life is a destination that sometimes goes straight but sometimes has detours. I think it is similar to the meaning of life. A person truly reason for existence will always happen despite of hindrances , despite of miscommunication and language barrier. I believe that the path won’t be easy but if the intensions are clear and the desire are genuine , the true existence of life will be achieve. They say that free will is an illusion because our destiny is just playing us with our choices to open different doors that leads to one destination no matter how you change your choices. Door or no doors , the meaning of life will always be there , waiving to you and its you to fullfil it along with hindrances and challenges.
  B.) One thing is for sure that my purpose in life is still not quite clear. I still have doubts and question what path is I am really destined to take. I still look for answers that will tell me , what God really want me to be, to become , and to share in the world. I have an idea in my life that I feel I am destine for something great that is why every actions I make should be aligned for greater things. I believe that in no time all the questions will be answer and my purpose will become clear. ; I think and I choose that my purpose in life will always be alogned with my religious belief , because I think your purpose will only be achieve if you associate yourself to Him. I think it is not just enough to know your purpose but to have some Faith and guidance along your way is also important. For me I want to dedicate myself and my purpose to Him , not because my Faith tells me but because doing something only for the purpose of achieving with no inspiration or reason to do it will something be put in vain. I want to unravel all the mystery of the world , all its hidden questions and all the knowledge I man should know. But I know that will be impossible but knowing Him , anything is possible if you have Faith in Him.

• “Communication is the cornerstone of expressions”, there are a lot of ways how we communicate such as: oral, written, technology, gesture , posture, and even the silence echoing in those four walls. What is the meaning of life if you won’t let out those screaming ideas on your mind. When you chose not to say anything , be quiet and just ignored it. Because for me language barrier and miscommunication can fix you just have to speak up. Living in silence will not change anything.

  I don’t know my purpose, I just know I am alive but I don’t know why. Maybe for now my purpose is to study and help my family but for me that is my obligation and not a purpose. My definition of purpose is where I am able to give a significant change to others. Where I can be an inspiration to other people. I know that God created me because I have a purpose to be here. There is a reason why I exist and be a chosen one to live and not buried six feet under. He will not create me for nothing. I have a mission in this world that I need to fulfill before God take back my chance to be alive. Maybe this is not the right time to questioned Him why am I breathing and still kicking in this world full of demons. Maybe one day in the future I will find my purpose in life.

• RAYO, LEXZADEL MARIE P.
  ACT186

  A. We all know that life is meaningful, but will it still be meaningful if miscommunication happens? Communication is one of the main components of life, life wouldn’t be complete without it. In our everyday life, we’re always using communication because it serves as our passage way to understand everything in our surroundings. People have different way of communicating, some are expressing their feelings and the things that they want to say in a nice manner, they are just calm but there are also people that are being loud, they tend to shout or yell their fellow in order to communicate and that is one of the reason of miscommunication. We have different level of emotional capacity and miscommunication may affect that. We must always know how to properly communicate with other people, we must know that communication is important so that we need to used it in a nice manner wherein everyone will understand it to avoid miscommunication. Let us always remember that in order to understand a certain thing, we should know how to deliver the things we want to say properly. Understanding is important, so let us clearly interpret the things we want them to understand. Brain, heart and feelings must use when communicating because that’s our key to be understand by others.

  B. I believe that my purpose in life is not only to serve and love the Creator but also to be a good daughter and a good friend. I know that God planned so much in my life and I know that I will know that plans eventually. And yes, it is aligned to my religious belief. The bible said that we must honor our father and mother and also we must love one another. I believe that if I follow what God said, I’m able to show Him that I love Him wholeheartedly. I can say that my life would not be complete without my parents so I’m here to honor them, and I’m also here to love my friends as much as I can. Church have been my comfort place not only the church itself but also my family inside the church. For the past few months, I’ve realized that I should help other people to know God even more because if I do that thing God will be happy. I admit that I have so many purpose in life and I’m ready face all those things when the time comes because Philippians 4:13 says I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

• Merriam Webster defined communication as a process by which information is exchanged between individuals through a common system of signs, symbols or behavior. Furthermore, language is needed for any kind of communication, even people with speech impairments communicate with sign language and brail. Just like in the article, based on the line “If someone is unable to hear, they can still communicate. If someone is unable to see or speak, they can still communicate. The only time people are not able to communicate is if they are afraid or unwilling.”,I believe we can communicate in many ways. Communication is a powerful tool. In addition, communication becomes difficult in situations where people don’t understand each others language. The inability to communicate using a language is known as language barrier to communication. Life is hindered by language barrier or miscommunication when we are not able to speak for what are feeling because silence can’t fix problems because communication is the key to solve the problem because if you talk to others about your problem they can help you fix it.

  Each and every one around is different from one another. We are totally unique in our own special way. Just like why GOD created us because we have different purposes in life. For me, if you will ask me what is my purpose in life is to serve and to spread the good news of GOD, be a good and responsible daughter to my parents and lastly, to love and be happy. I thanked GOD every time I woke up in the morning and everything I do I thanked him because he is the reason why I am still alive and breathing. I see love every time my mom wakes up early just to cook breakfast for us, I see love whenever dad scold me every time I got home late, I see love whenever people cared for me. See? Love is everywhere and love can all make us happy. I believe it is our choice to be happy in life. In addition, my purpose in life is aligned with my religious belief because GOD is the reason why I am here. I am proud to say that serving GOD became part of my life and I enjoyed listening to his words and I am proud to spread the good news of the Lord. Jesus is the way, the truth and the life. Everything I want to do I always consider and think that God is with me. I believe on the saying “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” – Philippians 4:13.

• AREVALO, KEYCIE ANN S.
  ACT- 182

  A. Language is needed for any kind of communication, even people with speech impairments communicate with sign language and brail. And in communication, language is very important. Based on the essay. The author said that “If someone is unable to hear, they can still communicate. If someone is unable to see, or speak, they can still communicate. The only time people are not able to communicate is if they are afraid, or unwilling.” People who can’t effective expressing their feelings will have a communication and language barrier specific in their life. This will be a possibility that the person will not be able to move forward to his journey in life if there will be barrier. They say that, sometimes it is good to remain silent rather than expressing your feelings. However, remaining that tape in your mouth will sometimes lead the you misunderstood by other people. Go, stand for you right and don’t be afraid to speak what you feel. Don’t let language be the hindrance in your life.

  B. I believe everyone has a purpose in life. What happens around us and what we experience makes up who we each are today. Apparently, my purpose in life is to make my parents proud, pursue & to be successful in my chosen careers, grow and learn from my mistakes and to become a stronger woman. I can’t do all these things without the help of our mighty father God. Yes, my purpose in life is aligned with my religious belief. I remember when I was in highschool, I not really into religion. I don’t go to church every Sunday. I only pray when I need help. Not until I took the examination in PUP, my dream school. I’m not in the list of qualified SHS students. Well, I’m so sad that time because I really want to enter PUP and have my studies there. I asked God to give me a sign if I really for that school. And he gave me that sign I asked for. That is the time that my faith become stronger. I think, God want me to trust him and let his plan be my guide for me to succeed. All the challenges that I encountered is in the hands of God. I believed that our future is ready but God don’t want us to be successful without learnings to it. Because this experiences make us a better and wiser person. I always believe in this two bible verses, Philippians 4:13 “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” and Philippians 1:29 “Your pain has a purpose”. This two bible verses signifies that, all the tears, failures, disappointments that we encounter has a purpose. God didn’t want us to suffer if he think we cannot grow to it. And we can’t do all this without the help of him. People come and go but God never leave us even if we forget him.

• Communication is an essential for us, people. We might not be able to understand others if we don’t have it. There are things that is easy to understand, and there are things that aren’t. Language barrier or miscommunication isn’t rare. We might have the universal language which is English, but others can’t fully understand and use it because there are nations who strongly wanted their own language to dominate their country, and there are people in every nation who cannot afford to be educated at all. But through non verbal communication, we’re able to express what we wanted to convey, and understand what the others wanted us to know. Without communication, our lives would be different. All will be unruly, all will be messy. As of the moment, I am not sure of my purpose in life but, I think, it is to make my parents experience the life that they’ve always wanted. I don’t know how yet but I know, God is there to be with me in everyday, to guide me to the path I am taking. I just started knowing him and day by day, I am thankful that I am able to be closer to him.
  Pamela Dianne M. Cenon ACT184

• a.) We spent our day and countless words were leaked out from our mouth out of the usual exchanged of conversation. With the use of our own language to communicate with other people, our primary goal is always to convey our message correctly to avoid misinterpretation. On the context of the essay, when the meaning of life is hindered by language barrier and miscommunication, the meaning doesn’t make any sense, lost, and won’t be appreciated. We may use visual communication so whenever we find learning other language difficult, it might not be too offensive with other people. We must take into consideration the race and nationalities that each one of us differently possessed. We maybe born with cultural differences, uses various languages, born deaf, blind, or mute, something will be there to lead our diverse path in one unified direction. We speak because we want to express something and we talk because we want someone to understand us. We may also not be able to speak other languages, but the best we can do is to carry and deliver every words with deep appreciation and respect. Cultural differences are barriers to effective communication and a single word could change one’s perception and understanding of how one will wonder the world.

  b.) Beforehand, I find it hard to envision my purpose in life. But I came up in thinking that I’m here for my family, that I should start striving the best for my future. I can compare my life before similar to a routine – it is repeated. Sometimes I think maybe it is the reason why I still can’t find my purpose because there was nothing new in my life. It is really impossible to not foresee my purpose in life but no matter how hard I tried before, I still can’t find my own one. All my life, I lived with my religious beliefs. Hence, I can barely say my purpose is aligned with this. Everyday of my life was full of doubts and I think of how sinful I am because of every decisions and actions that I made wrong. For which I am sure now, my purpose is to make my life better. I must plan and do more hard works for the sake of my future and for the sake of my family. It may sound a common purpose but this is what I knew within myself. It is aligned to my religious beliefs through depending my decisions in every actions I made on this and through faith in God that one day, my purpose will came out into reality. The reason for these is because I always believed that my plans and purpose is what God wanted me to fulfilled.

  ACT184
  MOSELINA, APRIL ANN L.

• I. Communication is a connection. Communication is a real deal to every people and every places in this world. This serves as the bridge of understanding of a human being, without this everyone will be a clueless potato. The pathway of every words you’ll say, every actions you’ll exert, and every ears you’ll lend is in the means of communication. No communication can lead to another meaning of life and that is—life is nothing. Barriers of communication and miscommunication can be no understanding with the purpose of life. All will be drained, all will be in war and all will be in chaos.

  II. Religion has a big contribution in defining and molding my purpose in life. I think my purpose in life is to value God’s purpose. Christians believe that in giving worth to His purpose and ready to be defined by Him will have a life with significance. It is not a life full of triumph, everyone will experience obstacles in life. There is no exemptions on it, but living with God life will be surviving I believe that inclining my spiritual self to a religion will have me a ruler. A guide that gives me a purpose and meaning in life.

  ACT 183

• ACT 183
  I believe that life is so much sacred for us we must prioritize our life. According to the other people “You only live once” we must do our mission while we are on earth and we must live our life to the fullest. In communicating and expressing ourselves is very hard especially to us “Men” because we don’t want to be weak. We want to look good and strong to other people even if we are depressed or sad. Communicating is sometimes a language barrier because sometimes people are open minded, judgmental and in other cases they misunderstand what you are saying and they give other meaning to what you are saying. Yes, communication is the medium to all to connect with other people. But sometimes people choose to be silent or quiet to hide their feeling to others. Because I think that some other people don’t want to be embarrassed. As a person we need to communicate with other people because what will happen if we can’t communicate properly or express ourselves. “No man is an island” know your purpose in life and get out of the barrier and learn how to express our share your feelings with others so that they can help you if your life is miserable or useless. Some people tend to show much care to other people who are in need. Get out of the box you’re in and communicate with other people to know more about yourself. Because if you don’t communicate and don’t destroy the barrier you will not know your purpose in life and you may find your life as miserable and useless.

  As of this moment, I think my purpose in life is to help my family and to reach my dream of becoming a Successful businessman and CPA. Yes, it is aligned with my religious belief because on my high school life even if I am studying on catholic school I attend mass sometimes and I am not serious with God. But when I know more about God my life has changed because from bulakbol student I become the Top 1 of our class which reminds me that nothing is impossible as long as God is guiding you. Even now in my course accountancy I always pray to God to guide me in my exams and other academics activity. And in God’s grace I always pass the departmental exams and become one of the top performing students in our course. I am very blessed and thankful that God is always guiding me on what I am doing. I always attend to St. Jude Church in Mendiola where the bar and board examinees are attending the mass there and always pray to novena to guide them in their board exam. And of course, me as a student my routine is to attend mass every Thursday in St. Jude Church to ask guidance and give thanks to God for giving me what I deserve.

• A.) Through communication we have the chance to connect with other people. Communication is a necessity of living our lives because every move we make we used communication. The essence of life would be nothing if we don’t communicate because we need to speak up for ourselves to be heard and understand by everyone surround us. No one would understand what we really feel that’s why we are given a ways of communicating to connect us to every people. Communication becomes harder when it has a barrier because we can’t give the explaination we want to tell that leads to miscommunication wherein most of the time it causes having commotion with others.

  B.) Honestly, I don’t really know what my purpose is. But all I know is to fullfill my dreams and make my parents proud eventhough we’ve been struggling a lot. Also, I know that I should live my life at the fullest without harming people around me. I might say that my life was aligned with my religous belief because my parents always taught us to do the right things according to our religion. We usually pray at night before sleeping and they always tell me that in every situation that I’ve been going through I should always pray.

  ACT183

• ACT 186 VERGARA, LEILANIE

  Life is meaningless without being able to hear, to speak or to express or being able to comnunicate well. In today’s world, people are becoming more clueless or are they? They are becoming more deaf, blind and unability to speak. Why? Because whats in the article is right, because they are afraid that what they know would harm them.
  A. )Based from the context of article, the true meaning of life is hindered by miscommunication. Miscommunication can lead to serious problems as it will cause the ability to hear what we wanna hear and what we wanna see. In a situation like an argument, where we sometimes choose to be just the silent type to end the argument and not being able to defend ourselves. It is common in our justice system especially when we are scared to those who can ruin us totally. The meaning of life is being able to express ourselves but the thing is, we can not express ourselves fully as we are afraid. We are bound by choice but we choose to be the one sitting aside and not participating.
  B.) Truthfully, since I turned my teenage life, Im always questioning myself ‘What is my purpose in this world?’ Or ‘What is the purpose of life? Why am I even here?’ ‘Why Im still existing? And Why do I feel like I am just nobody; physically existing but dead inside. As I questioned my life, I watched inspiration videos from youtube and read quotes to keep me motivated and I even read a bible. I realized that, my purpose in this life is to live fully but not beyond sacred limitations. What God’s saying in the bible is right. He had given me this life to cherish and to grow. That I should not waste it for I have been blessed since the day I was born. And my purpose dont just end in living this life, but to put color in it. The colors of Family, Friends, Career and being able to lend a hand to others. My life may be not be as flawless as others, but I swear, this is worth to live.
  I am not the religious type person. I dont go every Sunday to attend mass or even read a bible everyday. But I believe in God. I think my life is aligned to my faith not to my religious belief because as the time goes by, I realize that having religion wont mean that we are holy or will be saved from our sin but it is just an instrument to help us grow in our faith but nevertheless it doesnt lessen the fact that we believe in God if we dont have it. My life is aligned to my faith not my religious beliefs because religious beliefs are different from the beliefs that God is real. My faith in God is unbreakable that whoever says or whatever I experience wont break my faith in God. It is my faith that I kept on holding on while Im here, surviving. Religious beliefs can be found from practing a specific religion such as believing in a deity, a buddah, or even a structure that signifies holiness. And I am not the person who believe in that. I only believe in God, who made us. And Jesus who saves us from our sin. I am a catholic, we have religous beliefs like beliefs in saints or any crucifix figure, but just like what I said, As the time goes by, my faith is more stronger than my beliefs in any of that.

• Act181
  As the meaning of life is being hindered by language barrier/communication means that we can never be on the same page like those people who dont understand, feel and relate to what we are experiencing because of having different perspective and depth.The meaning of life is subjective as it doesnt have a fixed meaning to everyone of us. Communication, it is really a bridge for everyone to connects and agree with each other, but, not all communication is based on verbal actions, as silence tells a thousand stories. Sometimes silence is better than having a dialogue or conversation to anyone because the more you talk, the higher the probability of miscommunication. Also, we use it to protect ourselves from harm that can be brought of someone being loud and provocative.
  From being a kid, I believe my purpose in life is to make my family happy and proud. But, as I grow old, what I realized is that you will lose yourself in the middle of your journey without having any hint of who you want to be and who you really are. I am a lost soul trying and hoping to be found. As of this very moment, I am so empty that even my belief cant fulfill it. My spiritual beliefs are to be an optimist even though everything is going wrong; to have faith even though I am losing everything through the process and to never lose hope, pray and be grateful for what we are experiencing right now, but it turns out the opposite of what I believe. As of now, I am not sure of everything and it bothers me, I am starting to think that my life is so worthless and in a deeper sense, i am living my life lifelessly. However, throughout my journey, I discovered that my decisions tell me more about of who I am and what is my purpose in life and for whom I am living my life. Our decisions and actions are our life learning lessons that can eventually led us to what we are destined to be. I am trusting God’s plan and God’s perfect timing that eventually all my broken pieces will fall back to their right places, and, I will be able to know what He wants me to be and be able to do what I want according to Him and to seek an enlightenment for what really is my purpose.

• Camelon, Yrica M.
  ACT186

  A. When the meaning of life is hindered by language barrier or miscommunication, it can cause a conflict to everyone. As to what I’ve read in the article, the inability to communicate linguistically serves a hindrance since we are a living in a world that depicts cultural diversity. And since language is the main reason why people can share their ideas, it will become a constraint that disables them to express themselves. And if language barriers would be established per se, it would be harder for the people to interact. And if this happen, it can lead to frustration and unproductive life. But not because language barrier exist, it doesn’t mean that the meaning of our life will going to be meaningless, but it would lessen or it will set a parameter to not only to communicate but also to understand and be understood. Meaning to say, people will find it difficult to converse with others since it comprise with different cultures and language.
  B. Every person has it’s own purpose in life. As for myself, I believe that I have many purpose in my life. First is to be a good daughter to my parents and give back all their support that they gave to me. Second, finish my studies and to be a degree holder. Third is to give love and spread happiness. Because, I believe that if you give love and spread the happiness to other people, it will make their whole day a positive one. And last is to inspire other people. I think that the purpose in my life is in line with religious beliefs. Because if this is my real purpose in life,then I am happy and blessed because God allowed me to be an instrument and to be an inspiration to the people who I met every day.

• Based on the context of the essay, miscommunications hindered the meaning of life if occurs. violence and conflict cause when language barriers occurs to others. Communication expresses ourselves to others. It gives us the chance to say what we feel, what we know and what we learn. If miscommunication occurs, conflicts are rising causing people to act violence if they feel hurt or offended.

  B. My purpose in life is to be a good daughter to my parents, a helpful and lovable sibling, a competetive student, a good friend and a good citizen. My purpose everyday is to help my parents lessen their duties and to love them unconditionally. Make them proud someday and to have a better future so that they will not regret anything someday in lecturing and teaching us always. Yes, because i know God has always a plan to me and I always look up into His plans. His will is more than I know and His will is what I deserve.

• Bryan Alcantara Dinong
  ACT185

  A. According to the article that I’ve read. Communication barrier can cause violence. Imagine you are communicating with other people but you didn’t know what are they saying about. There will be misunderstanding between two communicators if the message didn’t transfer clearly. And the meaning of life is different with other people because we all have our own perspective in our life.

  B. I think my purpose in life is to be a leader and serve to other. Yes, It is aligned with my religious beliefs because i believe that serving to other people and leading them is one of the things that we need in our generation because some of the youth now didn’t know if where they can believe. As a leader of some section in my school. If my schoolmates/classmates have a problem when ever it is related to our school activity. I tell them that all the things that we encounter have a purpose. As a leader and server. I believe leading and serving to other is one big things that I can contribute to my religious beliefs. And I also pray for my guidance in every time that I lead and serve to other people.

• USITA, JAN PATRICIA LYNN B. ACT182
  1. I once remembered this quote from John Piece, ” Communication is not only the essence of being human but also a vital property of life. ”
  Life will be vague if there is an absence of communication. Everything will be unreadable because having great communication is very important to see the true meaning of life clearly but having one is not that easy. It was once said in the article, “If someone is unable to hear, they can still communicate. If someone is unable to see, or speak, they can still communicate. The only time people are not able to communicate as if they are afraid, or unwilling. ” We could actually communicate in different ways. We have a lot of ways but it was true that “kung gusto may paraan, kung ayaw may dahilan.” Everything is a matter of choice. It’s the choice of the person to speak and to have the willingness to understand. Life would be really hard of there is no communication. It will never be called “Life” but rather “death” because everything would be meaningless and useless.

  2. At this age, I am not really sure of my purpose. I am honestly still looking for it. I am at this age where I cannot clearly define what my purpose is. I could actually think of it as simple as this, ” to have a better life with my loved ones by achieving my goals one by one. ” However, I know there’s a deeper reason why I am existing and it is truly aligned with my religious beliefs. I believe that there is someone above who created everything and not just as simple as making a tea but I know that each of his creations has its own meaning and purpose. I believe that my purpose is still on His book, it was not yet revealed unless I have learned so much in this world. It is still under construction. It will depend on how I performed in this land but whatever it is, I know that it is something I would never expect because God will always have good intentions in every aspect of our lives. We just have to strive more to see our real purpose in life.

• Based on the article, “The only time people are not able to communicate is if they are afraid, or unwilling.” Communication comes into many ways so the hindrance and language barriers might then. Ourselves can be a hindrance into the meaning of our lives. Being afraid and unwilling to communicate may affect our life. In this world full of cruelty, we need to reach out and connect. Meaning of life can be change through communication. Life wasn’t just all about yourself, god created the surroundings and you gotta reach out on it to explore. The meaning of life can be found elsewhere not just on yourself.
  My purpose in life is aligned with my religious belief. We all live to coexist, not to depend nor to rely on them but to live with them. In catholicism, we hold hands during the Our Father. It is a powerful statement of unity by the congregation. We are living not just for ourselves but for the others.

• A.
  Communication is such an important thing that we need to understand each other because this is how we can express our thoughts. It is our way on how we can interact with other people even though we are far from each other. We use our language to communicate with others because it is the way we can tell our messages or thoughts with the people we communicate. “If someone is unable to hear, they can still communicate.  If someone is unable to see, or speak, they can still communicate.  The only time people are not able to communicate is if they are afraid, or unwilling”, for me, this part of context says that there can be a language barrier or miscommunication. In todays world, some people are afraid to talk to the other people because of the language they are using. They are afraid that the people they are talking to might not understand them wherein they need to adjust so that they can be understood. In this kind of situation, miscommunication and language barriers happens because we tend to look through language and not with the good side it can give that language is a way that we can give our thoughts and we can easily communicate with other people.

  B.
  As of this moment, my purpose in life is to be the best version of me because I believe that if I can show it with other people it can be an inspiration to them that even though I’m experiencing challenges, I tried to keep on going and believe with my own strength. We need to show our beauty inside and out of ourselves. Be real, because we should not pretend to be like their best version because we have our own. Make them feel that we don’t need to compare ourselves with other people and just used to be the best version of ourselves because we have our own definition and characteristics as a person. We don’t need to please ourselves to be like others because we have our own uniqueness. We should be inlove with our best version. And yes, it is aligned with my religious belief because God thought us to accept of who we are and be contented on what we have.

  -ACT185

• When we are being hindered by communication barriers it is also stopping our growth and development and our search for the meaning of our lives. The greatest communication barrier is when someone is afraid to communicate and such barrier will only be solved by you. Most of the people who are afraid ti speak they used silence as their weapon to hide all the things they wanted to say.

  As of this moment I still don’t know my real purpose in life. But theres one thing I am looking forward into and that is to be a CPA Lawyer someday and to help my family and the community to improve and develop. As a person who believes in supreme being but not in religion I think that my goals in life right now is aligned with my belief because a man should have its freedom on what it will do and do just follow what the religious leaders would dictate.

• ACT182

  A.
  Communication plays a vital role in our everyday life. It is the only way on how each of us can able to exchange expression, informations and thoughts as well. Communication is not an exchange of views between people, but an exchange whose purpose is to generate action. The meaning of life would mean nothing if there is no communication. Communication is an important tool for social change. If people are able to communicate fluently, it will be easier for us to develop in all aspects of life. By being able to exchange knowledge with each other, we can be fit to live in an increasingly demanding world. In the article it says that “If someone is unable to hear, they can still communicate.  If someone is unable to see, or speak, they can still communicate.  The only time people are not able to communicate is if they are afraid, or unwilling.” and “Silence can be golden just as silence can be deafening.” It’s entirely possible that your insightful observations and conclusions have surfaced in the minds of others. Others may share your thoughts and opinions, but may be also unwilling to speak up. By speaking your mind you encourage them to voice their opinions as well. Choosing not to speak up and be quiet can make your life difficult. People can take advantage of you. No one should put anybody in a situation where you feel like you cannot express yourself. It’s your life and you only have one, always stand your ground and no one will try to intimidate you.

  B.
  Honestly, until now, I’m still on the process of knowing my real purpose in life. I still didn’t know what am I on earth for. All I know for now is I want to achieve my goals and dreams, make my parents proud and to live, learn, grow, and absorb any and everything in this world. I want to live life and learn about it and after I learn about it I live it. I want to make myself a better person. I want to cherish every moment I have in this life which God has given me and seek to live life without regret. I can say that my purpose in life is aligned with my religious belief because I believe and trust God with His plans for me. My religious beliefs and values influences my decisions and shapes my day to day actions. I know that God has something good in store for me and for all of us than we can imagine and he does things, which we may not be able to understand but trust in his will. God is God and He works all things, including our life, according to his purposes. I believe that nothing can happen without God ordaining it. The right thing to do is bring glory to God because there is no one greater who is worthy of trust, adoration, and worship. 

• ACT182

  A.
  Communication plays a vital role in our everyday life. It is the only way on how each of us can able to exchange expression, informations and thoughts as well. Communication is not an exchange of views between people, but an exchange whose purpose is to generate action. The meaning of life would mean nothing if there is no communication. Communication is an important tool for social change. If people are able to communicate fluently, it will be easier for us to develop in all aspects of life. By being able to exchange knowledge with each other, we can be fit to live in an increasingly demanding world. In the article it says that “If someone is unable to hear, they can still communicate.  If someone is unable to see, or speak, they can still communicate.  The only time people are not able to communicate is if they are afraid, or unwilling.” and “Silence can be golden just as silence can be deafening.” It’s entirely possible that your insightful observations and conclusions have surfaced in the minds of others. Others may share your thoughts and opinions, but may be also unwilling to speak up. By speaking your mind you encourage them to voice their opinions as well. Choosing not to speak up and be quiet can make your life difficult. People can take advantage of you. No one should put anybody in a situation where you feel like you cannot express yourself. It’s your life and you only have one, always stand your ground and no one will try to intimidate you.

  B.
  Honestly, until now, I’m still on the process of knowing my real purpose in life. I still didn’t know what am I on earth for. All I know for now is I want to achieve my goals and dreams, make my parents proud and to live, learn, grow, and absorb any and everything in this world. I want to live life and learn about it and after I learn about it I live it. I want to make myself a better person. I want to cherish every moment I have in this life which God has given me and seek to live life without regret. I can say that my purpose in life is aligned with my religious belief because I believe and trust God with His plans for me. My religious beliefs and values influences my decisions and shapes my day to day actions. I know that God has something good in store for me and for all of us than we can imagine and he does things, which we may not be able to understand but trust in his will. God is God and He works all things, including our life, according to his purposes. I believe that nothing can happen without God ordaining it. The right thing to do is bring glory to God because there is no one greater who is worthy of trust, adoration, and worship. 

• Let your life speak, life and language have a greatest part and connection to each other without one it will not call a human. Life will give us a purpose in this world, doing with anything and enjoying life is a privilege that life wants to understand of what life is, but without language we can’t be a person knowing what’s the worth of life is. Communication between life and language will give us a freedom to tell what’s within our self. Teaches us the important of expressing our emotion and not only be quite to the corner because life is just a circle we can’t be hide in this world, just continue finding the worth of life by using the language that communicate to every person that we meet within our journey.
  My life before is free from anything that I want to be doin and anything that my minds keep telling me what to do even if I know that it is wrong. But when life is continuing exploring and knowing people there’s a chances or maybe a plan that I’m going to meet a great people that God use’s to proclaim and spread the good news. I’m bless that I meet those people that my life now is change. I’m finally happy and bless that I’am Born Again Christian serving to God with all of mt heart and worshiping Him, still continuing to know Him more and learning a good things and promises that we are going to hold on someday. Life is a meaningful with God?.

• A. Silence can break even more calmness and the rest of the silence can lead to our new consciousness. Communication is the way how they understand and interact with each other but most of us can’t express themselves because they know that there is no willing to listen and there’s a possibility to misunderstand they opinion. They can communicate but they choose to become silent and to hide their thoughts even when they know that is right and just. They have the ability to speak and understand because they have been given the sense, knowledge, and also the impression to excite the things they get around from us and our peers.

  B. To live in this perfectly imperfect world is not that easy. We came across this world and stood as our journey has been started. There’s no point on living in it like we’re literally here just to work and hopefully find a purpose in life that fulfills us mentally and financially. The more I think about it the more pointless it seems. Perhaps there is no point nor purpose. Well then, if there is no point or purpose to it, why struggle against it? Just let it be. Let God do his plans because he knew what is best for you. I’ve been through a lot of hard times in my life. To get through them, I had to believe that there was a reason. Like, somebody had a plan for me, that my life had a purpose. I’ve realized that the purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

  Biron, Ryan Dave ACT186

• ACT 182

  A. What is life without communication? Communication is an important tool in our daily lives. We all have different perspectives and we can only enlighten the people around us if we communicate. We cannot give meaning to life without communicating with one another. The author of the article wrote, “If someone is unable to hear, they can still communicate. If someone is unable to see, or speak, they can still communicate. The only time people are not able to communicate is if they are afraid, or unwilling.” This means that we can communicate in different ways and there will be miscommunication if one person does not want to communicate. Miscommunication can hinder unity and one’s opportunity so to avoid this, do not be afraid to communicate. Hear and be heard.

  B. Up until now, I am not that aware what is my purpose in life but it is aligned with my religious beliefs. Right now, I guess my purpose is to be a good daughter, a friend and a partner and to study hard so that I will be the woman I dream of becoming in the future: a happy and successful one. Nevertheless, I believe that God is the author of my life and whatever happens, His plans are always greater than mine.

• A. Socializing with others means there is a communication between two person. But sometimes, communicating with someone can lead to miscommunication because of some reasons like language barrier. Language barrier seperates two people that can lead to violence and misunderstandings. But this will only happen when the listener don’t appreciate what you are sharing. If someone is committed on listening your stories and insights about life, we can avoid miscommunication. Even if we shut our mouth, we can still communicate through the expressions of our eyes. As what the article said “If someone is unable to hear, they can still communicate.  If someone is unable to see, or speak, they can still communicate.  The only time people are not able to communicate is if they are afraid, or unwilling.”

  B. As a student and a daughter as well, my purpose in life right now is to finish my study and work hard for my dreams for me to be able to give back to my parents for all of their sacrifices. I keep this in my mind because I want to be successful someday. As a Roman Catholic, I know that I can’t do this in my own, that’s why I keep on praying to God that he may blessed and guide me in everything that I’ll do. By keeping the faith to God and believing in him, everything is possible when you dream.

• Labayne, Grace Joy (ACT-184)

  The meaning of life may be hindered by language barrier or also known as miscommunication. Miscommunication doesn’t just mean that we cannot communicate with other people. Because as what i have read, even if those people who cannot speak or see, can still communicate with each other. But because of miscommunication, we tend to misinterpret what others try to say to us. And sometimes, it even causes problems.

  My purpose in life is to love God and to love people. Yes, it is aligned with my religious belief. I am a Born Again Christian. Our pastors always tells us that we only have one purpose in life and that is to love God and to love people. Yes, maybe we have some things we wanted to happen. Like for our future, but that will just be our goals and dreams. Our main purpose is to love God and others above ourselves. My parents also always tells me to love and trust God no matter what. Also, to love other people first before loving myself. In that way, i can show God’s love towards them.

• A) The meaning of life is not a simple which we can give meaning easily. Life has different meaning to all of us. Communication has something to do with the meaning of life. Communication and language is one of the most accessible weapon that we have in our daily life. We use language to save and hurt people that is around us. Having a language barrier and miscommunication hinders the meaning of life. We are sometimes insensitive that we hurt other people when we have miscommunication, we cannot tell and specify something with the different language barrier. In the article it is said that even deafs and silents can understand language. And that even the silence speaks a lot.

  B) After all those years that passed by with me being alive, I still cannot tell what my real purpose in life is. All I know is that I wake up every morning in a good shape, ready to live another day, and believing that God gave me another day to live and figure out the reason why I am alive. As of the moment the only purpose that I know is that I have to live the life I am given and be contented with what I am having. Be happy and be grateful for what God had given me and trust that he was there watching. Sometimes in the homily in churches, being contented of what you are having is one of the most popular preach, there are also preaches that tells that being greedy leads to suffering and that it does not give a person a self satisfaction, that a person will still be wanting more of what (s)he is having.

• Life, in its simplest form, needs to be full of relationship for it to attain or define its purpose and these relationships are built from good communication. So what happens if the main foundation of attaining your life’s meaning crumbles down? Communication may be the simplest way to establish relationships but can also be the most complex action that we can do. There will always be barriers whether the external or the internal ones. For example, language is something that separates us from other people from other countries. It also makes it hard for us to communicate to other nationalities. No matter how you try to convey a message to someone but if you both speak different languages, the effort would be senseless. However, language barrier is something simple and which can be helped. It will never be too late to learn another language to fix the gap but sometimes, the situation does not get any better. The most challenging part here is when the person you are trying to communicate with is someone who isn’t willing to communicate at all. These people are the ones whose situation are the terminal cases, the uncurable ones. People with disabilities can always find a way to communicate but unwilling people are the ones you can never communicate with at all. No matter how hard you try to communicate with someone who doesn’t even want to listen would be a waste of time. These obstacles will challenge us along the way as we go on finding our purpose in life and even its meaning. It hinders us to fully understand how are we gonna find out our own purpose. It may actually discourage us and will tell us that we should just give up on people, give up on our search for our own purpose and just to settle for a meaningless life. If we actually stop there, we may never be able to live a life bounded by relationships which helps us determine our purpose and throw away the chance to give life the meaning that it deserves.

  My life right now is something ambiguous. Maybe not just mine. I am at a point wherein I do not know what’s going on with my life and what the hell am I doing with it. For me, a purpose is something sacred for someone. When one actually realizes his/her purpose in life, it is a milestone. To actually know your true destination and worth in life is something very important. One thing I know for sure is that I have to live my life and do my best to help underprivileged people. I am not talking about entering politics to serve them. I’ve always had a soft spot for underprivileged people because I know how it feels like to be one. I know that I have to do my best to have the means to help them, especially on sending kids to school. I believe that I have to experience those to make me see how important it is to help someone and how a simple help could change a life forever. I believe that the purpose I have in life is in connection with my religious belief. In Matthew 25:40 “And the King will say, ‘I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!'” I believe that the greatest effort you can do to show your love for God is through serving your brothers and sisters in Christ. This is also what Christ has done for us. He came here to serve and not to be served. This is something that I believe in life, that our life is not ours and it is best lived if we live it for others. It is in the sense that we should be of service to other people. We live our life in the best intention to help alleviate the suffering of others because we have the means to do so. This is why it is, I think, is the best way for me to show my love for God and the best purpose that I have for myself right now.

  -Kissel Kate Chila D. Prado
  ACT184

• MERCADO, Sheilla Mae O.
  ACT182

  Communication is vital in finding the meaning of life. Without it, we cannot express ourselves completely. Choosing not to talk about the screams of your inner self may seem to be okay but remaining silent will let those screams hinder someone to reach the things he is longing for. People love words, live for words and keep saying words forever because words come from within and it represent depth. Words give meaning to life. Miscommunication is a representation of words left unsaid, feelings left unattended and a heart being neglected. So if someone is not able to communicate, he may not find his purpose in life because he is desperate to be understood but not exerting efforts to communicate or express himself to others. Communication is the only way to figure out what is the definition of life.

  However meaningful I consider my life might be, there’s always another place I long to be. I’ve never satisfied because the ego convinces me happiness will be found once I pursue the next undertaking. Why do I feel this way? That I’m unhappy and longing for something more, whether it be a improved financial conditions, a better academic life or more material belongings? Yet when these things arrive, I’m only satisfied temporarily. Soon enough, the excitement vanishes and looking for the next adventure to keep me captivated. When I was a child, my purpose in life is then to become wealthy, to have beautiful things, and to be able to afford luxury. But then I realized that when my purpose in life is based on what I have, my happiness comes from the outside in, rather than inside out. I have learned that this could be a tiring process. Once I have reached my purpose in life in material attainment, I find myself struggling to stay happy. It is not sustainable. Surely comfort feels great, but it is mostly a state of mind. However, since all the things in this world are temporary, I’m putting the matter of finding purpose in God’s hand. For me, in order to feel more fulfilled and find the path to sustainable happiness, I must rooted in my faith that God is in control of all things at all times. That God always has a purpose for me and that purpose always includes what’s best for me. I still don’t know my purpose yet because I know that God wants me to count on him. He wants me to learn that things are unpredictable and they’re changing every second. He wants me to know that nothing in life is secure or complete. I don’t know my purpose yet but with God I know that I’m loved without conditions and He holds the greatest purpose in my life.

• a.) Mostly people is not aware that they are in the point of sitting back in the corner and building blocks around there selves. Cutting the cord that connects to other people that surrounds us. Completely blocking all the words from other people. These would all lead to miscommunication. Simply the meaning of miscommunication speaks itself. It clearly stated that having language barrier would results to failure to communicate clearly. Based on the context of the essay, it clearly emphasizes that communication is the cornerstone of expression, so what happens when someone removes all forms of communication as their weapon of choice in order to extract themselves from the corner that they deny even being in. Simply stating the fact how hard to explain in a close minded person. Shaking them to your perspective for them to understand it. All you need to do is break the walls or destroy the barrier that keeps miscommunication. But most of the people express their selves as being silent all the time because it speaks louder than thousands of words. The absence of everything is giving all the meaning of unwillingness of the person to communicate. Indeed, silence can be deafening. Overall, it indicates that life could be complicated by some circumstances and would sometimes shaken our world and push us to build a barrier between other people to be alone, because most of us tend to think that people might not understand us. So it is a big help if we build bridges  instead of walls that would bring barrier to a good relationship.

  b.) Actually before, I’m in the middle of nowhere, finding my purpose in life. Unclearly asking myself if I’m in the right path way. Finding the word purpose in my vocabulary. But I could say as of now, that having this faith inside myself made me defined my own purpose in life. I think my purpose is to be a someone who would help my family to get them out of poverty and give other people happiness like I usually do to my parents. I love making them happy and often lessen their burden in some expenses of mine. I’m living of the title of being independent. I oftentimes decide for myself because I don’t want to bother my parents or other people with my own problems or dilemmas. Probably it is aligned to my religious belief because I always tend to think that God is the only one person I can lift up everything. As I accepted Him as my Lord and saviour, I trust Him wholeheartedly. Having no doubt on Him. In His hands, I place my worries, cares, and troubles. In His wisdom, I place my path, direction, and my goals. And in His love, I place my life. Even though I thought I’m independent enough to be the master of my own life, it always been result in finding His presence in my life as a master. God aligned my life to a new one and always guiding me to the zigzag road of life. Also he never left me in my upside down or on my downturns. Lastly, for me God gives meaning to my life so he is also the one who gives my own purpose which is being a bridge to my parents dream.

  ACT183

• ACT183

  Truly, the meaning of life is difficult to define with. It varies across people’s perspectives on how they are going to give substance out of it. Poeple can also negate one’s sentiment about the context they have conceived in contrary to the way they define life as a means of living. In connection to what I have read in the article above, communication as the soul of good relation portrays a big role to a person’s growth as a whole. It is a way of telling other people about your opinions and how you view things in particular. But then conflict arises when none of those people you used to tell stories are no longer interested to give out their ears for you to have someone to listen to. It is when the barrier comes in. In reality, not all people can contemplate to what you are trying to convey maybe because they’re not willing to do so. As you continue to give your heart out and energy to people for them to understand you, their willingness loses its way out and so silence would be your last resort. It is like teaching an engineer student about accounting, even if you are so passionate about it, still it will take several days, weeks for them to understand. Giving a helping hand to someone you are close with but cannot comprehend to what you’re trying to say is painful. Seeing them walk away and you standing behind her is devasting but you are left with no choice but to watch her over.

  And so as I say, as of this moment I am still in a constant search about my purpose in life. For some reason , I do believe that having your purpose will be uneding one as this serves as your calling from time to time. Everyday of our life we served our purpose but these are all in no particular cause it varies in diverse situations depending to what phase you are currently in. But i am indeed in my best version every day. I have managed to sort the good and bad things about me and was able to use this to over come life’s indefinite challenges. And these are all according to my religious beliefs. To cite some, the golden rule has always been my go to principle wherever i am. It states that do not do unto others what you don’t want others do unto you, as simple and as explicit as that. As we all know life will put us to stages of various tests that may either make us and break us, including our well-established principles but know that these are all what makes us human a good one. That regardless of the negative things around us still we have faced them through our excellent deeds and for me this has always been my purpose since then and for the future prepared ahead of me, to be a morally upright person.

• “If you are screaming Aramaic at someone who doesn’t comprehend the language, it doesn’t really matter how insightful you are. You may know the meaning of life, but if you share your wisdom with an anglophone in the Chinese language, the meaning will be beyond lost, and it won’t be appreciated. Perhaps one day they will learn your Asian tongue and that message may finally sink in.”

  Based on the article, the meaning of life will be misconstrued if miscommunication exists because of language barrier (which the excerpt above do exhibit). Also, with the presence of language barriers, the content of your words might be worthless.

  I was born and raised on a family who is so conservative and religious. And so, since I was a kid, I believe that my real purpose in life is to nurture my God’s every blessings on me and so sooner, I would be able to touch the lives of those people around me.

  I have been graced by God’s overflowing blessings such as education, family, and friends. I believe that I should take good care of my studies and finish it, make my parents proud and give back to my community with the fruits of all my nurtured blessings.

  Furthermore, I believe that this purpose is parallel with my religious beliefs. As a Roman Catholic, we always believe that everything that we have in this world are all from the Almighty God. As what I have mentioned above, to nurture my God’s every blessings is my believed purpose in life. It is relevant in a way that, in our religion, if you do really have faith in Him, you will do everything you can just to fulfill His words from the Bible and value all his miracles in your life.

  VILLA, MARY CRIS M.
  ACT181

• Virgilio Cruz ACT181

  a) Based on the context of the essay, what happens with the meaning of life is hindered by language barrier or miscommunication? There will be no communication or understanding at all because once you can’t understand or you miscommunicate with a person you can’t get the real message of the text. Even how powerful or meaningful the message of the speaker, if you didn’t understand what she/he said the message will not affect you because you didn’t understand it. “Silence can be golden just as silence can be deafening.” Ironic isn’t it? You may not know what is the person thinking when she/he is silent, better ask them for you not to miscommunicate or have some barrier with them.

  b) As of this moment, what is your purpose in life? Is it aligned with your religious belief? If yes, how and if no, why not?
  Life purpose is really hard to find. But being a teenager, inch by inch you will find what is your real purpose in here. As of now I have the idea on what is my purpose, and yet it is connected with my religious belief. I may not be the devotive catholic as I am like the past years, I skipped church sometimes but I never forget our Lord God. Never forget God in your everyday life he is the giver of life and our savior. God will make your way but still do your part. Give as much as you can. His words is my wisdom and peace. I owe everything to him.

• Oftentimes, we communicate with the people who we trust for us to express our thoughts and feelings. However, if the speaker and receiver do not understand each other, or are not using same languange, there is no meaning to the communication so as meaning to life. Based on the text, it’s difficult to get logical communication to stick with someone who is being illogical. You’ll just be quiet.

  I love making my loved ones happy. I guess… that’s my purpose in life, as of the moment. How grateful it is to be alive knowing that I am touching their souls – giving me genuine laugh and smiles. I want them to feel that they are loved, they are safe, they are not alone, in this world full of negativity and cruelty. And this purpose of mine, is I think, aligned with my belief for I know God gave me this life that is full of love to share and build more relationships, interactions, and experiences with the people around me. If they are happy, I am happy. :)

• A) Based on my understanding of the context of the essay, the meaning of life, even if you really know it, even if you’re so confident to share it, if there is a barrier or hindrance during the process of communicating it, then the message will be meaningless. It will be pointless. It will never be appreciated. No matter how beautiful the meaning of life is for you, it will only be dull and nothing for others as they didn’t understand what’s your implying. Sometimes having miscommunication may causes negative results. It can be misjudgment, conflict, chaos, violence or even worse, death. Yes, these can happen just because of miscommunication. It’s like the beautiful meaning of life that you’re sharing may lead to the destruction of the life itself.

  Moreover, there are some people whose ear, mind, and heart are all closed to other’s ideas, opinions, or insights and are afraid to share their own. And this communication barrier is the most difficult to successfully deal with. One may never be able to deal with it as the other party was unwilling. But in the end, if both ends are making effort to communicate clearly, then the worse case scenario will definitely be prevented.

  B) I always believe that every being in this world exists with a purpose. Even a person, who thinks that he’s useless and should not live, has his own purpose in life. You may already found it or not. The same goes with others. And many people take years of finding it. But as you finally found your life’s purpose, there is this feeling of being a ‘real’ person. That your not just a body but a person who has found his meaning, his reason of existing in this vast world.

  As a daughter, my purpose in life as of this moment is to be the “happy pill” of my parents. Why did I say it? It’s because I can feel everyday that my parents were already tired. They are physically, emotionally, and financially exhausted. Of course they didn’t verbally say it, but their eyes and faces reveal everything. What I mean when I say “happy pill” is to be their source of strength and happiness. How? It is through accomplishing small achievements that can warm their heart. This can be having high grades, excelling in school, being an understanding and loving child, not being a pain in their heads, and many more. I may not be able to support them financially yet but I can still help them through being thrifty. I may still be dependent to them but I can still do things to be not a burden to them and this is by being a responsible and mature person. I love my parents and I will do everything just for them.
  This purpose of mine was influenced by my beliefs as a Catholic. The fourth of the ten commandments stated that we should honor and respect our father and mother which I obey as a Christian believer. It is also one of the teachings of Jesus Christ to be polite and respectful to our parents. So I really believe that my purpose as of the moment and even my long-term purpose in life was and will always be aligned by my religious beliefs.

  Ma. Angelica Sarmiento
  ACT181

• This essay make me realized many things. Like how much the language barrier or miscommunication could affect the meaning of life. We all have different definition of our life, we based with are own experiences, knowledge and perceptions. Based on the above essay, we cannot share our own meaning of life if there will be a language barrier or miscommunication. This is a fact for me, it is because it’s hard to explain yourself from other people who cannot understand what your saying about. For example, in language barrier, if I will share my own definition in life and my experiences using the Filipino language, those people who are not familiar with the language I used couldn’t understand what I am saying about. Therefore, my efforts in talking and explaining my own perceptions will be worthless. While in miscommunication, we cannot understand others if we are unaware with the other things related in the topics. We must not jump in conclusions.

  I know that I have purpose in life and it is related in my religious belief because it is all about sharing God’s word and serving other people. I am Christian and a follower of Christ. For me, living with Christ and doing things that will glorify Him will lead me to a genuine happiness. Everytime I talk about the Lord’s wonderful grace with other people, I always feel blessed and thankful. Moreover, I find joy in serving other people. I already removed my thinking of waiting to be served than to be the one who’ll first serve, because this leads me to disapointment. Serving other people without expecting for something in return is a hard thing yet very satisfying to do.

  ACT181

• ACT181
  Ogawa, Edsel Anne Ogawa
  A.) If the meaning of life is hindered by the language barriers it will take us a long time for us to totally understand what it is. ‘There’s more to life.’ That is the thing that come’s in my mind when I’ve read the question, but we can’t really find the meaning of life if we can’t understand each other because of different languages that we have. We can learn from other people, we might not know that other people may explain or give wisdom that is more useful than the wisdom that is given by the people with the same language as us. The accent that they have, because of the barriers people who are not with the same language but know how to speak your language still can’t express the feeling that they want to share on the things that he’d encountered but because of their accent they can’t express themselves. Also, having a proper intonation whenever you are talking to someone may lead to a good conversation. Shouting doesn’t make your statement right, just be calm and analyze things as they are and answer those arguments carefully.

  B.) In my age bracket most of us aimed to save money to have the things that they really want to get, travel with their loved ones. For me, my purpose in life as of the moment is to study hard and achieve the goals that I am dreaming of. My main purpose in life is to provide my parents needs and give back what they have done for me. Sometimes you don’t really need someone to inspire you to study harder, instead look at your parents and see how hard working they are to sustain your needs and give you what you want. And aside from that is to help other people who are in need it is in my religious belief that whenever I received blessings I should share some portion of it. Also to share my Knowledge and word of God especially to the young generation as a guide. God is the one who knows my purpose in life and I will let Him what he wants me to be in this world.

  Realizing those purpose as of the moment is my foundation to strive harder on the things that I am doing right now. And I know that God will guide me to achieve my dreams and purpose in life.

• CALIGAN, CARMELLA JANE O.
  ACT183

  a. A world without people is worthless. A family without love is hopeless. And a life without meaning is non sense. There’s some point in our life, we want to answered our why. Why do people live if the end of it was death? Why do people fall in love when that someone can’t turn the feelings back? Why do we do bad things but we feel guilty afterwards? Why do we question everything if we believe in nothing? This might be rude to asked but honestly we’re craving for an answer. In the article ‘Weapon of Choice’ was deep and meaningful yet bold and brave to shout the truth. In order for an individual know the meaning of life, one must have know the language I know it has a mask to reveal because it not only means by literally but also your perspective to perceive others. We cannot understand any words that left out by someones mouth even with the most meaningful message behind without knowing language it used. So basically, a person without a heart is not human. A message without an appropriate language that can be understand is pointless.
  b.Being on a peak of struggles towards achieving my goal in life, it lightens up how sure I am now what was my purpose in life. And it is not about what will benefit my future ahead but how will my existence be beneficial to others. As soon I realize that maybe somehow before giving you must own something.Yes, that’s correct but the point is a long time involvement. We may struggling to reach our dream and desire towards genuine happiness but think of another point of view. Soon I will be an accountant, providing all the needs of my family and building my own kin but what’s next? Wait for the time we can’t breathe? No! My purpose is not only to serve myself or the people surround me but all the existing life that is fighting to survive in the suck reality of life. I realize my purpose as I been attending The Feast SM Manila where your broken hearts heal. Really, it is where I molded myself to be more open minded and be attached to what group I belong. My purpose became aligned to the beliefs of Roman Catholic and that is not to be greed and selfish in any circumstances. Like God who offers His life for the sin of the world, its a wake up call for me that this borrowed life I have is not long to be own everything, we have to share those in need. So I, as what God plan to me, I accept it wholeheartedly and have faith that it is accordance to the bright future I will have.

• A. Based on what I’ve read in the article, we won’t be able to express our thoughts and feelings if we cannot understand each other — our lives will be meaningless because we cannot share our wisdom and knowledge to others. Miscommunication happens when we aren’t communicating well with others properly, or maybe, we aren’t listening well enough. Either way, the message that we want to tell is getting lost in translation. There will always be some point in our lives where people might misunderstand us, but the best way for them to understand us is to speak with them properly. People can’t read our minds. They don’t know what emotions we’re experiencing, and they don’t know what we’re thinking unless we tell them.

  B. I don’t really know the purpose of my life — it’s really a hard question for everyone, not everybody can answer it immediately. But, if ever that we knew the purpose of our lives it will surely give us the power to work harder and strive further. I may not really know the main purpose of my life, but right now it is to live for the people who have shaped me into the person that I am today. I would like to repay my parents for everything that they’ve done for me — I choose to live my life striving to be a better daughter, a better friend, and to be a better person.

  ACT – 183

• ACT183

  Everyone of us has our own meaning of life as we have encountered different experiences that lead us in learning more about life. On the other hand, what makes us similar is how we communicate ourselves to others through the use of language. Communication is the most important thing in delivering our words. Through this, we are able to share our life lessons that can be of help to other people. However, having a problem on communication lessen our opportunity to freely express our understanding about life. In other words, it is a barrier that limits us in understanding deeply the meaning of life.

  I believe that everyone has the same mission or purpose in this world and that is, to serve God through helping other people who are in need. However, it is noticeable that many people seems to forget that because of the distraction of earthly desires. In my case, I can say that my purpose in life is aligned with my religious belief because I always believe that it is important to follow His words and that is to do good things not only to ourselves but especially to other people.

• The article says that life will be worthless and chaotic if there’s miscommunication/ language barrier but we all know that it always exist. Don’t try hard to explain your thoughts to someone who is not willing to listen, don’t yell at someone who cannot hear, don’t waste your time and effort because in the end you’ll just get tired and everything will have no meaning. Always bear in mind that there are many forms of communication, don’t lose hope on the messages you wanted to express. You can use our actions and silence to show others the information you want to convey to them and sometimes it is more powerful.

  Yes, I always make sure that my purpose in life is always aligned with God even though there is no concrete direction where I am leading today my trust is always with him. I know that everything I have in this world belongs to him. My life itself belongs to our Father, I always let him guide me because I believe that his plans will always be the best. There are circumstances that God challenge my faith like putting my mom in critical condition, I questioned him and his existence in this world but in the end he taught me different lessons in life. I learnt how to trust him and look at the brighter side of the challenges. That’s why today, I knew that in my heart I will continually live my life serving him and others according to his words.

  NARON, GREI-ANNE
  ACT-184

• Lack of communication is one of the most problems that affects the people and society as a whole. I used to think that talk was cheap, but now I know better. Words do, indeed, matter. Without communication, the bond gets weaker by creating doubts and disrespect with each other, so it is better to discuss and sort out your problems in any relation, instead of living in ambiguity and suspicion.

  In the line, “If you are screaming Aramaic at someone who doesn’t comprehend the language, it doesn’t really matter how insightful you are.” It means that since we have different languages and cultures, every time we encounter people and hear them speak in a language foreign to us, we react as if we do not care and we do not hear them at all. However, there are times that people wanted to be heard, they want to be understood but won’t able to because of the lack of knowledge in a certain area. We all get tired and bewildered as the world become strange for many reasons and as the strangers’ words leave us clueless. At the end of the day our only choice is to pretend deaf without asking them anymore what they want to say. In real life, lack of communication can be observed with our friends, family and others. It is not just about the language differences but also the ability of a person to tell his/her story. They more likely to keep distance, build walls from everyone, and worst is pretending their words do not exist and do not matter at all. Some people turned their back with those people who are crying with silence. They more likely choose to be blinded than to held a hand and listen, which we are all denying when we run out of time to do so.

  “You may know the meaning of life, but if you share your wisdom with an anglophone in the Chinese language, the meaning will be beyond lost, and it won’t be appreciated.”
  It is just like having a TED talk infront of everyone about the stuff you find interesting, but the audience are not interested at all. In this case, we need to consider one’s situation —always.

  “Perhaps one day they will learn your Asian tongue and that message may finally sink in. This may also never happen.” Life is an endless journey, we explore and learn to understand things as we grow. But there are times that we cannot go back anymore to make things right or to understand what has been said long time ago.

  Usually, we are too busy rushing around living life to really ponder its meaning. But sometimes we cannot help wonder, what does it all mean? Why are we here?
  Just like what Joseph Campbell said, “Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer.”

  The meaning of life is now being covered by doubts and misconceptions. So we must not let negativity consumed our minds and influence our beliefs. You are capable of making life worth it without knowing its meaning.

  Moreover, the meaning and purpose of life is not all that easy to figure out. Honestly, I want to determine my own purpose by deciding for myself. I want to proclaim what is good and bad in my own perspective and determine the purpose based on my own desires. I think it is better to have my own choice in choosing what should I do in my life in the future without anyone dictating me. For me, my purpose in life is to be happy and give laughter to my friends, my family and other people I will meet soon. Also, the most important purpose I want to achieve is to be successful in my career to give my family a better life. In addition, we are free to glorify God by being a doctor, a lawyer, a teacher, a mother, an accountant, etc. If the ultimate goal in life is to bring glory to God, then we can do that by being the best at what we do in the various callings of life. So, as the Bible says, “Whatever you do, do all to the glory of God” So, I put my heart in everything I do and accept the challenges even though I sometimes get tired and almost stop in the process. But, I always pray with God, I always ask for his guidance and I do the actions accordingly at my best. That is why I think I am still aligned with my beliefs. Growing up as a Christian, I know that allowing myself today to explore and discover the unknown about myself will help me in the future.

  Esquida, Ma. Faith A. / ACT185

• a. A world without people is worthless. A family without love is hopeless. And a life without meaning is non sense. There’s some point in our life, we want to answered our why. Why do people live if the end of it was death? Why do people fall in love when that someone can’t turn the feelings back? Why do we do bad things but we feel guilty afterwards? Why do we question everything if we believe in nothing? This might be rude to asked but honestly we’re craving for an answer. In the article ‘Weapon of Choice’ was deep and meaningful yet bold and brave to shout the truth. In order for an individual know the meaning of life, one must have know the language I know it has a mask to reveal because it not only means by literally but also your perspective to perceive others. We cannot understand any words that left out by someones mouth even with the most meaningful message behind without knowing language it used. So basically, a person without a heart is not human. A message without an appropriate language that can be understand is pointless.
  b.Being on a peak of struggles towards achieving my goal in life, it lightens up how sure I am now what was my purpose in life. And it is not about what will benefit my future ahead but how will my existence be beneficial to others. As soon I realize that maybe somehow before giving you must own something.Yes, that’s correct but the point is a long time involvement. We may struggling to reach our dream and desire towards genuine happiness but think of another point of view. Soon I will be an accountant, providing all the needs of my family and building my own kin but what’s next? Wait for the time we can’t breathe? No! My purpose is not only to serve myself or the people surround me but all the existing life that is fighting to survive in the suck reality of life. I realize my purpose as I been attending The Feast SM Manila where your broken hearts heal. Really, it is where I molded myself to be more open minded and be attached to what group I belong. My purpose became aligned to the beliefs of Roman Catholic and that is not to be greed and selfish in any circumstances. Like God who offers His life for the sin of the world, its a wake up call for me that this borrowed life I have is not long to be own everything, we have to share those in need. So I, as what God plan to me, I accept it wholeheartedly and have faith that it is accordance to the bright future I will have.

  CALIGAN,CARMELLA JANE O.
  ACT183

• The meaning of life with communication difficulty is very hard and can define as life without essence. Every day we communicate with everyone, it may be verbal or non-verbal communication. We do always need someone who will listen to the dramas, shit things, and of course the achievement of our life. We share to that person our feelings and emotions for us not to explode and to be comforted. So, if we won’t able to share what we feel or emotions to others because of the hindrance we can explode and can do harmful things or whatever thing it is and that is where the life will begin to don’t have any essence anymore.
  My purpose in life is to study and to help my family to have a wealthy life. I think it is aligned with my religious belief because every time I want to give up I always saw a Bible verse that fits for my current situation and every time I go to church there are some words that I think it is a sign that I should just continue what am I doing and study hard.

• Life is the most important blessing that God gave to us. Aside from that, we have our languages that made our lives more easier to understand each other. I think, if we have miscommunication in our lives, there will be no understanding. That world would be full of selfish thing above of all. Humans would not believe to each other if we had that language barrier.
  In this world full of success and obstacles, we have at least one purpose in our lives. I think mine is to pursue my parent’s goal for me to graduate and have a successful life and family. I can say that my purpose in life is aligned to my religion because everything that i made and i will make is base from my strong faith to our God. Being with him in my everyday routine is also my purpose in life. I worship him to thank and to ask that i will pursue my goals and my purpose in life.

• MABAHIN, MHARIAN JOY
  ACT183
  We people are all living with a very big question in our minds which is our purpose in life. Likewise, we have been tought that communication plays a very important role in the lives of every people. But what can happen if the language barrier and misunderstanding occur upon aiming the meaning of life we’ve all been wondering. Of course it would probably be hard. Hard to the point that we can’t actually reason it out because of misinterpretation of the words we’ve got. Reaching a lightbulb attached to a ceilling without any ladder is just like finding your purpose without any capability of effective understanding.

  As for me, apparently, my purpose in life is to live it in a fruitful way and not to end up wasting it. Specifically, I want to help my family and payback all of their hardships done for me. This purpose of mine is, I believe, in conection to my religious belief. The bible says that I should love and respect my parents, and for me, giving them a better life is my way of fulfilling that responsibility of mine.

• A. The importance of communication is shown in the context. It shows how miscommunication leads to violence. It shows the essence of listening to someone to avoid miscommunication.
  “If someone is unable to hear, they can still communicate. If someone is unable to see, or speak, they can still communicate. The only time people are not able to communicate is if they are afraid, or unwilling. If this is the case there is no type of special assistance that can be applied. Time can be torture just as time can be tactic. Silence can be golden just as silence can be deafening.” It means that there is no reason for you to not communicate because even people who is not normal can still communicate.

  B. My purpose in life is connected in my religious belief. It is to follow God’s plan for me and let Him control my life. I accept all the failures and problems that He is giving to me because it makes me stronger. All those problems help me to improve myself.

  MA. ANA JANE E. ALBERTO
  ACT182

• Shaivie Rose P. Javier ACT184- “If someone is unable to hear, they can still communicate. If someone is unable to see, or speak, they can still communicate.” Communication is not about the ability to speak just to transfer information to one another. It may be use some some variety of senses. Everytime, we communicate towards others we always demand a senseful interaction. But not all the time we correspond in an appropriate way . That’s why we ended up to be remain clueless on what they truly feel or think on what’s going on to their lives. Sometimes, it’s not bad to remain in silence on what you’ve been through maybe you’re forming a puzzle on your head trying to connect all the things that you’ve been sinking it all and solving on your own. In contrast, you can’t constantly remain silent and won’t able to express your life experiences. Having this kind of behaviour will always leads you to have negative emotions like you think no one appreciates all the things you’ve done and even your existence in this world.

  B.) Different people, different purpose in life. It is quite difficult for me to determine what is exactly my purpose why am I living in this world as I grew up. And also, I realized so many things. I tend to understand everything in my surroundings just like letting things happen even those were so cruel it seems like blurry to be fix. Actions is in our control. I believe that in everything I do I always feel the presence our Lord God by my side. No matter what will be result is. I know there is a reason behind of it. I always trust his process and also my source of strength to fearfully face challenges in all forms. I’m always reminded by Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. He always have better plans than ours.

• ACT181

  A. Based on the article, when the meaning of life is hindered by miscommunication or language barrier it also hindered the true meaning of expression or feelings over the words,ideas or wisdom that your are speaking or sharing and it won’t be appreciated because of misunderstanding of two different languages that results to the lost of the essence of the words that has been spoken.

  B. As of now, as a young adult and as a Born Again Christians(Bible believer), my purspose in life is to praise and worship God as long as I live because we, Humans are created to give worship to the who creates us which is our dear God. Obviously this purpose is really aligned to my religious belief because we Born Again Christians had strongly credence and dependence in the Bible and the purpose that I’ve mention was really written on it and this is also the teaches on our church.

• ACT 185
  According to the author, when the meaning of life is being hindered by language barrier or miscommunication, it will be beyond lost and it won’t be appreciated. Simply explains that life without communication is worthless because it is the only way on how people can express themselves. It may serves as an instrument in order for us to break free from frustrations that we probably keeps for a long time. Of course, when a person don’t want to freed from those things, he/she will just remain silent… Stupid it is. As the author said, even a deaf can still communicate, even a blind person can still communicate. It is just the matter of willingness and courage. A matter of CHOICE.

  As for this moment, Yes, my life’s purpose is aligned with my religion. Let me share one verse from Proverbs 11:28 “A life devoted to things is a dead life, a stump; a God-shaped life is a flourishing tree.” For me, life’s purpose is far greater than my own personal fulfillment, own peace of mind, or even happiness from flesh. It’s greater than career, even my wildest dreams and ambitions. We probably asks self-centered questions like “What do I want to be?” “What should I do with my life?” “What are my goals, my ambitions, my dreams for my future?” But focusing on ourselves will never reveal our life’s purpose. Bible says, “It is God who directs the lives of His creatures, everyone’s life is in His power.” As for me, meaning of life cannot be searched just within ourselves.
  An invention cannot tell itself why it is invented for… Only the inventor can!

• The meaning of life becomes useless if there’s a language barrier or miscommunication. As stated in the article, you may know the meaning of life, but if you share your wisdom with an anglophone in the Chinese language, the meaning will be beyond lost, and it won’t be appreciated. It means that no matter how you understand what life is all about, if the one you’re talking with is in other language or doesn’t understand what you’re talking about, it means nothing at all. Like as if you are talking to a bacterium which has no brain. On the other hand, in order to achieve better communication, that person must willing to learn your language and it’s his choice to do so.

  As of the moment, like any other young people like me, of course, my purpose in life is to become successful. Yes, it is aligned with my religious belief in a way that I want it to achieve with the guidance of my God. I want to achieve all my goals, to honor Him and to make my family live in a comfortable life. And I know that it’s not the end why I believe in Him, it’s my choice because I felt His love since the beginning.

  ACT183

• Camagan, Shiela Mae
  ACT186

  Communication plays a vital role in our lives. It is our medium to express ourselves and what we wanted to convey. It helps to spread and share information and also a way to help us build a good relationship with others. Good communication skills is really important in developing ourselves. It tests our ability of listening, understanding, analyzing, and interpreting. But, what is life if it is hindered by language barriers or miscommunication? Life will be really useless. We cannot understand each other. We weren’t able to express what we wanted to say. Even when we shout or scream, no one will recognize what it really means. And that would be a big problem. Others may also judge us, if they misinterpret the things we wanted to convey. While thinking of a solution, the song of Rico Blanco entitled ‘Antukin’ cross my mind and that one line their hits me ‘kung ayaw may dahilan, kung gusto palaging merong paraan.’ If language is a problem, there are still ways for us to communicate. We have body language, signs and symbols that could be used to for communication. Things that we should learn to communicate properly without using words. We should always be open with developments. And we should know how to use communication in a good way because communication will be our greatest weapon in life.
  Purpose in life? It is, indeed, a hard question for me to answer. In my 19 years of existence, I may have experienced a lot of things. I may be aware of my purpose but the true essence of it, is very hard to identify. Life is God’s most precious gift to us. And I am very thankful that He has given me one. A chance, for me to discover and see the world He created. Everyone of us have our own missions in life. And that mission is our one and only goal that we should achieve. In the state of my faith now, my purpose in life is to live a life with the guidance from above. That in every challenge that I am facing right now, He will be always there to guide me. My family is His instrument that will give the support and comfort that I need. I know He has plans for me. And I will never ever fail Him because I know that He will lead me to the way where I can spot my true purpose in life.

• ACT186
  A.
  Communication is not only the essence of being human, but also a vital property of life. As implied to this article, communication is really important especially to voice out what you want to happen. Staying in silence and at the same time, using a language that they would not understand will cause misconceptions or nothing since no one understood the message implied. We need to voice out our opinions, advocacies and beliefs. It is somehow corresponds to our life in daily basis. We need to communicate to create an impact that may lead us to the reason of our existence. If we remain quiet or if we used an unfamiliar language, changes that we want may never happen or a change that we never expect will occur. We should remember that it is not how we say something but how they understand our message. It is like our life. It is not about how we lived with it but how we create something from it.

  B.
  As of now, I am living with these principles—to be a good daughter, good friend, good sister, good citizen and most importantly, good servant of God. For me, it is the reason why I exist. As a Catholic, I believe and live my life according to what it says.
  As written in the 10 Commandments, “Honor thy father and thy mother”. I always consider that on everything I do, I should think if my parents would be proud of me if I did something. In our house, we are very happy by being close to my siblings. All my achievements is for them.
  As per the golden rule, I treat others on how I want them to treat me. I should never forget how to respect. I make sure that I am a law abiding citizen by bring a responsible person.
  I have a big circle of friends but I make sure that I will be there if they need someone to talk to. As their friend, I think it is my responsibility to be there on situation where they think that they are alone.
  To end this, I think that I am still in the process of realizing my purpose in life. God has already written my destiny and my purpose. It maybe big that will create an impact and inspire and help other people or just a small that I have already done.

• ACUZAR, JOYCE C.
  ACT184

  I believe that life is impossible without communication because communication is the essence of life. Can you imagine what life would look like without communication? How would we let someone know that we were in pain and in need of help? Wouldn’t it be sad if we had no way to express those three important words–I love you or I miss you? Life would be dull, blank and the world would not be worth living. Yes, the world would keep spinning even without communication. But how about us? I believe that the ability to express ourselves is perhaps one of the most important keys to a happy and successful life. When we really think about it, our ability to communicate helps determine and shape our quality of life. Based on the context of the essay, language barrier or miscommunication can create problems and lead to misunderstanding. And that misunderstanding can affect the meaning of life. The author mentioned that “If you are screaming Aramaic at someone who doesn’t comprehend the language, it doesn’t really matter how insightful you are. You may know the meaning of life, but if you share your wisdom with an anglophone in the Chinese language, the meaning will be beyond lost, and it won’t be appreciated.” Nobody’s born with the language they speak today. Each of us is born with a clean tongue that is transformed to make sounds and words that are native to our homeland and we are molded by experience and adapt to the environment we were placed in. It is important for us to understand that we are living in a world full of diversity and we must find a formula how to lower the communication barrier that is present.

  Every individual has a different outlook on the purpose of life. It depends on what religion we confer with. My purpose in life is aligned with my religious belief. As a Roman Catholic, I believe in God. I believe that He is the creator of all things. This ultimately leads me to believe that the purpose of life would be to follow His way, to obey his rules, and to serve Him. It all depends to what we believe in to determine our purpose in life. As of now I am living with those principles because if I follow His ways, obey His rules, and serve Him I will be a good daughter, good student, good citizen, and good influence to other people. “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness but will have the light of life”. -John 8:12 Aside from that, I’m still in the process of knowing and finding purpose in my life. My real and specific purpose in life is still unknown and quite hard to figure out. I believe that God has already planned it out. He is the only one who knows my future.

• Shen Danielle Villoso
  ACT184

  A) Even if we don’t have a voice to speak and we can’t hear, we could still communicate with others but the meaning of life is hindered by language barrier or miscommunication because of wrong choice of words. Sometimes, as we share our own meaning of life with others, some may be offended and some may understand it. It depends on us—people who would hear their sides since miscommunication can cause war and violence.

  B) My purpose in life is just to live with happiness since my religious belief is God just want us to be happy and share His blessings to us. If we live happily, then it’s like sharing your blessings with other people. Using your smile can put a smile on someone’s face. Also, if you are happy, you’re able to help anyone willingly because happiness can make us things we don’t usually do.

• A. Communication is both the giving of information to someone and the receiving of information from someone. If the person receiving the information doesn’t fully understand and doesn’t ask for clarification, then miscommunication has happened. We live in a world that loves to talk and rarely listens. Too often when talking the person “listening” is really just biding their time until the other person pauses so that they can jump in with their point. That isn’t listening, its stalling, and its terrible communication. Recognize when miscommunication has happened. This might seem a bit simple, but miscommunication often goes undiagnosed. By taking a moment to really see what is happening you can circumvent a lot of frustration.

  B. As for now, my purpose in life is to make my parents proud. Since I am not still able to work and to support all their financial needs, I think that making them feel proud of me is all that I can do for now. Is it aligned to my religious beliefs for I know that God has a better plan for everything you just need to trust Him.

  Denise Aubrey Gallardo
  ACT 183

• Christine Kassandra B. Sael
  ACT184
  A) The meaning of life hindered by language barrier and miscommunication form a problem and that is confusion. People gets confused when miscommunication happens, we doesn’t understand well the message. We get confused about the meaning of our life because of the noise that surrounds us and we become deaf because of the silence we choose to do. We doesn’t see the meaning of life because we were blind to see the reality of it.
  B) As of this moment, i’m living my life because someone gave me this opportunity and i should nourish and take care of it. Yes my life is aligned into a religious beliefs, and i do believe that God gave me this life and i should live this the way He wanted. My purpose in life is to be a good person and take care of everything i have right now. Since elementary i have a strong religious beliefs about God, i studied in Catholic school and i put God as my center of everything. I believe that i exist because God created me. And He created me for some reasons and that reasons is the meaning why im living and why im still here.

• Khianna Demela C. Ello , ACT 185
  A. People have different levels of understanding. If you learn or know something, it doesn’t mean that they also know what’s in your mind. In actual life, when we are talking to our parents sometimes they misinterpret what we want to say, this is the example of miscommunication. So based from what I read the author said “It’s difficult to get logical communication to stick with someone who is being illogical”. This is true right? What is the point of arguing when the other is being hard-headed. People will say negative stuff to you for raising a tone and people will defend themselves just to won an argument. It is hard to understand a man if he, himself don’t want to be understood. My opinion is learn to accept that you are wrong, not all the time you will conclude that you’re right, don’t think that because you have a greater skills of understanding you are superior, be humble and don’t degrade others. Sometimes the way we use words became a hindred to our life. Language barrier, if you put yourself to a box and you scream out load and you feel that your lungs fall out but no one hear a words, it seems that no one cares, even how hard you tried to if they are not interested they will not listen. The author also add ” Silence can be golden just as silence can be deafening”. Silence is the best to communicate to avoid miscommunication and language barrier. Latly, just be quite.

  B. What is the purpose of life? We are born because we have a purpose in this world. There are many reasons why we are born. There are task given to us before we are created by God and we have to find it when we got older. Life is a gift of God, the most precious gift that you received is your existence in this world. When we got older we seek for what is the purpose of our life in this world. If you ask me, simply I will say that I was born to be a good-hearted person, help my family and lastly to serve God. Yes, it is aligned with my religious belief. Since then I know God existed and He gave my life and my body. He gave me problems in life to teach me to be stronger and to keep my faith, He will not give you what you want because you will work hard for it first and you have to keep your faith in Him. He taught me to stand up when I’m feeling down. Isaiah 40:30 ” Those who trusts in the Lord will find new strength”. We all have a different purpose in life, you just need to be calmed and patient to find it.

• ACT181
  A.
  No man is an island. Let be it with a lifeless world without language. I believe that money is what makes the world go round but money itself wouldn’t be identified if communication is out of sight. Power of tongue is one of the most powerful yet the most sinful among all. It connects each soul with one another through the means of communication, it is where the true feelings lies and tend to came out when it is said. Language brings colour to a soulless life, brings out what life is really is and lead us to it’s true meaning.

  B.
  Life’s purpose is one of the hardest thing to determine, it takes time to fully figure out your mere existence and know what is it for. As of this moment, I’ve learned that one’s purpose should be finding your true happiness. The one that could make your face glow because of so much joy and the one that would not make you feel regret at the end. This journey taught me a lot, do the thing that you love the most and the rest will follow. Don’t settle for what is just okay, always look for what is the best. Finding silence in this world full of noise is abruptly hard. Peaceful life is what I admired for and that’s one thing that Catholics keep on achieving. It is somewhat aligned to my own religious belief, that you should seek for a better life without stepping on others lives. Getting success is not bad, but leaving someone behind just to be on top is what makes it look shameful. It’s way more better to walk with a friend beside you than to be ahead of them but you are all alone. It is teaching yourself to be kind and not to be self-centered every single time.

• As the article said, the loudest messages are expressed through the stillest of silences. I believe that silence is main reason why we have miscommunication. Sometimes there’s much more going through our head and not all of it are being said by our mouth. Being silent has more impact than saying all our thoughts, it’s more powerful than what we think. Based on my experience before where I chose not to speak rather than to argue with a person, I realized that being silent is much more powerful since the other person doesn’t know what you want to say. They won’t even know if we are already killing them in our minds.

  My purpose in life is to succeed. I want to achieve my goals in life. As of now I wanted to finish my studies so that I can work and help my family. Since my parents are getting older, I want to pay them back as soon as possible. Of course I can’t do this without the help of God. He saved me so many times when I needed Him the most. Honestly, I’m not a religious person. I don’t go to mass and everything but I do pray everyday. It is really overwhelming since he answers my prayers when I feel so empty. I don’t usually share my problems with anyone but Him. Whenever I feel like giving up I always talk to God and cry myself out. Everything feels so much better after letting go of my problems. With God, I believe I can achieve my purpose in life.

  ACT183

• Before I answer the questions that were provided, I would like to share first my definition of life. For me, life is experiencing ups and downs, failures and success, happiness and sadness, and be able to enjoy the journey itself. Life is like a rollercoaster that has ups and downs, the thrills and the relief. I always say that I love rollercoaster rides because it makes me feel alive. I just realized that while I am writing this, I am able to find the connection of those two things I have mentioned before.

  Based on the context of the essay, the meaning of life cannot be absorbed by someone who does not understand the way others understand it. In addition, miscommunication is not the only thing that makes someone not comprehend the meaning of life. Another thing is the fear and/or anxiety that is/are inside someone’s mind that covers up the small chance of accepting the meaning of life. It holds back the person to get out of his/her prison that his/her fear had created.

  I believe that my purpose in life is to save someone I know from having mental and/or emotional breakdowns, and make them realize that God is up there, giving us lessons for us to be a better person and wait for the perfect timing of the things we wish to happen. This is in line with my religious belief because what I understand from my experience and from the wisdom that the Bible has brought me, I am able to share it to other people who needs some help and to those who does not know the message of God yet.

• A. Communication is a way of having a conversation or getting in touch with different person. It can be made by two or more person who converse with each other, hence if lack of communication happens there is no way it is meaningful for us. Communication is very essential, we use it in our everyday life, like how can we share something to someone if we don’t communicate or when we can’t understand each other because of some reason that is because of miscommunication. There are instances when communication is being hindered by language barrier and is communications. We are not able to express ourselves if we have a different language especially if we are not fluent in a specific language. It is very hard for us to be who we are and who we really because of miscommunication that leads to misunderstanding. In that way we lose the meaning of life by not understanding each of us.

  B. Ever since I was young, I asked myself what is the purpose of life, but as I grew older and learning things on my own I figured out one thing, that my purpose in life is to really know who I am and to fulfill my duties in God’s will. I wasn’t born a religious one but I do believe in Him. There’s this one moment in my life when I turned my back on those people who made me to believe in Him and taught me who He was. Yes, I turned my back on Him. I chose the way where I will face many struggles with no one by my side and not chooses the happy life with Him. At first, I have a doubt on my self and made me realized that I am not worth it, but suddenly there’s this one person who teach me to love myself and appreciate who I am, and there’s Jesus. He accepted me again, from all of my sin down to being me. As I started to be with Him again, I build my own purpose of my life because of Him, by faith I know that my purpose is to walk with Him with all my heart because if I did that all my dreams and goals will be achieve with the help of our Lord. Continue to believe in Him, because everyone will leave except Him.

  Colene Tricia Genovia. ACT 185

• Communication is inevitable in every person’s life. But it doesn’t mean that communication is only for those who can talk, it is also considered communication even though you communicate through your senses, or even hand gestures. Texting or chatting through your phone and social medias are also part of communication. But what if you encounter a hindrance or barrier in communicating? What will happen? What will you do?

  In the article, The hindrance or barriers mentioned are, that, not all people could talk, not all people could see and not all people could hear, because of these these hindrances they consider “SILENCE” as part of communicating to others. To which it only proves that not only we could talk for communication rather it makes us realize that being silent is also a part of communication. As quoted in the article, ” the loudest messages are expressed through the stillest of silences “, what crosses my mind is that, I believe that this quote is true, that whatever you want to say you could do it even if you are silent because it is not necessarily that you should say what you want. Being silent doesn’t mean that you don’t feel any emotions at all but being silent, for me, is the greatest emotion that a person can give to another person, specifically those persons who are already tired from their life. I just want to say thay: “Do not give up, Don’t ever think of quitting but be motivated by your dreams and your purpose in life here in Earth”.

  As I wake up everyday doing my morning routine and as I always pass by a Church when going to school I always do the “Sign of the Cross” and silently praying that my day would be great, full of knowledge and always asking for guidance. I also pray that whatever I would do today, may God always give me enough wisdom and guidance. And of course, I will never forget to say all my “Thank You’s” to God for his everyday blessings to me. I do believe that every person has its own purpose in life, because for me, God created humans with a purpose. But this purpose of ours, may or may not change everyday depending on us. And as of today, I do believe that my purpose in life is to go to school, write my quiz in Philippines History, present our research project and learn more about excel as well as to play table tennis even though I don’t like sports, and lastly to make this comment and share with you what I have learned, and how God will always be here for us, guiding us.

  Having a purpose in life is what makes us motivated everyday. Do not think that you don’t have a purpose, its there inside of you, you just doesn’t notice it yet.

  Marie Anne Louise F. Nalaunan
  ACT181

• Shara Joy Famero
  ACT 185

  According to the article “Meaning of Life”, communication is the cornerstone of expression and the weapon for a meaningful life. The absence of communication tends to vanish the true meaning of life. It is either because of the unwillingness of the people to communicate or just the language barrier. Some people believe that they could live their lives meaningfully even without communicating with other people but by just simply enjoying life. But for me, life will be boring without communication. Because I believe, communicating is a way of expressing and showing emotions to people and building a relationship with them.

  I started knowing God when I was still a kid. And in my whole life, I never question my existence. Because I know God has a purpose why am I here. And that is to live for Him, glorify and praise Him. To spread His words to other people and make them know God. This is my purpose. Not only I live for myself, but I live for Christ. He gave me this life and so I offer my life to Him as well. As of this moment, I can say that I am still doing my purpose. Although there are times that I encounter temptations and almost trip or fall, thankfully God keeps reminding me of those sinful acts I shouldn’t do. I am so blessed that God is living within me. God bless!

• Someone once said, “The worst distance between two people is misunderstanding”. Based on the blog it says that the meaning of life can hinder by communication by this line, “If someone is unable to hear, they can still communicate.  If someone is unable to see, or speak, they can still communicate”. We can still communicate without by words but we if we can’t understand each other with the clear and specific point out we can never get what we eant to point out and it can lead to miscommunication for the both of us. Actions can also help us to deliver our message bit if that action is wrong or it is not deliver in a clear way it can also lead to misunderstanding.

  For me,at my young age I can’t really say my true purpose in this life. It can be changing when things grow independently but for now I think my purpose in that God gave me is to make my parents proud to realize that some things are just worth fighting for and to be more close to God. I think the pain and challenges that I’m encountering now is the way of God to tell me that ” I am here my children, I will not leave you. I will make you stronger than before just keep the faith in me”. Everyone has a purpose in since the day that we are born as a child of God, maybe it is in ourselves to discover or feel that kind of purpose for us realize something.

  GREGORIO, MARY ERICA G.
  ACT184

• ACT 185. Based on the article I’ve red, it mainly showed how relevant communication is, because it is a powerful instrument that we use in order for us to express what we feel to others. However, there are certain cases where using this powerful tool can lead to misunderstandings because of either having language barrier or miscommunication. Being unable to share the meaning of life to people who doesn’t even understand your language is difficult, yet understandable, because they aren’t familiar with the language you’re using, so what can you do? Also, there are cases where others understand and listen to what you’re saying, but aren’t really listening. This is where miscommunication occur, because it is impossible to share what you know about the meaning of life to a person who doesn’t know how to listen, but not literally.

  I can definitely say that my purpose in life has something to do with my religious belief, for I know that the reason why I exist in this world is because God created me to be His follower, sharing His words to the lost souls. Though I’ve failed Him countless times, His promise not to leave me still and will always prevail. I have a goal of becoming successful one day, but everything that I have in mind depends in God’s hands, because all of these are out of my control. He will close doors that aren’t for us, because He had stored something greater than our plans. Also, the saying “To see is to believe” is somehow true, but is wrong when it talks about God, because if you believe in Him first, you will see how great He is. But people have different perception and belief in life, and I respect that, because I believe that we have our own free will to choose and not to choose.

• A.) Communication is integral to human life. It helps us to understand what we are saying and expressing in the form of verbal and non-verbal. Based on the context, if life is hindered by language barrier or miscommunication, it can be worse or it can lead to violence. If we cannot understand ourselves, people may not comprehend what we are expressing. We couldn’t able to listen and speak as well and we couldn’t reach out and seek because there is hindrance that separates. There will be no progression at all.

  B.) As I get older, I am still searching for the purpose of my life but as a young adult and only child, the reason why I am here is to provide and return all my parents’ hard work and sacrifices because since I was a child I often see their eyes how tired them is without even saying it. I have to take the right path because there would be no people who will help me in the future since my parents that time are already old. Yes, it is aligned with my religion belief since I am a Christian it would not oppose my purpose and God will make a way and he will guide me through his word and through my prayers.

  ACT 181

• ACT181

  Breathing is important because it is a dominant thing we need to do in order for us to live, and that’s what also a communication is. Communication is the foundation of expressing ourselves whether it is verbally or non-verbally and it will furnish the good relationship with other people that’s why if the meaning of life hindered by language barrier or miscommunication then there’s no meaning at all. Because I think language barrier or miscommunication lead us for having a misunderstanding with other people that might causes a fight and take it a reason to be afraid to speak out again.

  I’m a girl who do not go to church every Sunday and not a devoted Catholic who do a devotion to our saints such as poong Nazareno but I believe that God exists. My purpose in life are 4L’s- Live, Love, Learn and Laugh. He gave us this life to do our mission, goals and job as a human here in our world. To live with a good heart and peaceful mind, to love and care those people who surround me. To continuously learning from th lesson of every mistake I made, to laugh in every challenges I’ve encounter and negativity. Because I believe all of this happen for a reason, and He just tests us on how we handle our life.

• AILENE L. FIEL
  ACT 183

  A) The meaning of life is what you make of it. We must know how to express through communication but sometimes there will be a misunderstanding if the meaning of life is hindered by language barrier or miscommunication. Talking is not the only way to communicate, even though the actions can. To be in silence is okay because the most important thing in communication is hearing what isn’t said. Don’t let your ears hear what your eyes didn’t see, and don’t let your mouth say what your heart doesn’t feel.
  B) As of the moment, I still don’t know the purpose of my life. But one thing for sure, my life is aligned with my religious belief. I trust God because I know that He has a plan for me. I thank Him for every single day of my life for the blessings that I’ve receive. And I know that if I do good things to others, I will make my God proud of me. I share my blessings to people on the streets, I want to make them happy in a way that I can, I give them food and money and I know it is not enough that’s why I included them into my prayers also. There are a lot of battles in life that I failed but I believe that God closed that doors because He knew that I am worth with so much more.

• ACT183
  DORADO, JULINAR Y.

  A. Language is very important to understand and interpret situations. We use it to communicate and imply message. If there is language barrier or miscommunication, it will make the situation worse. The article tackles about the meaning of life and how language is related to it. We might know the meaning of life, but language helps us to express and share it with other people. It might also result violence if there is a miscommunication. Having knowledge about life is useless if you can’t express it in words.

  B. As a born again Christian, when someone ask me about my purpose in life, serving and praising God, helping others and spreading the word of God are always my answer. It has been engraved in my mind that I should do those things because that’s the right thing to do, that my religious belief was inclined with my purpose in life. But honestly, I don’t know my purpose right now. I created list of dreams and goals for me to achieve even the impossible ones but it’s seems like, I’m still lost. The world is so wide, too many opportunities, lots of expectation, pressure is always there, I can’t keep up. It’s so hard to keep myself in track with my plans, every decision affects my future. I’m starting to think that I am nothing more, that I’m just a daughter to my parents. My life is a mess right now, I’m slowly losing my faith so I can’t elaborate my answer. But one thing is for sure, I’ll know it soon. For now, I just want to be a good and obedient daughter.

• A. What is the meaning of life? Actually, I don’t know what is the real meaning of life. As I searched it in the internet, there are so many definitions from different sites. “Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer.” This quote by Joseph Campbell for me defines what’s the best to answer to this question. And we bring meaning to life by being connected to others by the use of effective communication. It is an integral part of human life because when there is no communication, life is worthless. As mention by the author of the article, “You may know the meaning of life, but if you share your wisdom with an anglophone in the Chinese language, the meaning will be beyond lost, and it won’t be appreciated”, this implies that language barriers and miscommunication can bring huge impact in defining the meaning of life. But it is also stated in the article that silence can be golden. We must move in silence and speak only when it is needed. Just like in a chess game, player move the pieces in silence and only speak when opponent is checkmate.
  B. As of now, I have so many plans in my life. I plan to be a successful businessman and be an influencer to others. But one thing that I’m sure is that my purpose in life is to maximize the life that God given to me by living it by His will. Our life is a matter of choices, live well and it will not go wrong because God already planned what will happen to us. I believe that by God’s will, my choices will lead to what is my purpose in life. Back in my junior high days, almost everyday I attended a mass in our school before going to our first subject. This molded me to be a religious person. I also do believe that by serving Him and helping others who are in need is what He wanted.
  “You can make many plans, but the Lord’s purpose will prevail” – Proverbs 19:21

  Kim Carlo M. De Villa
  ACT183

• Communication is an essential tool that we use everyday for us to be understand by other people, without it our feelings and emotions are insignificant that we feel outcast-ed. “Life is hindered by language barrier or miscommunication”, means that communication is part of the way we live, if there is a language barrier or miscommunication, the purpose of our life is insignificant because we don’t understand each other opinions that results to having a difficult relationship. Being not understand with one another breaks the unity, that is why communication is essential and important in our life.

  My purpose in life is aligned with my belief. Matthew 4:19 “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.”, as a born again christian, we believe that we are tasked to fish for people and make them know the truth that Jesus died for us on the cross for us to be saved. Being part of this community makes my life better and enjoyable because I believe that God’s purpose and plan for my life is better than mine. I do not need to worry about my future for God had already planned it ahead of mine. I just need to trust and Him and do the purpose that He has set on me, and He will fulfilled all the promises that He had promised me.

  ACT185

• CARMELLA JANE O. CALIGAN
  ACT183

  a. A world without people is worthless. A family without love is hopeless. And a life without meaning is non sense. There’s some point in our life, we want to answered our why. Why do people live if the end of it was death? Why do people fall in love when that someone can’t turn the feelings back? Why do we do bad things but we feel guilty afterwards? Why do we question everything if we believe in nothing? This might be rude to asked but honestly we’re craving for an answer. In the article ‘Weapon of Choice’ was deep and meaningful yet bold and brave to shout the truth. In order for an individual know the meaning of life, one must have know the language I know it has a mask to reveal because it not only means by literally but also your perspective to perceive others. We cannot understand any words that left out by someones mouth even with the most meaningful message behind without knowing language it used. So basically, a person without a heart is not human. A message without an appropriate language that can be understand is pointless.
  b.Being on a peak of struggles towards achieving my goal in life, it lightens up how sure I am now what was my purpose in life. And it is not about what will benefit my future ahead but how will my existence be beneficial to others. As soon I realize that maybe somehow before giving you must own something.Yes, that’s correct but the point is a long time involvement. We may struggling to reach our dream and desire towards genuine happiness but think of another point of view. Soon I will be an accountant, providing all the needs of my family and building my own kin but what’s next? Wait for the time we can’t breathe? No! My purpose is not only to serve myself or the people surround me but all the existing life that is fighting to survive in the suck reality of life. I realize my purpose as I been attending The Feast SM Manila where your broken hearts heal. Really, it is where I molded myself to be more open minded and be attached to what group I belong. My purpose became aligned to the beliefs of Roman Catholic and that is not to be greed and selfish in any circumstances. Like God who offers His life for the sin of the world, its a wake up call for me that this borrowed life I have is not long to be own everything, we have to share those in need. So I, as what God plan to me, I accept it wholeheartedly and have faith that it is accordance to the bright future I will have.

• 1. In everything that we do, communication is observed. Without it, people are left to operate on their own assumptions, fears, expectations, beliefs, philosophy, opinions, and values. As I’ve read the article above, plays a vital role in our lives. Miscommunication and language barrier often leads to confusion and misunderstanding. You’re unable to express yourself fully to others. Communication fosters unity and alignment, without it agreements and harmony won’t be possible. By this, people tend to shout and maximizes their voices in order for them to be heard. But there is a still communication when there’s no communication. Silence. It is so powerful that even without speaking, your life can still be expressed in the way how you act to it. Silence is can be golden just as silence can be deafening. That’s why if you don’t want to be misunderstood or be judged by other people, be quiet and let tour actions do the work.
  2. Yes, I rely my purpose in life with what God has instored for me. Up to this day, I realized that my purpose is simple. I should share to the other people what I’ve learned with my life experiences. God put me in this place with a purpose of being a model and medium to guide decisions and influence their behaviors. I believed that my main purpose in this world is in His, not in anyone even my family.

  ACT181

• Gail B. Arciaga ACT184

  a) Based on the context of the essay, what happens with the meaning of life is hindered by language barrier or miscommunication? (10pts)

  Based on the context of the essay, what happens with the meaning of life is hindered by language barrier or miscommunication is that there can possibly have a lot of violence. The reason is that when miscommunication happens people will not understand what you are talking about. Also, it can be a hindrance because a good communication process means that both the sender and receiver have a smooth flow of sending and receiving the messages. The same system we use to express our most intimate thoughts can be frustrating when it fails to capture our thoughts, to represent what we want to express, and to reach our group.

  b) As of this moment, what is your purpose in life? Is it aligned with your religious belief? If yes, how and if no, why not? (15pts)

  Life isn’t just measured in the years a person lives for; life is looked upon as to what an individual commit to his other life. Whether there are ups and downs, good and bad times, or success stories or failures to bear, a person’s life says it all. Oftentimes, we have come across such amazing stories, as in life tales, of people whom we consider role models or people that have a huge impact on our society. In my life I have been through a lot. I didn’t always accomplish what I wanted to, but I never gave up. I have always aimed for excellence with the help of my family and friends. Growing up wasn’t as easy as I thought but I have learned a lot through my mistakes. I have always placed a great importance in education. As of this moment, I think that my purpose in life is not yet aligned with my religious belief though I am about to go there. For now, I do cherish my moments with my father. Also, I think that my purpose in life is to make him happy and proud of what I am doing in life right now.

• a). In the essay, it is said that there will be violence and misunderstanding of there is miscommunication in a conversation. Communication is a powerful tool to understand living things. Without communication, common understanding creates more misunderstanding and people may become directionless. It is the utmost importance in any given situation. It strengthens the bond between people but it can also cause people to teach or say bad things to them. So some people tend to be quiet or silent when they communicate and some of them is naturally silent and use their body to communicate. So in this article, being loud or talkative is not always the answer to understand a person or to have a better communication because not all messages that we give them is a hundred percent of what we mean because communication occurs through our tone, facial expressions, postures, gestures and the like. That’s why people use silence to communicate. Keeping the tongue quiet frees us up to listen and focus or give the attention on what the other is saying. Sharing an information is the goal and not to win. So if there is a misunderstanding or miscommunication it is better to be silent to have a better and faster resolution.

  b). As of now, I think that my purpose in life is to live with Jesus by my side and to help my Family in the future. A good daughter to my family, a responsible student and a believer of God.

  I believe that God made me because I have a mission and that mission is the reason why God gave me life. As far as I know about myself, God created me as a happy and a cheerful person and I think these characteristics can also make other people happy especially my friends. And because of that I think one of my mission have been successful. I don’t know what or how God made the plan for me but I trust my life with Him.

  In this life full of mysteries, I think people don’t know their purpose yet but when we think about what we want to be or how we see ourselves in the future, I believe that, that is already a trailer of our upcoming movie. Because life is a fairy tale, it sometimes end with a happy ending but some life ends with a sad ending.

  Something else I like to believe in, is that everyone on this Earth has a calling. And we all have one place to return to and that is heaven.

• ACT185 Villanueva, Christian Jay
  a.) Based on the context of the essay, what happens with the meaning of life is hindered by language of barrier or miscommunication?
  Communication is important in a way that we as human beings it is an instrument to better express ourselves, however there are times that we will encounter barriers which will lead to miscommunication. As what have been mentioned in the article, if someone is unable to hear, they can still communicate. If someone is unable to see, or speak, they can still communicate. What the author wants to say is one of the reason why miscommunication occurs is when the willingness to listen of a person is not present. There might be times that we neglect to learn something when it doesn’t fit with our ideas just like with the use of language. Learning would be possible with different use languages as long as you are willing to understand your differences and it is up to a person’s level of interest if he/she is willing to learn or not. It would be really hard for a person to teach if he’s afraid and out of interest and with that there can be no solution at all. In order to prevent miscommunication we must get out of our comfort zone to understand what wants to convey despite of the differences we have and with that the possibility to adopt and understand new things would not be impossible and barriers of communication may be prevented.

  b.) As of this moment, what is your purpose in life? Is it aligned with your religious beliefs? If yes, how and if no, why not?
  If I will be asked whether if I always go with church every Sunday, honestly my answer would be not always, however even if there are times that I missed to go on church every Sunday I still live the things I’ve learned with the teachings of the church. And with the question with my purpose in life, is it aligned with my religious beliefs? My answer is yes, the reason why I am in this world experiencing all the good things is because of the Lord, without Him I would not be here. My purpose is to fulfill my dreams in accordance with God’s will and in return of all the good things of God has given me I will always live the values I’ve learn and my aim is to achieve the things I’ve set on for the future without hurting and manipulating other people. I will spread happiness and love because of the love and forgiveness that God always done for me.

• ACT 181 LESTER JOHN B. NOCES
  A.) Language is needed for any kind of communication even people with speech impairments communicate with sign language and brail. Communication becomes difficult in situations where people don’t understand each others’ language. Language barriers are the most common communication barriers which cause misunderstandings and misinterpretations between people. Life created for us to understand each others opinion. Communication is defined as an expression in the article, which we should share our knowledge and at the same time try to listen also. I believe for us to be able to communicate without hindered in the meaning of life that leads to misunderstand is that it should be a two way around, you should be able to understand that it is not only your thoughts will be heared but also try to listen and understand. It is not always how louder you are but how you will be able to addressed it properly.

  B.) Well, for now my priority is to finish my study. Growing up I was raised by my parents that prayers changes everything. Even though sometimes I don’t feel like praying is not working but I never stop praying until something is happened. It has said in Matthew 7:7 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you” what ever my purpose in life is, I always ask provision, seek guidance and knock for forgiveness to the almighty God in heaven and I am making sure that it is Him who planned for me. My purpose is to finish my study that will give glory to our God.

• Decena, Lyster C.
  ACT-185

  A.) Having a communication is an important thing in every lives. It can be overwhelming, sometimes its not. And being in silent, has also a meaning, meaning you can communicate with someone even you don’t speak loudly to get heard by everybody.

  B.) As of now, my purpose is to serve as a student, who needs to study hard and aim high to be well prepared in future, and serve as a singer for the roman catholic church, who sings all through out songs during sunday mass. Yes, it was aligned in my beliefs, because of i was raised in this religion, and now i got all the concept of how songs are connected to every words on bible.

• Language barrier and miscommunication hinders us in understanding the meaning of life. “Communication is the corner stone expression” which is true. Communication makes us express our feelings and thoughts to someone it can either in body language or through words. If people can’t communicate verbally they can still do by using their body language. Willingness is the key to understand other people, if you are willing to understand them either body language or words then it will work out but if you yourself are unwilling, then miscommunication will arise. Because even the loudest voice will not be heard if people are pretending to be deaf, sometimes silence is a great weapon to let other people understand you. Because just like what is written in the article, if someone is unable to hear, they can still communicate. If someone is unable to see or speak, they can still communicate. It is the matter of willingness.
  I’m not a religious type of person but i do believe in God and human kindness. As of this moment, my purpose in life are to make my parents proud, be a good citizen of this country, and to help the people in need. My first purpose in life is to make my parents proud by means of studying hard, getting a good grades and to be able to graduate soon and after that I want to provide for my parents when I’m already working and give them what they want because it’s my way of saying thank you and I love you for all the sacrifices that they went through for me and for our family. Second, is to be a good citizen of the country by abiding the law, maintaining the cleanliness of the environment because I really hate people who throw their trash anywhere without even thinking the possible consequences. Lastly, after I fulfilled my purpose for my family and country I also want to help people who are needs by means of providing them education for youngsters and for the elderly is a livelihood program. Because I always see people in the streets without food and home and I can’t help but to sympathize with them and also thank God and my parents for providing me all that I need. As a student right now I don’t have that much power and money to make this vision of mine into reality, time will come that this vision will become reality. As a Roman Catholic this purposes of mine is aligned with my religious beliefs because this purposes of mine in life is somehow aligned in what’s in the Bible in which I should honor my parents, help those people in need and protect and preserve the creation of the Lord.

• ACT183
  According to the text , when the meaning of life is hindered and there is miscommunication, some resort to violence some shut themselves off from other people but what the text imply is that there are alot of ways to resch other people not just by talking , but even if all those ways exist , It will not matter if the person is closed , If he/she doesn’t listen. In the text there were examples of sending a message , silence ,a very powerful statement , no words ,nothing ,just silence , but a person will only get that message if he/she listens , shouting isn’t the answer , even if you shout all day long , the person will not get what you’re saying unless he listened. For me, It is not about communication really , It’s about listening.

  All I want is to be happy , that is my purpose in life ,to find true happiness , I don’t know how ,when ,or where , in what way or what foem ,but that is all I want ,and yes it is inclined with my religous belief because I believe in God , I know he wants me to be happy , I read the bible everyday ,and everything that happens is in the bible , I try to follow as much as I could , and Im in the middle of existentialism and transcendentalism , cause I know what I am today is because of what I did in the past but I also believe that God is always with me ,for every decision I make he always gives me an option to choose what his will is , is is up to me to choose, and right now I think I’m on the right path ,I found friends that understands me , Im in a situation right now where I can fully express myself , and I know somedah I fill find that something ,that happiness I’m longing for.

• ACT183
  According to the text , when the meaning of life is hindered and there is miscommunication, some resort to violence some shut themselves off from other people but what the text imply is that there are alot of ways to resch other people not just by talking , but even if all those ways exist , It will not matter if the person is closed , If he/she doesn’t listen. In the text there were examples of sending a message , silence ,a very powerful statement , no words ,nothing ,just silence , but a person will only get that message if he/she listens , shouting isn’t the answer , even if you shout all day long , the person will not get what you’re saying unless he listened. For me, It is not about communication really , It’s about listening.

  All I want is to be happy , that is my purpose in life ,to find true happiness , I don’t know how ,when ,or where , in what way or what foem ,but that is all I want ,and yes it is inclined with my religous belief because I believe in God , I know he wants me to be happy , I read the bible everyday ,and everything that happens is in the bible , I try to follow as much as I could , and Im in the middle of existentialism and transcendentalism , cause I know what I am today is because of what I did in the past but I also believe that God is always with me ,for every decision I make he always gives me an option to choose what his will is , is is up to me to choose, and right now I think I’m on the right path ,I found friends that understands me , Im in a situation right now where I can fully express myself , and I know somedah I fill find that something ,that happiness I’m longing for.

• A). Based on the article, it is meaning of life that had violence and misunderstanding if miscommunication happened. Communication is one of the most important factors in our lives. It dictates the relationships formed with the individuals in personal and professional lives. Hence, communication becomes difficult in situations where people don’t understand each others’ language. The big barrier here is you cannot express yourself and you remain in silence. Silence is a communication that is open to interpretation and misinterpretation.  

  B). My purpose in my life is to live, learn, grow, and absorb any and everything. I have put in practice what I have learned so far and it had helped me out to recognize the value of simple things in life such as family, people around me, the material things I have, and those things that makes my life better and happier. My main purpose in life as of now is to grow and to learn and to make myself a better person. My purpose became aligned to the beliefs of Roman Catholic, Everything that is created is created for a purpose. God created us for a unique purpose, and since God is good, His purpose is good. I believe there is something that calls out from within seeking to discover the unique purpose we were created for as individuals. You just need to believe on him and accept it wholeheartedly.

• ACT – 186 A) Animals and humans, use their own separate languages to communicate with one another, because no one can survive without communicating. Communication does not refer only to articulating words. Using sign language and the sense of touch to express and feel are also important modes of communication. Ultimately, communication should be effective. As long as there is clarity in communication, the goal of communication will be accomplished. But when comminication is hindered, it will surely bring problems and misunderstandings. We can absorb the true meaning of life by having a good relationship to other people, if we know what they are going through, and what they believe in. In that case we can appreciate more that life has an jmportant meaning and role to everyone. In communicating, we can avoid certain happenings because it is already shared to us by someone. We are more ware of what would likely to happen next if we communicate to other people. I also believe that each one of us communicate to others for a specific reason, an individual will not contact another individual for nothing, even if it seems that they do not have something important to say, the satisfaction of communicating to other people they like is more important.

  B) Aside from having different purposes in life, my number one priority is to save unbelievers. Yes, it is aligned with my religous belief because when I baptized I encounter more about Jesus and my faith on him strengthens, I am more active in Church activities that will glorify the Lord. Materials things and achievements here in this earth are all temporary. What will matter is the people we bring to Him, the efforts of us to inteoduce Jesus and accept Him as their personal Lord and savior and if that happens the heaven will celebrate. Imagine, you will give that specific person a change in his or her life and giving him or her an opportunity to have an eternal life once they truly accept Jesus Christ. I believe that the true purpose of life is not about us, it is about others especially to those who are in the different path. To the people who do not have a personal relationship with the Lord, it is the time for us to bring back the glorification to the Lord by giving Him the best way to serve Him. I am happy with the Church I am attending now because I do learn a lot and I enjoy serving theLord.

• Shaivie Rose P. Javier ACT184- “If someone is unable to hear, they can still communicate. If someone is unable to see, or speak, they can still communicate.” Communication is not about the ability to speak just to transfer information to one another. It may be use some some variety of senses. Everytime, we communicate towards others we always demand a senseful interaction. But not all the time we correspond in an appropriate way . That’s why we ended up to be remain clueless on what they truly feel or think on what’s going on to their lives. Sometimes, it’s not bad to remain in silence on what you’ve been through maybe you’re forming a puzzle on your head trying to connect all the things that you’ve been sinking it all and solving on your own. In contrast, you can’t constantly remain silent and won’t able to express your life experiences. Having this kind of behaviour will always leads you to have negative emotions like you think no one appreciates all the things you’ve done and even your existence in this world.

  B.) Different people, different purpose in life. It is quite difficult for me to determine what is exactly my purpose why am I living in this world as I grew up. And also, I realized so many things. I tend to understand everything in my surroundings just like letting things happen even those were so cruel it seems like blurry to be fix. Actions is in our control. I believe that in everything I do I always feel the presence our Lord God by my side. No matter what will be result is. I know there is a reason behind of it. I always trust his process and also my source of strength to fearfully face challenges in all forms. I’m always reminded by Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. He always have better plans than ours.

• (ACT184) You see, the meaning of life varies to each and everyone. It’s profound and broad to discuss. In terms of having it related to communication and how it will be affected by concealing it or making a barrier, life will be complicated in a sense that when no one is willing to communicate or someone is hard to understand, the message or thought will be open for different interpretations – be it correctly understood or worse, falsely interpreted. In this manner, things will get hard to grasp, ponder, and may possibly lead to unwanted situations like violence and frustrations. Communication is essential for all living creatures. It feeds our soul and relationship towards one another and having it completely hindered will just make everyone disconnect and withdraw from the circle.

  As of this moment, my life is not aligned with my religious belief. The reason is that I am not that religous though I certainly believe in God. For me, my life is a puzzle and right now, I still have a lot of missing pieces. I’d like to think that my life is aligned with my goals, say, my desired career, plans for my family, self-fulfillment and the likes. The main reason is that as a person who is really ambitious and goal-oriented, I have to do my best and give my all to achieve what I think is right and best for me. I just have to do what I think is okay, and if ever I might fall, I know God will catch me so I choose to seek purpose on the things that keep me going and motivated. I choose to look for meaning in the life I chose to live without having the assurance of triumph. I chose to align my purpose with my position in life right now because God put me here because He knows I can own it but for the mean time, my purpose is aligned with my ambitions and aspirations and that is to be successful, happy, and fulfilled.

• LUCAS, KEZIA DOROTHY D. ACT182

  A) Based from what the writer is telling, the meaning of life hindered by miscommunication is quite difficult. You may know something but the language barrier makes it difficult to get your points across to the one you’re talking to. Just like what the writer said, “if you’re screaming Aramaic at someone who doesn’t comprehend the language, it doesn’t really matter how insightful you are.” It means that if there’s a hindrance you can’t deliver well what you want to say to the people. It will mean nothing because the meaning wouldn’t be the same if there’s miscommunication.

  B) Right now, I’m still unsure of my purpose in life. In all honesty, I’m still trying to find it. I believe that God has a plan for me. That is why, I just continue to trust in Him to lead me to the path where He wants me to be. So, I think my purpose, as of now, is to do my best in studying and be a good (which includes obeying and being responsible) daughter and sister to my family. I think that my purpose is aligned with my religious belief. It is said in Ephesians 6:1-3, “Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) Tthat it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.” It is also said in Jeremiah 29:11, “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Alll of these verses are aligned with my purpose and my faith in God. As a Christian, I believe that everything happens because God has a plan for it. All my life, I’ve only put my trust in Him. He is the center of our lives and by faith I surrender everything to God. That is why, my purpose is also surrendered to Him.

• Communication is an essential for us, people. We might not be able to understand others if we don’t have it. There are things that is easy to understand, and there are things that aren’t. Language barrier or miscommunication isn’t rare. We might have the universal language which is English, but others can’t fully understand and use it because there are nations who strongly wanted their own language to dominate their country, and there are people in every nation who cannot afford to be educated at all. But through non verbal communication, we’re able to express what we wanted to convey, and understand what the others wanted us to know. Without communication, our lives would be different. All will be unruly, all will be messy. As of the moment, I am not sure of my purpose in life but, I think, it is to make my parents experience the life that they’ve always wanted. I don’t know how yet but I know, God is there to be with me in everyday, to guide me to the path I am taking. I just started knowing him and day by day, I am thankful that I am able to be closer to him.
  Pamela Dianne M. Cenon ACT184

• Tago, Louwie Jay M.
  ACT183

  The meaning of the word “life” could be anything, it does not have an absolute interpretations nor definitions. The article depicts that miscommunications and barriers can lead lives to be meaningless, that it can lead to violence or chaos. Communication has a vital roles in our lives, it serves a way where we able to express ourselves by speaking up our voices to others. But due to the lack of language knowledge or because of miscommunication we tend to misinterpret the messages we receive from someone. It is just like our lives, if we didn’t find our purpose, nothing won’t happen to the point that we cannot able to define our own of meaning life. There maybe hindrances in our lives, but as we able to conquer it, we find the answers to the unanswerable questions.

  As for now, I do believe that my purpose in life is to serve and make people happy. Because for me, seeing someone who is grateful on the things I’ve done to them makes my life meaningful. It may be simple but I believe it has a big part to my life nor to myself. i think my purpose aligned to my religion, for I was taught the different values which I manifest, that by doing simple things to others just like making people happy can lead you to a better life. And that’s always what I’ve asking for, is to have a better life.

• ACT 185
  A. We live in a world where communication really plays a vital role, I cannot imagine a life without it. It really helps us to express what we feel and we cannot deny that this is the only way for us to share information and broaden our knowledge. The article explains what will happen if there are hindrances or barriers in language or if miscommunication happens. This may lead to some conflict and there would be no peace at all. If a person experiences huge problems and he/she is unwilling to share those problems because he/she believes that no one will listen nor understand this may lead to depression so it is really important to communicate to avoid this kind of situations.

  B. As of this moment, my purpose in life is to work hard for my better future. I’ve realized that having a good life at a later time is the best gift that I can give to my self and my family. I need to study harder to be able to reach my goals. More important than that, it is also my purpose to show my unending love and worship to God because He is the one that brought me to life which I think is my forever debt of gratitude to Him. As a member of Church of Christ or even those who are not, it is our responsibility to never forget how the Almighty God showed His unconditional love to us and in return, we have to follow all of his commands. Without God, I will not be able to have courage to fight and work hard for my dreams because I know that every time or every second of my life He is with me.

• SAPA, RHIA F. ACT- 184

  Communication plays a vital role in our everyday life. But sometimes when we are communicating, there are some hindrances that bothers the process of our communication. The essence of the message we want to deliver or we need to receive will be lost if these hindrances are present. And some of these barriers are the lack of attention or interest, the physical disabilities, the cultural differences between the sender and receiver, and of course the language differences. According to the context of the essay, we may have the wisdom of the meaning of life, if these barriers are present, the wisdom you share won’t be appreciated. Yes, you were able to communicate with them, but the essence or the meaning will be lost, and as I’ve said earlier, it won be appreciated and in effect they will also not be able to apply that wisdom. But then, like what the author said, having physical difficulties to communicate doesn’t hinder a person to communicate. Because the only time a person won’t be able to communicate is when she’s afraid and unwilling to express or deliver her message. Meaning, if you got that golden wisdom, if you got the wisdom of the meaning of life, if you will not share it when in fact you have all the chances to share it, that wisdom would be worthless. You will never understand and apply the meaning of life if you remain silent when you have the ability to speak and to be heard.

  As of this moment, honestly doesn’t know the concrete and the exact purpose of my life. But like what others said, we are all born with a purpose, we are here on Earth, living, and breathing because of our mission. As of now, I may not know my exact purpose in life, I have this verse from the bible that I claim whenever I am questioning the purpose of my life. Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you” declares the Lord, ” plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. ” But now, I am seeing that my purpose in life is to bring joy to my family and friends, and be a kind person to others. And I think since I am the elder sister of my only one sibling and a first daughter of my parents, right now, I think my purpose in life is to be successful someday and help my parents rise from the difficulties of life they experienced before. And give them the best thing that a daughter can give to her parents.

• I. Our life can be meaningful if we make the most out of it, and in order to live we need to communicate. Just like what they always say “No man is an island” so no one can live when he’s alone for we all need someone in order to live. And once we can no longer communicate with someone, it means that we can no longer construe the meaning of life. We’re going to be swallowed by the negativity around us and all we can do is to wait for the right time to bring ourselves out from the dark on our own. Because no matter what everyone says we are the only one who can help ourselves to be healed.

  II. I don’t even know my purpose in life yet, I didn’t know the reason of why I’m still here. But I know that the Lord has planned it already. I always believed that I am here because of His love and I will always believe His plans. In Jeremiah 29:11 It was stated that “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” I always hold on to that verse ever since I was a callow youth, because I grew up in a family who always remind me that I have a purpose and that I have a job to fullfill. And one of them is to serve the Lord with all our heart.

  Christine Mae Jalbuena
  ACT-183

• ACT182
  The meaning of life would be worthless or meaningless if it is hindered by a language barrier because we cannot be able to understand each other. Our lives would become chaotic and complicated also. According to the essay, “Communication is the cornerstone of expression” so how can we able to understand someone if they cannot express their feelings into words. We use language as a weapon for us to defend ourselves when we are in trouble. Being unable to communicate is like living with a serious impairment because it is very difficult to get along with other people if there is no way to communicate with one another. Language helps us to achieve success in life. Language is a very important part of everyday life. Language is a very broad and not fully understood word that is necessary in everyday life. Language is more than just a means of communication. Every aspect of our lives is a form of language. We use language to inform the people around us of what we feel, what we desire, and question or understand the world around us. Our lives would be nothing without the communication. Communication drives our lives. Language is something which distinguishes humans from other animal species. Without this, we are just homo sapiens.

  As of this moment, I think the purpose of my life is to value God and my loved ones. I want to make my parents proud and to recoup with all of the hardships that they did to me. It is aligned with my religious belief because according to the bible the most important thing is to love God and love people. But I believe that God has His own purpose for my life and I know that He has something good in store for me. I don’t believe that He intends me to live a life of painful drudgery in which each day is a total drag. Trying to discover my life purpose is so stressful yet it is also an overwhelming thing. I may want to move forward, but I’m not sure how. I want to find my purpose, but I feel like I’m aimlessly wandering. But I trust God that He will lead me where He wants me to go. As Psalm 23:2-3 says, “He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.” I may feel confused, but I am so sure that God doesn’t. Our purpose in life is the very meaning of our existence and without knowing this we often suffer ignorant of our own significance. We fall prey to the illusion that our lives don’t matter and we have no connection or impact on the world around us but the bible offers many insights into man’s purpose on Earth and living within a meaningful mission. Psalm 57:2 says, “I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills his purpose for me.” This is the key in understanding God’s purpose for my life. I know that God has numbered my days and will fulfill every purpose that He has for me. However, our choices and actions also really matter. We can choose to do things that will bring us more joy and give us more of a sense of purpose. Seeing my loved ones happy, gave so much joy to me because I feel so appreciated even though it is just a simple kind of action. I feel so happy everytime I made them laugh because in that way, I know that it reduces their stress through their problems in life. The bible also tells us that we can enter into a close relationship with God through belief in Jesus Christ. Just believe in God, keep the faith and trust His plans, then you will be in the right path.

• Life is a treasure and a blessing that must be taken as most important part being a human. Being alive is a choice that each one are responsible to find the meaning of their own lives. But, what happens with the meaning of life is hindered by a language barrier or miscommunication? The purpose of life will be only lost and useless when there’s a hindrance. Imagine that the meaning of your life can only be understood by yourself and the others can’t understand it, do the purpose of your living will be aligned to the willingness of everyone one? Communication is not only in a means of word but it is a form of understanding what was said by the others. It is also the way on how people will create their own purpose in living with the guidance of others because communication will give way to not only to tell and do your reason of living but also to listen, and that is understanding what you must do and the ethical nature of everyone’s life. See how this miscommunication change the willpower of each individual’s purpose in life and how understanding will help to improve life. It is powerful to have compassionate heart to know the intention of existence of each human being.

  As a young woman, I still can’t find the right thing or specific reason to live in knowing the purpose of my life. It is difficult to judge myself in collaborating on what I am doing in my life. But one thing I know, is that my purpose in having this life is to be a human. A human with a good heart, a human with responsible mindset, a human with a truthful and gentle character and a human having a humble sense of fondness. This is also aligned to my religious beliefs that I must serve my life to the willingness of God. The goodness that God wants me to be is the meaning of life that I should have. Example is the way on how I treat people and how I serve the willingness of God. It was great enough and I am proud to tell that the life I have now is how God wants me to have and this is a one step to my success and the success of others that surrounds also with spiritual courage of God.

  The happiness that you brought to the people is one of the most interesting aspects to the willingness of God. This only means that we have this life not only to live but to live it with a purpose. The way to know the intention of life is to communicate and understand what must gong to do with the supervision of the highest superior.

  Cyrille Ann Dappit
  ACT 184

• 1. As I’ve read the article, when there is miscommunication and language barrier, you can’t fully expressed what you want to deliver to your listener. They might misunderstood and might be confuse if such happens. They’ll invalidate what you really want to say even if its context is meaningful, it’ll become nonsense and unappreciated. This leads to chaos and self-analization. Sometimes, it is better to be silent with them than to shout what you point out that they can’t even get the sense of it.
  2. I’ll definitely say yes to this. I can relate my purpose in life with my religious beliefs. I believed that God had already written and created my purpose in this world. He appointed me with a responsibility that I should follow and live up to. He gave me my purpose in life, to love others without conditions and hesitations. Like what was written in the bible, “Love other people as I loved you.” May it be my family, friends, my self, the people around me, and even the life I have. With it, many things will be possible for me. Because when you love what you are doing, you are living the most out of your life.

  ACT 181

• 1. Based on the context, communication plays an important role in our lives. It builds good relationship between us and to others. We could still communicate with others but the meaning of life is hindered by language barrier or miscommunication because of wrong choice of words or wrong used of words in communicating. Some may be offended by our words and some will understand it, it always depend on the people whom we are communicating of, it always depend on their interpretation which can cause violence. We all know that words are powerful so let us be sensitive by using some words in communicating because not all the people have the same interpretation. Without communication, life would be boring.

  2. As of this moment, my purpose in life is to have a stable life someday (graduated in college, having a work, becoming a CPA, having a strong family, make my parents proud and happy). My purpose in life is alligned with my religous belief because I am dreaming something but I always pray for it and working for it, because I believed that praying without doing is nothing. I always put God first in everything I do because I believed that with His guidance , everything would fall in the right place and His plans is better than my plans.

  Elianar dela Peña
  ACT 182

• ANDREA D. FERNANDEZ
  ACT184

  A. The meaning of our lives can’t be figured and found out easily. We need to seek for it, and put a lot of hard work, patience, set of failures, courage and willingness before we find it. Based on the context of the article, people won’t understand each other if there’s a barrier in their means of communication. Even how loud we talk to others, or we shout what we want to tell them as long as they can’t comprehend on the language we are using, they won’t get its meaning. Like in life, sometimes we don’t get what’s the meaning of our life because there’s no one who would tell us directly about the meaning or purpose of our life. Sometimes, we don’t understand what God wants us to do because we can’t talk to Him directly! That’s why, sometimes, we are struggling in finding the meaning of life. We are confused if we are doing things right or not. And that will lead us to different paths, it can be either a wrong path or a right path. Sometimes, because of barrier in communication, we do some mistakes and a bad decision in life.

  B. Honestly, I am still struggling in finding my purpose. But when I attended the Feast today, I’ve realized a lot of things. Kuya Lep, the feast builder, said that our position right now linked to our purpose, and we are put in this situation because it will leads us to our purpose. So, I think I am living the life I have now because it is what destined for me. I here because I have a purpose. I might not know it yet but one thing for sure is I will found it in time. But for now, I think my purpose or my role is to be a good student, a loving a daughter and sister, a good friend, responsible citizen, and be a source of happiness and hope of others. I think it is in lined with my religious belief. For me, God wants us to serve others, and also strengthen us. He is like our trainer. He put us in a battle not to have a victory but to let us evolve from who we are. I think I am living the life I have now because it will help me to create a version of myself who is more equipped to do my ultimate purpose in time. I may experienced a lot of problems in my life in order to help me become tough and resilient. I may experienced struggle with my studies but in the future, I can endure all the things in work or in any thing else because I was trained. I may have a problem in my family and relatives today, but maybe in time, I would learn how to be more humble, courageous, initiative, and more understanding and thoughtful.

• (ACT 181) Way back when I was on Highschool, I read about the legend behind why there were so many languages in the world today.
  When the Creator created the human, all of them had only one “lingua franca” ( language) because the Almighty wanted them to have a stronger bond and cooperation in each other in order to build prosperity in their nation. God desired language to be not a barrier to understand and for them to have no quarrels in one another. But human became ambitious and greedy to the power of the Almighty, they built a tower (it became easy for them to plan and persuade others because of one language) that would reach the sky where the Creator was living. He discovered it and that made Him furious and in return God destroyed the tower and made different languages to different people and that served as their barrier in communication.

  I tell you this story because it has a connection with language. Well, life is really has no definite meaning but based on the essay miscommunication affects how others see and understand us. Language serves as our weapon to understand and reach out each other but not to harm them violently by abusing the usage of it. It is so powerful that, it can build a nation or destroy as well.

  If you really want to be understood and to understand, disabilities are not a reason anymore. If might be a little bit challenging but there are always a way for everything rather than always being silent. Silence has many meanings for anyone and that is the king of language that all people usually misunderstood, that’s why if you are sad say something, if you are mad say something, if you are scared say something. Not all people can interpret silence so please express it because not all people are mind reader.

  B.
  Change is the only constant in this world. As of now I still see my purpose as a person who loves making her love parents smile and laugh because of my jokes. A person who loves helping living things in need. A person making herself happy because of simple achievements and a sister for everyone who needs a help. As a Roman Catholic, I know that the context of my purpose is aligned in it. First one is love your parents because they are the one who nurtured and loved you more than anything in this world. The second one is be the steward of God’s creations , He created us more capable and intelligent than other creature so it becomes of resposibility to take care the others. Loving yourself by making yourself productive not just for yourself but also for your country. And love your neighbor as you love yourself because it means you are loving God too when you are doing that. All of what I’ve said were most in the ten commandments. To be honest, I only based my purpose base on what I am feeling and willing to do but not on the bible because I believe that I don’t need to be a Roman Catholic to follow these Moral acts because as a human being that’s an obligation that you need to initiate and not because of the Bible itself.

• Life is about the choices that we made. We connect to people because we want. But there is always a barrier like miscommunication because you don’t understand each other. We need to have a strong communication in our friends so that it will not lead to any misunderstanding. Communication is the key to have a good and better relationship to other people around you.

• According to the article, communication is needed to express what we wanna say or feel. If there is a miscommunication, it might result to yelling, frustration, misunderstanding, or, worse, violence. There are a lot of ways to communicate, some are stated in the article. If only all of us know how to communicate properly, then there would be no arguments od violence. We need to listen, understand, respect, and be careful in everything we say or do because communication is not only based from talking but in actions too.

  I was asked before what my purpose in life is and since then I have been questioning myself because I was not sure about it. I was confused but I know every single person in the world has purpose. A lot of thoughts came into my mind and then it hit me. My purpose in life are to learn, to grow, to be the best version of myself, and to choose to be kind always. Life is not easy but that is just how it is, that is how God created it. I make mistakes and learn from it to become better. Even if someone did me wrong, I would forgive him and would never do revenge. This is aligned with my religious belief because I believe in Him even if I do not see him physically. I believe that I need to follow and obey His rules because it is for my own good. On the other hand, though I am not that sure if those are really my purpose in life, I would not let this question, “what is your purpose in life?”, bother me and will do what I can do to know what my real purpose is…

• The meaning of life is an enormous ambiguity that continuously latches itself to every single person, every single day. What really is the meaning of life? I believe it differs entirely depending on the person. The meaning of life for a priest can be solely the carrying out of God’s will but to a criminal it may be simply to survive the world regardless of the means. An old lady may think that being able to bring up your family properly is her meaning of life but to a young teenage boy you just have to live life to the fullest because duh, YOLO!!! All I’m saying is that each one has their own perception of what life is and therefore, it is extremely vital that people understand that the meaning of life is, in fact, subjective. Sometimes, people are not able to have an undertaking of this idea and they tend to take things the wrong way. People would, at times, have a desideratum to force into people their own meanings of life. But that’s not how it’s supposed to work and that just makes everything go haywire. Now imagine having this situation and then adding language barriers and miscommunication to the mix. Take for example if a traditional Filipino grandfather has a grandson who grew up in Japan, who is also a very go-with-the-flow-of-life-just-chill kind of dude. The grandfather would of course castigate his grandson and lecture him about how he should live his life, or at least try to. I mean what with him speaking Tagalog and Apo only understanding Nihonggo. Hence, in simplest terms Lolo is trying in vain to force onto Apo his own discernment of the meaning of life which is basically being the maginoo-potential-padre-de-pamilya type of guy. That alone is chaotic but then add language barrier and miscommunication between the two into this concoction of madness. IT IS A TOTAL DISASTER. What I’m trying to say here is the fact that the search for that “universal” meaning of life is already a big, messy altercation to begin with. Having language barriers and miscommunication would only worsen the already bad enough situation. However, language barrier is only tiny problem which could be solved with great ease. People with disabilities can find ways to communicate and misunderstanding would be easily avoided. What would be a great problem is when someone is very close-minded and rejects all other opinions and possibilities about life that isn’t what he has in mind. That is indeed the greatest obstacle and it will be pretty hard to overcome this unless the person becomes open to the possibilities of life.

  Whenever I am asked what my purpose in life is, the only thing that comes to my mind is being the best daughter to my mom and the best Ate to my siblings. My entire life, I am offering to them – not even to the Lord – but to them. My family is the most important thing in my life, and I am dedicating my entire existence to bringing comfort and joy to them. Hence, I don’t think my purpose in life is even remotely religious. Since I was raised in a Catholic school, one of the most important teachings that they have is that “The end does not justify the means.” I want to believe that. Believe me I do, because I know that this is in fact true. However, if you are in a situation like mine wherein your entire family expects you to be their only ray of hope and success, I think the end will be enough for me to justify my means. I’m not saying that I would want to do unlawful and awful things but I’m not saying I won’t do it if that is the only way I can reach my goal, either. I used to have lots of dreams in life. I have planned out my entire lifetime ahead and I think it was such a beautiful plan both in the eyes of men and God. However, things happen. Things change. Now my only purpose is to fulfill all my promises to my family no matter what it takes to do that. So no, my purpose has nothing to do with my religion because honestly, I don’t even know if I want my religion. I know I have a relationship with my God and I believe a religion is not really necessary. To wrap this up, my family is my purpose and that’s basically the entirety of me right now.

  RAMOS, Patricia Gwen Louise P.
  ACT184

• The meaning of life is an enormous ambiguity that continuously latches itself to every single person, every single day. What really is the meaning of life? I believe it differs entirely depending on the person. The meaning of life for a priest can be solely the carrying out of God’s will but to a criminal it may be simply to survive the world regardless of the means. An old lady may think that being able to bring up your family properly is her meaning of life but to a young teenage boy you just have to live life to the fullest because duh, YOLO!!! All I’m saying is that each one has their own perception of what life is and therefore, it is extremely vital that people understand that the meaning of life is, in fact, subjective. Sometimes, people are not able to have an undertaking of this idea and they tend to take things the wrong way. People would, at times, have a desideratum to force into people their own meanings of life. But that’s not how it’s supposed to work and that just makes everything go haywire. Now imagine having this situation and then adding language barriers and miscommunication to the mix. Take for example if a traditional Filipino grandfather has a grandson who grew up in Japan, who is also a very go-with-the-flow-of-life-just-chill kind of dude. The grandfather would of course castigate his grandson and lecture him about how he should live his life, or at least try to. I mean what with him speaking Tagalog and Apo only understanding Nihonggo. Hence, in simplest terms Lolo is trying in vain to force onto Apo his own discernment of the meaning of life which is basically being the maginoo-potential-padre-de-pamilya type of guy. That alone is chaotic but then add language barrier and miscommunication between the two into this concoction of madness. IT IS A TOTAL DISASTER. What I’m trying to say here is the fact that the search for that “universal” meaning of life is already a big, messy altercation to begin with. Having language barriers and miscommunication would only worsen the already bad enough situation. However, language barrier is only tiny problem which could be solved with great ease. People with disabilities can find ways to communicate and misunderstanding would be easily avoided. What would be a great problem is when someone is very close-minded and rejects all other opinions and possibilities about life that isn’t what he has in mind. That is indeed the greatest obstacle and it will be pretty hard to overcome this unless the person becomes open to the possibilities of life.

  Whenever I am asked what my purpose in life is, the only thing that comes to my mind is being the best daughter to my mom and the best Ate to my siblings. My entire life, I am offering to them – not even to the Lord – but to them. My family is the most important thing in my life, and I am dedicating my entire existence to bringing comfort and joy to them. Hence, I don’t think my purpose in life is even remotely religious. Since I was raised in a Catholic school, one of the most important teachings that they have is that “The end does not justify the means.” I want to believe that. Believe me I do, because I know that this is in fact true. However, if you are in a situation like mine wherein your entire family expects you to be their only ray of hope and success, I think the end will be enough for me to justify my means. I’m not saying that I would want to do unlawful and awful things but I’m not saying I won’t do it if that is the only way I can reach my goal, either. I used to have lots of dreams in life. I have planned out my entire lifetime ahead and I think it was such a beautiful plan both in the eyes of men and God. However, things happen. Things change. Now my only purpose is to fulfill all my promises to my family no matter what it takes to do that. So no, my purpose has nothing to do with my religion because honestly, I don’t even know if I want my religion. I know I have a relationship with my God and I believe a religion is not really necessary. To wrap this up, my family is my purpose and that’s basically the entirety of me right now.

  RAMOS, Patricia Gwen Louise P.
  ACT184

• Isiah Dones
  ACT182

  A.) If there is a language barrier or miscommunication in the meaning of life we will having a hard time to prove ourselves or express ourselves. We will tend to think of some ways to prove our point or for everyone to understand us in the way we want us to be understand. But the real thing is proving your point in the way that you want is not really the answer. Appreciating silence is a must we must know to when to talk and when to stop, it may be hard at first but learning this will be a great thing for us to reflect on how we can understand others.

  B.) Yes my purpose in life is aligned to my religious belief. Everyday I always ask him what’s my purpose but he always answer me through my devotions that I need to strive harder to my academics and never give up with the challenges that he will throw and he will be throwing. I learned that I must trust his way and he’s already in the future he knows everything and there’s nothing I should worry about, I just need to put some effort, strive hard, trust his way and guidance, ask for some wisdom and of course pray. I believe that If I do all of that he will give what I really desire which is to be successful.

• Ma. Alcyra Aira M. Santos
  ACT 184

  I believe that a life without communication is meaningless. Communication plays a vital role in our daily living. I believe that its one of the things that humans need. It’s not all about our physical beings but we also need to speak out for ourselves and be able to express our thoughts. Communication is not necessarily to be in the fprm of words and such, as long as you are able to express your feeling may it be a stare, sigh and such you are also communicating. Communication is very powerful that it can also have a negative effect if you are given the wrong idea. Thats why its a must to communicate effectively because miscommunication may result to a lot of serious problems. In that way, I can say that sometimes miscommunication became a hindrance with the true meaning of life.

  As of now, I can not still think of my primary purpose in life but I’ll just think of the things that I can do as of now that is very essential is being a good daughter and being the sunshine in our house. As i’ve mentioned in my previous blogs, my parents didn’t expect to have their third child (that’s me). But now, as i think of it, I truly am a blessing. Because both of my siblings are now happily married and they are living in their own houses now. So what’s left in our house is me and my parents. I just imagine if I do not exist may be they are fighting each and every day. So I consider that as one of the reason of my existence. If you were to ask me if its in line with by religion, my answer would be yes. I believe that family is the greatest gift from above and by that being the reason of my existence is quite awesome. I just value my family so much. Every dream that I have is partly because of them.

• (ACT181) Way back when I was on Highschool, I read about the legend behind why there were so many languages in the world today. When the Creator created the human, all of them had only one “llingua franca” ( language) because the Almighty wanted them to have a stronger bond and cooperation in each other in order to build prosperity in their nation. God desired language to be not a barrier to understand and have quarrels in one another. But human became ambitious and greedy to the power of the Almighty, they built a tower (it became easy for them to plan and persuade others because of one language) that would reach the sky where the Creator was living. He discovered it and that made Him furious and in return God destroyed the tower and made different languages to different people and that served as their barrier in communication.

  I tell you this story because it has a connection with language. Well, life is really has no definite meaning but based on the essay miscommunication affects how others see and understand us. Language serves as our weapon to understand and reach out each other but not to harm them violently by abusing the usage of it. It is so powerful that, it can build a nation or destroy as well.

  If you really want to be understod and to understand, disabilities are not a reason anymore. It might be a little bit challenging but there are always a way for everything rather than always being silent. Silence has many meanings for anyone and that is the kind of language that all people usually misunderstood, that’s why if you are sad say something, if you are mad say something, if you are scared say something. Not all people can interpret silence so please express it to be understood, not all of the people are mind reader.

  B.
  Change is the only constant in this world. As of now I still see my purpose as a person who loves making her love parents smile and laugh because of my jokes. A person who loves helping living things in need. A person making herself happy because of simple achievements and a sister for everyone who needs a help. As a Roman Catholic, I know that the context of my purpose is aligned in it. First one is love your parents because they are the one who nurtured and loved you more than anything in this world. The second one is be the steward of God’s creations because He created us having more capabilities and intelligence than the other creatures which means it is out responsibility to take care of his other creations. Loving yourself by making yourself productive not just for yourself but also for your country. And love your neighbor as you love yourself just like how Jesus said that loving your neighbor means loving the God too. All of what I’ve said were most in the ten commandments. To be honest, I only based my purpose base on what I am feeling and willing to do but not on the bible because I believe that I don’t need to be a Roman Catholic to follow these moral acts because as a human being that’s an obligation that you need to initiate and not because of the Bible itself.

• A.) I believe that everyone has different perception and views on the meaning of their life. For some, it is meaningful if we enjoy life to the fullest. For others life is meaningful if they overcome those challenges and they experience success in their life. Lastly, maybe someone’s life is meaningful if they are the one who’s in control of their own life and they are the one making their own journey. We have our own meaning on life, but what are we going to do if it is hindered by miscommunication and language barrier? Miscommunication brings us this anxious feeling of being misunderstood and not good enough to be listened for. It makes you question yourself and makes you feel powerless on a certain situation in which you are forced to depend yourself that leads to more misunderstanding. Another thing, in which you experience the language barrier where it creates additional misinterpretation and complication that puts you on the situation that messes up your thoughts and peace of mind. These certain situation destruct your composure and give you negative emotion makes you feel that no one really understands you and you have no right to express yourself. Sometimes it makes you question your purpose in life and give you more depressing thoughts that no one really cared about your feelings. I believe that no matter what we are facing in life whether it is about misunderstandings and unheard sentiments to fight what we believe in, we have to remember that others have no right to kill our confidence, our passion and our inner peace. Life can still be meaningful if we don’t let other people give meaning on the life we own.

  B.) I always encounter this question about what is my purpose in life. Sometimes in my journey I almost forget what really my purpose is. Do I keep going for myself? My family? Or for others? Why I am still in this world? What could possibly be my future? These are some questions that haunt me everytime I questioned my purpose in life. As of now, I believe that my purpose is to be a responsible daughter for my family today and to strive harder in life for my family in the future and to left footsteps in the hearts of those people who surrounds me. I am that kind of person where I put others happiness first before my happiness. And that is why I want work harder today as a daughter, a student, a friend and an individual who give her best shot to make her parents proud and those people who believes in me. Working hard not only in academic aspect but also in life’s aspect wherein I want to be a better person. I do know my shortcomings and flaws as an individual that is why I strive to be the best version of myself. Maybe, just may be it will fulfill my purpose in life knowing that I left a remarkable memories to those people I valued the most. It is aligned with my religious belief because one of the traits that I admired the most in our Creator was His unconditional love for his people. And I am that kind of person who gives her all without expecting something in return and I am always grateful to my mother who is the one who taught me to love other people like how God loves us. I believe that somehow my beliefs has shaped me to be who I am right now and define my purpose in life as my journey goes on.

• a) Life is hindered by language barrier and miscommunication. “The only time people are not able to communicate is if they are afraid, or unwilling”, life is truly full of misunderstandings and these were results of poor communication. Communication is very important and vital for our accomplishements and if it is not properly used, it can lead to our mistakes. Communication enables us to grow and learn from other people that would help us to become wiser and be more productive so we can improve our lives. \

  b) Trying to find out my purpose in life is a very stressful thing. I wanted to move forward but im not sure howb). I wanted to find my purpose but its like im wandering aimlessly. BUT even though I constantly feel a sense of aimlessness, it doesn’t mean that I am lost. Because I know that God has something good in store for me. I know that He would give me directions to a joyful and purposeful life. In one sense, we are all always living in God’s purpose.

  ACT183

• basing on the article, the meaning of life that someone is sharing cannot be appreciated if there is communication barrier. However, it is also true that miscommunication happens if there is no effort on either of the parties to make the listener understand and the speaker to be understood. The interference and the difficulties in communicating shall not be a reason to cut the communication to someone. Maybe trying to reach out to people is just one of the meaning of life.

  I just wanted people who believes in me to be proud of me someday and I wanted to make myself proud as well for the decisions I make and the actions I take. I think that is my purpose in life. I believe in God and in my religion I know that He is with me all the time. What makes my purpose in life connected to God are my decisions and actions because I have always asked His guidance. Surely, he has greater plans, even much better to what I think my purpose in life is. In my religion, we are thought to always have strong faith in God even at time that we question ourselves for the true meaning of our life.

• a) Life is hindered by language barrier and miscommunication. “The only time people are not able to communicate is if they are afraid, or unwilling”, life is truly full of misunderstandings and these were results of poor communication. Communication is very important and vital for our accomplishements and if it is not properly used, it can lead to our mistakes. Communication enables us to grow and learn from other people that would help us to become wiser and be more productive so we can improve our lives. \

  b) Trying to find out my purpose in life is a very stressful thing. I wanted to move forward but im not sure how. I wanted to find my purpose but its like im wandering aimlessly. BUT even though I constantly feel a sense of aimlessness, it doesn’t mean that I am lost. Because I know that God has something good in store for me. I know that He would give me directions to a joyful and purposeful life. In one sense, we are all always living in God’s purpose.

  ACT183

• Xamantha B. Caacbay ACT 185
  For me, communication is everything. Communication connects each one of us with each other. You want to express what you feel? Communicate. You want to give information? You communicate. Communication doesn’t have a limitation. It can be through speaking, sign language or even through an individual’s body gesture. A person can’t live his life without communicating with others. As the saying says, “no man is an island”. As I read the article above, I suddenly realized that language barriers and miscommunication is really the reason why people misunderstood something and how it can start a conflict between 2 parties. This situation in life often happen maybe because some people isn’t comfortable in expressing their selves, they are not good in giving opinions because others might judge them. I think life will be more meaningful if all of us can will open our minds and try to overcome our fear in expressing ourselves. Not being able to show and tell our feelings and thoughts can lead to misunderstanding and misinterpretation.
  What is my purpose in life? At first, I just want to be happy, I want to be happy for who I’m and for what I have. But as I grew up, I realized that the purpose in life I believe in is only for myself. I become greedy to the point wherein I wanted others to experience happiness because I think everyone deserves it. Now, I wanted to be useful not only for the people I know but also to others. I remember a quotation from Dalai Lama, and I quote “Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.” Someone’s purpose in life doesn’t always need to be align with their religion. As for me, I came from a religious family. Me and my cousins studied in a catholic school that is why we’ve adapted their belief. Most of the time, I tend to relate everything that is happening in my life in what I learned from my religion. Some may think it’s absurd to relate everything with religion and I respect their opinion.

• ACT 184 – There is a barrier or miscommunication in the meaning of life, in terms of dependency. We have a lot of influencer, and this, they have a different perspective of what life really means. If we want to know the meaning of life, don’t conform to people because you may not get what you want from them. Sometimes they are the cause of our destruction. The final authority is always in the bible.

  Yes, it is aligned not because of my religion but because it is the will of God. If you’re reading a bible, you can see there your purpose in life, “Loving God, loving people”, “Winning souls and make disciples” there’s a lot of purpose you can fulfill here on this earth, but we are the one if we will do it. Our purpose in life is already planned by God. Others their purpose is not aligned with Him because their purpose is on earth but when we read the bible verse, it says there that don’t conform to the pattern of this world but be transform by the renewing of your mind. Don’t be ignorant to read the Bible, all of the information their is real and legit. It will help you a lot, especially on your purpose on this world and the real meaning of life.

• BryanjadeBautista ACT 182
  A.what is the meaning of life?Honestly Life is a balanced system of learning adjusting and evolving whether pleasure or pain every situation in our life severed a different purposes It is up to us to recognize what that purpose could be.yes we also need to Search for our own purposes and do it as best you can. Its less about trying to avoid difficult times and more about understanding that each experience good or bad, is gods investment in our future. Sometimes the growth is going to hurt the path may look different than you thought it would. Recognize when something isn’t good for you and be strong enough to let it go pain is a part of life, not the end of it don’t let fear of getting hurt be the reason you never know joy and Take time for ourselves to see the real meaning of life
  B. As of this moment,what’s your purpose in life?for me the purpose of life is to give it way Other say that the purpose of life is to be useful to be responsible to be honourable to be a champion and compassionate. And I definitely agree with that. But honestly My purpose in life is not only to win in every game of my journey. The real purpose of my life is to grow help and share what I’ve learned in my past. “appreciate where you are in your journey , even if its not where you want to be. Every season serves a different purpose.” Just keep going

• ACT 186
  A.
  Communication is an essential part of life, without it, we won’t be able to understand each other. It happened to be the most important thing we, people should know. In this article, communication is very important as it will help us to reach other people, to let them know our stand in any situation and to make them understand us. Being unable to express ourselves in any way will bring complications and misunderstandings. We should speak according to how our audience will understand us or how we want people around us to perceive our beliefs in life. Knowing how to communicate properly will not only benefit ourselves but also the people around us because we unconsciously teaching them how to convey themselves to other people.
  B.
  I can only say that my purpose was to joyfully overcome every challenges God has and will give to me. Life isn’t easy but that just how it is, I don’t want to be bothered thinking about things that won’t do any good. I want to enjoy everything God has created, I want every single time of my family to be their happiest, I want to make helpless people to think that God didn’t leave them. To do that, I will just have to get ready on the things God prepared for me.

• Language is the method of us in order to have a communication. But mostly, people nowadays are being separated by their language why? Because the language they are using aren’t known by all and this may cause the miscommunication. We all know that we all have different language, but not all can be spoken, either it can be a sign language or what. But people chose to be silent than to speak up because they are afraid that people may not understand it. Our language can define our culture. But how come that people are ashame to use it especially in communicating to other nation? Because even tho they are proud to have their language and even tho they want to communicate, they are thinking about the possible outcome and one of that is they can never understand what we are saying because we have different language. And to avoid that, sometimes it is better to be silent because the loudest message can be heard in being silent.

  I was born and raised in a catholic family, but we aren’t like religous but we do believe in Him because way back 2016, my father had an accident but God’s Grace he’s alive without injuries and I thank God for giving my father chance to live and I’m truly thankful for that and my mother was in prison oj saudi arabia for about 6 months, but eventually after 6 months she was released and come back to philippines. Thank God for not letting my parents hurt for any incident to the past few years. I have bunches sin that I’ve done and I am still praying to forgive me. I do believe in Him.

  CHERRY MAE ROSE T. DICKENSON
  ACT18Q

• Communication is indeed a powerful tool that can be used to prevent future misunderstandings, able to amend what’s broken, control the situation that is long over due and many situations that can be resolved with a good communication. However, communication isn’t all about being spoken, or non-verbal and even being written, sometimes communication can still exist even if it’s silent. No message, is a message itself, being silent is a communication itself. We can still communicate even we dont have to say anything, it is simply by having your means of communiation by doing it with action.

  Life is the experience of being alive, how can we feel that we’re alive if we failed to express ourselves, failed to communicate to those people whom we valued the most, failed to understand everyone because of this thing called language barrier. Miscommunication or language barriers can be the first reason of why this world may put into chaos. That’s when we fail to understand everyone’s insights, perspectives and may even lost respects for each others. Good communication is needed in this world and for our inner peace.

  (B)

  As of the moment, my purpose in life is His will. I am once a lost child but He found me amidst the problem that I, myself can’t handle. He was there when I needed Him and I know that He will always be there whatever happens. Before, my purpose in life was to make my parents and everyone around me proud, but today, my one and only long term goal is to make Him proud. I stopped being a better person for others and instead started to build a good relationship with God for I know that He will never judge me the way everyone can if I fail to meet their expectations, made mistakes and things that disappoints them. I always ask for his guidance if I ever to make decisions for myself. I asks for the signs that he may give if ever I’m confused. I asks him a hug whenever I feel alone. I always talk to Him because He is the only one I got. People might get disappointed at me and I also might, that can be the reason of the negative vibes that can eat me up until I gave up. But with God, I know that I’m enough for Him, I know that he sees my worth everyone couldnt. I always believe in Him and I am proud to say that I will walk my path with Him.

  ACT186

• A) Based on the context of the essay what happens with the meaning of life is hindered by language barrier or miscommunication

  If the meaning of life is hindered by language barrier or miscommunication, then the meaning will be lost. Language barrier prevents communication from happening since the message the speaker sends cannot be understood by the receiver, resulting to no feedback. Communication allows us to connect with other people, removing this will simply stop us from understanding one another and being able to express our feelings. It is what makes humans social beings and should be a part of our lives for us to live in this society.

  B) As of this moment, what is your purpose in life? Is it aligned with your religious belief? If yes how and if no why not?

  I believe that my purpose in life is to be happy and contented. I would express it by living in the moments, by loving unconditionally, by sharing my experiences, and by spreading kindness to others. In my opinion, we all desire to be happy in life, so we also desire contentment. By becoming the best version of myself, I can make a difference to a person, to the community, to the environment, or to our world. Life is about sharing and giving your life to others, while also achieving self-actualization.

• Meaning of life

  A.
  Based on the article, the barrier and any miscommunication may be a hindrance to the meaning of life. Thus, life loses its meaning when someone is unable to use communication properly. On the first paragraph, the author said “it is difficult to get logical communication to stick with someone who is being illogical”. It means that it is important that the two person communicating must have a logical reasoning in order for the conversation be meaningful. Because when you are having an argument to those “illogical” people, you will never win. On the second paragraph, the author defined communication is the cornerstone of expression. It means we may not be able to express ourselves when we are angry or feel hatred. Sometimes when we are in this situation, the solution is shouting or yelling louder. But actually, silence is the key in order for them to understand your thoughts and expression. Because “the loudest messages are expressed through the stillest of silence”. On the fifth paragraph, the author said that “if someone is unable to hear, they can still communicate. If someone is unable to see, or speak, they can still communicate”. It means that it is really our choice if we wanted to communicate and be connected to other people. We do not need to yell for us to be heard and understand, thus sometimes silence is a way. Just like what deaf or blind people do. We must open our heart and mind so that life does not lose its meaning in an illogical communication.

  B.
  As of this moment, the purpose why God give me a life until today is for my parents and for poor people. Yes, it is aligned with my religous belief because God wants to make my parents proud to me and be a good child to them. God wants me to help my parents and give them a good life in the future after I achieved my bachelors degree. And I believed that my life is for parents. Even though they did not give our materialistic wants because we do not have the means but they give us love and care which are irreplaceable by money or anything. My parents work hard everyday for me to get in a prestigious university, thus I must give them in return, and it is my diploma. I promised to them that we are going to have a good and comfortable life and they do not need to work. Because God wants my parents not to be tired and be happy. On my second purpose, I find myself to poor people. Actually, after I graduated and earned enough money, I wanted to help other people. It is fulfilling, overwhelming and happiness. I believed that all of our money or materialistic ambition would be useless because it is temporary happiness. All of it will be gone and cannot be used when we die. So why not give to those people when we have the means to do so. That is why I planned to volunteer myself, my whole self to other who are in need. Because I know what is the feeling to be unfortunate. God wants me to help those people because it is where you find God, love, and contentment that you can never find on money or luxurious thing.

  Lovely Gatmen, ACT 181

• jhozelle tandaguenn, ACT184
  Communication really change the meaning of life, this is because we have interpretation of life but if you experienced to have communication barrier or miscommunication to other your perspective in life will change. This may not be applicable to everyone but most of us. Most of us think that life is world of happiness, cupcakes and rainbows but for real it’s not, because problem and struggle will always be their.

  As of this moment, I am really not sure of what is my purpose in life. Sometimes I doubt myself if I really have a purpose but every time God never fails to put me in the way where my prupose is. So yeah, it is alligned with my religion because I don’t really have a single purpose in this life because every time that i overcome the challenges GOD is there to give me more for me to learn more.

• Dana Marie Aliganga
  ACT183

  A.)
  “You are screaming Aramaic at someone who doesn’t comprehend the language, it doesn’t really matter how insightful you are. You may know the meaning of life, but if you share your wisdom with an anglophone in the Chinese language, the meaning will be beyond lost, and it won’t be appreciated…If someone is unable to hear, they can still communicate. If someone is unable to see, or speak, they can still communicate. The only time people are not able to communicate is if they are afraid, or unwilling. “ Life is meaningful, but it’ll lost its substance once became outstanding or undelivered because of certain barrier. And as written above, it won’t be appreciated.

  B.)
  Life is a like a puzzle that we need to unravel, A kind of game that we need to play; and we are all participants to a specific battle. Wherever you are right now, whatever you’re going through, how difficult you are in, and why you are struggling right now has a purpose.

  I do believe, We are here because we are the chosen one, to serve those whom in need to be served. Personally, I believe, I am here temporarily here preparing for a greater cost-“life after death”, I am here temporarily to feel the thousands of emotions that demands to be felt, I am here struggling and facing problems in order to bold my faith and to stand still stronger than before. I am here for the things that is beyond visible. I am temporarily here, waiting for the return of Jesus Christ. I am here because of Jesus Christ; this may sounds awful and bullshit to you (or to someone else out there!) and you might laugh at me, belittle me, just because I have faith. But my dear, do not wait for the moment it will be too late, before you believe. You gotta fix your convictions right now, contemplate, or regret eternally.

• 1. If there is a language barrier or miscommunication, based on the article, “Some people may give you the urge to shake them vigorously until they understand what you’re saying”, even though we have now a language to use to communicate with others, but when the other people can’t understand what we’re trying to say, we keep on insisting our part through shouting, still it can’t help if other people don’t know what language you are using but “If someone is unable to hear, they can still communicate. If someone is unable to see, or speak, they can still communicate. The only time people are not able to communicate is if they are afraid, or unwilling.”, we can still act if the words are not enough to tell what we’re trying to say.
  2. I am still thinking if I will say Yes or no that my purpose will be aligned with MY religious belief, but I don’t think so. I believe In God, there are different religions, but we’re still believing in God and I know He has a plan for us for a lifetime. I’m still unsure with my purpose in my life, but I know that God has a great plan for me and every day He will lead me in a right path and everything happened and will happen are according to His plan and has a reason.
  -ACT183

• A. The meaning of life will be hindered when there is a barrier in communication. Miscommunication or misunderstanding may arise if there will be a barrier because we wont be able to understand what the people would want to say. In our life today, many people refuses to communicate with one another for the reason that we are afraid to know what wrong have we done.

  B. My life is not aligned with my belief it is because I believe that I should live my life according to my will. If I would follow my belief, my life will be just limited to it and I wont be able to do what I want to do. My belief would just be a guide if I am doing the right thing or if what I am doing is against my belief but what I want to do in life is purely base on my freewill in life.

  ANGELA MAE POSADAS
  ACT183

• A. As mentioned in the essay, communication is the cornerstone of expression. Language hinders life in the sense of being unable to communicate our feelings and knowledge to other people. Most of the time, we cannot express ourselves on what we really feel and it makes us distant to others. There are also times wherein one cannot relay his message or impart lesson to others making it futile. One cannot know the true meaning of life if he does not have the capability of understanding it and relaying its message to other people.
  B. If I evaluate my life purpose as of this moment, I would say that it is to make an impact to the society. People come and go in this lifetime and making an impact to other people’s lives in the best way we can, is already a purpose worth living for. In addition, I would say that my religious belief and purpose in life is interconnected because every person,like ourselves, have a duty to fulfill to one another in the name of our God Almighty.

• 1. “If you are screaming Aramaic at someone who doesn’t comprehend the language, it doesn’t really matter how insightful you are.  You may know the meaning of life, but if you share your wisdom with an anglophone in the Chinese language, the meaning will be beyond lost, and it won’t be appreciated. ” If someone is unable to hear, they can still communicate. If someone is unable to see, or speak, they can still communicate. The only time people are not able to communicate is if they are afraid, or unwilling.”

  2.
  As of this moment I really don’t know what is my purpose in life. All I can say is that I am being contented on what I am doing in my life and my family. Giving them a genuine happiness, being in touch with them, make them feel they are so special to me and make them feel that they are the best people in my life. Knowing my purpose in life is hard, it is not just dreaming, finish schooling and make your family proud. It is not just about that. Living in this world means you have a big responsibility. But all I know is that God have plan for us, we may have facing some difficulties right now, but I know that someday all these hardworks will be paid off. Have faith and never ever turn your back to those people who help you to reach where you are right now.

• Limson, Marco
  ACT185
  a.) Communication is not always about giving a message and a feedback or simply talking. Sometimes we communicate to others through action. Communication is about understanding someone’s situation or idea and having a feedback to it. If someone saw you in one situation he/she will understand and get what that situation is. But sometimes, people misunderstood us for what we are doing without studying the situation where we are in. Both of you may be in the same situation but both of you may have different understanding of it. We all have different point of views where what you were thinking is different to others. Communication is the KEY to all the misunderstanding happens to all of us. Before you jump into conclusion, you have to communicate first and know the real meaning of everything. We have an universal language and we can use that to communicate to foreign people.

  b. My purpose is to bring happiness and peace to all the people that I personally know and to make my parents live with comfort. Yes it is aligned with my religious beliefs. Because I believe in the saying “you are what you are now, not by accident, but by appointment” God appoint us on where we are now because we have a purpose in there.

• The article is so relatable to everyone. The context is actually the real deal that is happening as of the moment. The thing about living is that there are complicated problems that is included in the package. The problems that cause different level of isolation to others. Some may open about it to their friends, or can openly talk about it with their family. But, others really do not. Sometimes, not talking just give the best therapy. The silence is peaceful in some way. However, silence can be deafening. It would always come to that point where belting the problems out, and letting all the tension out with someone whom would understand one’s problems are the best way to be in peace — to be comforted. But, some people just do not understand… and that is where miscommunication happens. Sometimes, no one wants to listen. But sometimes, no one wants to open up when everyone is willing to listen.

  The girl who was behind her phone’s screen and writing this essay in her notes just wanted to do things on her way for the sake of others. She just wanted to see the kids who were drowned with hopelessness ignited the fire within themselves to have blazing dreams. She wanted to lend her hands to the guys and girls who were ignored. She just wanted to help the teenagers, the kids, and the people who had the desire to learn but did not have the capacity to. The girl who just wanted everyone to be able to express and show their capabilities to the world who once turn their backs against them; to prove themselves to the world that they could do it like everyone else could; and to lift their auras up and filled their hearts with so much hope that they could do it because they can do it. The girl has a lot of dreams to fulfill for herself and for her family, but she has more dreams for others… and she thinks that is her main purpose in her life just like the main purposes of other Christians.

  –Christelle Mae Misperos, ACT185

• Language barriers for me is one of the biggest challenges that we face as a population. It is one of the root causes of miscommunication. Many people get misunderstood just because they can’t express themselves properly. Recently, I came across a short piece regarding language barriers entitled, Meaning in Life. This piece tackles the results of having miscommunication and language barriers in our society. Based on the context of the essay, I have derived that when we tackle about the meaning or the essence of life it is important that we state our case clearly and precisely because this is a topic that is all common between people, the endless search for the meaning in life. Now the question that pegs us all is, What happens when the meaning in life is hindered by language barriers or miscommunication? Then there is a simple answer to that million dollar question and that it gets lost in translation, both in the literal and figurative sense. In the long run being lost in translation, we, the human race just basically stop trying to get our messages across. We tend to just be apathetic and stay silent.

  When I come across the question what is my purpose in life, I sit there and ponder for a moment what is really my purpose and I come to my realization that I haven’t really have it figured it out yet but what I can tell you is that in a wider scope, I can somehow get the jist of it and that is to keep my light shining and be a light to my loved ones and to other people as well. I believe that I can do this by starting small through my family and friends, by simply being there for them when times get tough and helping in the most I can. As a catholic, I can say that this is aligned to the values that was instilled to me as child because my religion like many others preaches hope, compassion and simply just letting your light shine and being a blessing to others.

• We live in this world where in communication connects us. We interact to people and to the surrounding every day of our lives. Even if it’s through verbal or action, we could still communicate. I think the meaning of life is hindered by language or miscommunication means that not all people could understand us. Living our lives without understanding means we are not living our life the way it should be. Also part of this is being silent about the things that we pretend not to know. It’s not about the language though, if we’re unwilling to understand what others say to us, words and actions won’t work. If we could express ourselves in a way that others could understand us, if we are willing to understand to what others say to us, then life will be at ease.

  As of this moment, I think my purpose is to study hard, and to be a good daughter to my parents. I think these two connect because studying hard is my responsibility as a college student to achieve my goals in life and also as a daughter to make them proud of me. Yes, it is aligned with my religious belief because as I study now in college, I meet a lot of stress and struggles because of my course. But what makes me stronger is my faith in God, that I always ask for His guidance, so I could fulfill my role as a student and as a person. Whenever I’ll talk to God, I always feel motivated and inspired to do my purpose in life.

  Maecy Chandy G. Santos ACT184

• Manalo, Jolinah O.
  ACT-184

  A.) Language is a very important tool to be able to express the feelings of an individual. It is true that having different languages and dialects may lead to miscommunication as two people couldn’t be able to understand each other. But if we think deeply, language only helps us to speak out what we feel. But an action of a person really speaks on what he/she truly feels. A person can say that he/she is fine but with his/her actions are different from what he/she said, you could know immediately that that person is not really fine. One more thing, a new born baby couldn’t able to speak yet but with his/her cry or actions, a mother can understand what the baby wanted. It is true that actions speak louder than voice because communication isn’t only about speaking, it is not only about having the same language but communication comes with the understanding on non-verbal actions of a person.

  B.) The time I was born, I have a purpose. It is to serve God for He gave me life, He gave me the opportunity to live and He blessed me for having a parent that took good care of me even I wasn’t born yet. I knew that serving and glorifying the name of God is my main purpose here in life. Studying and working are things that should prioritize after God. God should always comes first for He is the only One who gives us the intelligence and all the blessings we needed. Serving God here on Earth will never be enough on how He loves us and how He guides us on our daily lives so I wanted to spend the rest of my life praising His Holy Name and obeying all His commandments.

• A. Language barrier leads to misinterpretation and miscommunication. Based on the context of the article, there will be a chance to have a violence in once person’s life if there is miscommunication or it is hindered by language barrier. It implies the significant of communication in our life. But at the last part of te article, it clearly stated that language barrier is not a hindrance in order for someone to communicate with other people. The only reason why people are not able to communicate is they afraid or unwilling. Sometimes we tend to tell our meaning of life in other people but they didnt understand it and not appreciate it. But if the person is really committed and wants to know what you’re saying they will learn how to understand it .

  B. I think my purpose in life as of this moment is to be a good daughter and a better person. Also, to be a son of god. It is aligned with my religeous belief. Being a catholic, I need to be a son of god who has fear on him and followed all his rules because he is the one who created me. From the catholic bible, it says that one of our purpose is to be a good daughter in our parents and also to be a good person to other people because they are our sibblings in Jesus name.

  Hanna Jane Pelaez ACT185

• Russell B. De Guzman
  ACT181

  A.
  Life is an undefined consequence of living. We don’t know if this life deserves to live or if living is really a symbol of life. In our everyday encounter we faced numerous conversations whether we know that someone or not. Conversation that sometimes doesn’t need a reply. Conversation that sometimes kills perspective even worst life. Communication is said to be one of the most powerful weapons in order to survive and to live but in today’s society communication is now one of the reasons why a lot of people are suffering from pain which led them to death. Life that hinders by a barrier of communication becomes the reason why there is a huge percentage of depression, anxiety and suicidal rate. A wrong gesture is a sign of miscommunication which leads in giving so much pain to the one you talk to. A wrong choice of word lowers the esteem of a person. A wrong action sometimes degrades a person. These perhaps are the grounds why others chose to be quiet and silent. Not because they don’t want to say anything but because they are afraid and they are already judged. This silence kills our inner soul. This silence makes us the deafest human in the universe.

  B.
  If the purpose of life is to live then I’ve lived but if the purpose of life is living then I haven’t find it yet. As of this moment, my soul and my body are still on the process of discerning what’s really my purpose on this world. Little by little as I do my aspirations in life, there are aligned in my religious belief. Every time I will make decisions in life I always ask His guidance to lead me to the right path I am going through. Whenever I make crucial decisions, I seek His help and ask for His grace. Whenever I needed Him, I always go to His place and ask for His mercy.

  But as time passes by, I lost my contact with Him especially when I entered college. I thought I have a strong foundation of Him. I thought I let Him stayed in my heart but I was wrong definitely wrong. Perhaps because of so much pain, so much failures, so much rejections, so much sorrow I forgot that I have Him. My plans doesn’t flow the way I formulated them because His plans are really way better than mine. Now I realized that I shouldn’t let myself alone doing this. I should always have Him in every step of the way of my life, Now I realized that what He wants for me are not just good nor better but what He wants are best.

  I am just praying that all throughout my existence and journey my contact with Him will never ceases as long as my heart let Him stays.

• To begin with, the meaning of life is hard to find if at the beginning we also don’t know why we exist. To add the language barrier as a hindrance we cannot really understand one another if we do not even know how to understand ourselves. Just like what the context is all about, there are many ways that we can possibly understand one another just like how we understand animals. If this continue, that we cannot understand life through certain barriers then it will be a total destruction. We will never know our purpose in life and it will be hard for us to handle our own life.

  Talking about life’s purpose, my purpose in life is to help and inspire other people by how I live and how I was able to overcome all the challenges. To influence them based on my experiences and how do I live my life with positive perspective and knowing that God has a good plan and that he will provide. He will provide by using other people as an instrument and some incidences, as a blessings in disguise.

• It was the 13th of the month, when a solitary girl born. She grew up being a lone wolf. A one-man band to harmonize her imagination and the reality. An island unto herself, drowning with her own thoughts. The elevated wall surrounding her filled with darkness—brings inner peace. She always gasp for air, but never ask for help. It was the breathing technique that she learned serves as her oxygen. No one was there. No one listens. No one cares. Yet she smiled and didn’t let a tear slip down her face. It was silently defeaning. Battling with demons on an empty room but full of abstractions. She feels inferior all the time. It never felt right. Though sometimes it felt good, but it never really felt right. Maybe silence cure some of her worries but it was grievous. In the stillness of her existence living in the bliss of ignorance…she never realized the importance of communication—until she came to her senses again. It was her unwillingness to step outside her comfort zone. It was her anxiety to interact with people. It was her fear to build a relationship then just left hanging in the corner. It was her who’s terrified of being judged by her actions and words. It was her who wants a companion but is horrified of attachment. It was her who tried to blend into the world before, but people continue to disappoint her…yet still finds the potence to get up and learn to socialize with other people—to show off that blazing smile that hides all the uncertainties and the load she bears inside her chest. She’s strong because she speaks out her mind and emotions even when her voice is wobbly, even if she thinks she might overshare a certain matter. She shows up even when it’s awkward and difficult for her. Maybe isolating herself and keeping distance to people are her safeguard whereas she was always misunderstood by many.

  As the shackles gradually unlocks, she became open in some way she possibly can. She found the key of hope. But still seeking for unanswered questions…finding out her purpose as wondering why the hell on earth she’s here?…what on earth she’s doing? Since the only thing that she knew is she’s incompletely miserable after all. Hence, she believed that there is a rapture on the lonely shore, but now that she’s walking the path with Him—she descry a certain kind of joy. Eventually, she begins to serve God, where the peace of her mind and heart belongs. The lonesome that she felt was turned into dash and ethusiasm. Learning to surrender all to God, strengthens her as well as her faith. She’s giving Him control and embrace her with all thy soul. Her spiritual need was filled by building a stronger and closer relationship with God. Living in accordance to Almighty’s purpose was now her devotion. Glorify and endless gratefulness to God. It’s significantly the willingness to fulfill His mission for us— through sharing His words and kindness. Creating and structuring affinity with His guidance that would bind us all together. It’s all about Him.

  —ACT 185

• Galera, Peachy C.
  ACT 182

  Communication
  serves as the bridge towards connection
  and unity among nation
  because of confusion

  If someone needs an ear,
  lend them what you can, dear
  ’cause you don’t know the feeling to hear
  to remove a lot all of their fear

  I think that’s what life is
  to create peace
  and to make a sort of ease
  because communication leads

  I made this poem all about communication because this was inspired by Spoken Word Poetry. I just wanted to make a poem just to make something new when it comes to introduction and to give you a sneak peak about my answers on the following questions.

  A. For my own understanding, it creates barrier among individuals. It is not the distance that keeps the people apart, it is the lack of communication. And if that happen, world seems like a dull and dark corner with you yourself only. No one else. No one listens to you and at the same time no one to talk to. If your life is similar to that, it is not fulfilling. That is not life anymore. “No man is an island”, that phrase says it all. It proves that if your life continues to be alone, I bet you can’t survive. The worst distance among people, is misunderstanding. A particular person said “A single moment of misunderstanding is so poisonous, that it makes us forget the hundred lovable moments spent together within a minute.” – Synonymous. That is how powerful miscommunication is. Just like cancer cells, bad cells are active and lively which can affect your good cells and suddenly out of nowhere, can destruct your whole body. In lined with communication, you better prevent it than to undergo the process of curing.

  B. As of this moment, I think my purpose in life, of course to do whatever I love and most especially to reach my goals. My goals are first, to finish my course BS Accountancy on time, to pass CPA Licensure Examination, to get a stable job and salary, o travel the Philippines and around the world with my whole family and to pay back to my parents. Those are my primary goals. I don’t think it is aligned with my religious belief. Actually I don’t get the real meaning of that question. But as far as I understand, are there any influence of religious belief in my purpose? I think that is the essence of that question. Well, if that is the case, yes. My religion is Roman Catholic, and one of the teachings are the 10 Commandments. One of these is Honor thy Father and Mother. As you can see, my ultimate goal is only to make my parents proud. To give back to their sacrifices they made just to send me in a prestigious university. To make them happy in every milestone I reached. Of course great prayer and faith are needed to achieve these goals. I don’t the plans of the Lord for me and my family, He only knows if it is right for me. A reading from the book of Proverbs 19:21 ” You can make many plans but the Lord’s purpose will prevail.”

• I believe that Life begins not at a certain age or when you met someone, I think it begins when we start to value it. Value not only what’s ours but also other’s life as well. I think this is the meaning of Life. The value that we can give to how significant our role can be as humans. If language barrier or communication is to take place, I think the quality of Life and the value that we have for it will be lost. We will be taken over by wrath or other things eventually if continuously miscommunication is to partake a huge role in our life. The same thing goes for when we hear incidents about women and child abuse. Sometimes miscommunication between the family leads to these incidents. The value and meaning of life that we should be upholding is easily lost when we start to argue. Based on the article as well, violence and harm are connected to miscommunication. That life is taken for granted by people if we fail to connect efficiently and misunderstood other people. The lack of empathy leads to lack of appreciation. The lack of appreciation for life leads to violence.
  As of now, maybe I am still not quite sure particularly on one purpose in life. Maybe I want to be someone who can help my family in the future. Maybe I am someone who should be helping myself prove something big to my family. Lots of thoughts and ideas comes up to my mind every time someone asks me about my purpose in life. I think my purpose in life is aligned with how my religion is taking us with. Being born-again, we are always taught during Sunday services that we must be grateful for what we have and show back our gratitude to those who helped us claim the blessings we are delving in. I think having my purpose of showing back to my family how grateful I am for the support they are continuously giving is patterned to how my religion teaches us.

• ACT-182
  A.) The article was good and it’s really relatable for everyone. Communication is important to our everyday life because without it the world will become silent and we cannot understand each other. There are different results may happen with the meaning of life is hindered by language barrier or miscommunication because of some may interpret differently what you said or they said, wrong choices of words, or different use of language that other may not understand. Communication is powerful that it can hurt other people if we can’t choose the right words and that may be offend to them.
  B.) I’m not really sure what my purpose of living in this world. But I can say for now that my purpose of living in this world are that to become a better persom in the future and to achieve my dreams and goals in life like to graduate under the course of Accountancy and become CPA if I pass the board exam. Also I want to live the life to the fullest and do the things that makes me happy and other people that are close to me. I think its alligned to my religious belief because I’m always leaving it to God whatever may happen if this path is really for me or should I take different path that would be good for me. I always pray for everything to him and help me for whatever I will do.

• Building a good rapport to each and everyone will lead to unity. On the other hand, miscommunication will hinder a good communication because of many aspects like using jargons and such things that serves as a barrier for you to have a good communication. However disability will never be a hinder to build rapport to other people as what on the article stated, if someone is unable to hear, they can still communicate, it means whatever you stand right now it doesn’t matter. All you need is a heart that relates and understand to what you are conveying nor transpiring whom you’re conversing with. For example, PBB housemates named Fumiya ( a Japanese housemate) and Yamyam (a Filipino) even though they have different language and nationality, they can relate and understand each other.

  I believe that my purpose right now is to inspire people who are suffering in whatever aspect, we are here to live our life to the fullest. Don’t waste it, ’cause you might regret in the end. Stand up, seize the moment what God gave you. Transpire. Aspire. Inspire.

• ACT 183
  A. Life is mysterious since there are things that are unexplainable but because of that, we tend give our own meaning of life. There were sayings like “life is about creating yourself”, “Life is a progress, and not a station.” and “Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it.” but the saying “Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” really makes sense to me, thus, we tend to complicate things in life that supposed to be simple. We create our own meaning by means of the reflexes we get from our senses. We value life by means of our survival. We find our purpose and construct our beliefs. We can totally shape ourselves not until other’s beliefs take place. We filter their words, absorb their means and reflect to their actions as they build relationship with us. There were also times when they insist their perspective, thus, it create chaos rather than bridges of connection. Their words may be striking, painful and pentrating as a result it creates barrier and misunderstanding. When miscommunication takes place there is a restraint in finding or giving the true meaning of life. Sometimes being silent is the best way to observe your surroundings, to open your eyes for possibilities and understand what life really means.

  B.
  We are all living for a purpose. My purpose for now is to bring joy for everyone whom I’m close with and to achieve my dream. I want them to at least experience joy in life because life is cruel and full of struggles. I know that life is difficult for all us but giving an ample amount of joy can at least give hope for them to continue. I dream to continue my passion and for now, I am starting to chose what I want to be. My purpose is not aligned with my religous belief because I don’t believe in any religion but I believe in one God and this does not mean that I have lost the meaning of life. My belief doesn’t affect my purpose to bring happiness and to achieve my goals. We have limitations but we don’t have to limit ourselves for what others just say. We can be happy for our own way. We can live life if we chose to live with it.

• A) Based on the context of the essay, what happens with the meaning of life is hindered by language barrier or miscommunication? (10pts)
  – Based on what I’ve read, miscommunication is hindrance in our life, we all know how important to have good communication because we able to know and understand someone but because of miscommunication there is a possiblity to create violence. The last part of the essay is very meaningful and I agreed to it, sometime you just need to be quiet even though you have the full ability to communicate, if the one who can’t talk or hear can still communicate in other way, I think we can also do that to have good communication and avoid miscommunication, we just need to ne quiet sometimes.

  b) As of this moment, what is your purpose in life? Is it aligned with your religious belief? If yes, how and if no, why not?
  – My purpose in life is to love and help my family and the people around me. Yes it is aligned to my belief, this purpose is already on the path that God created for me also we should never forget what God told us to respect our parents and the people around us.

  Jesse Rae Villanueva
  ACT181

• How is life without communication? I think there’s no life without it. Violence and misunderstandings will be our number one issues if there will be a barrier in our language or communication towards other people. We couldn’t understand them as well as they wouldn’t understand us, how will we express our feelings? we wouldn’t be able to deliver something to others if that happened. Communication makes life running on, meaning without it, as said in the article, the meaning of life will be hindered. Communication is a big part of our everyday lives and I can’t imagine life without it.

  As of now, I think my purpose in life is just to live it with the things that I wanted do because for me, to live in this world is such a blessed opportunity. I think my life is aligned with my religious beliefs and I somehow prove it in myself as I do my part for him.

  ACT 184
  Christian Paul P. Vera

• A. Communication is one of the primary reasons on how we connect with other people. It is one was to create a harmonious relationship with others. But how can we connect if we cannot communicate? It affects the relationship we have with that particular person because no communication means a higher risk pf miscommunication. We cannot put in words what we truly feel or our thoughts may be interpreted differently. One of the most simplest examples of this is when one word can be used in different ways but because of lack of good communication it can cause fights because of this language barrier.

  B. As of now the purpose of my life is to do the best that I can to become successful in the near future. I am an only child that is why I will be the only one who will support my parents in the future. I want to give them everything. Be it from being their joy to giving what they need and want. With that I can say that my purpose is aligned with my religious belief because in Catholicism the most important thing is your family. And I value my family so much. We may not be a perfect one but I am trying my best to try and fix it so that one day if God permits if we will become whole again challenges will not be a problem especially if it’s financially because I will have the capability provide for it.

• ACT185

  Life itself will be meaningless if it is hindered by language barriers or miscommunication, why? Because we, human beings are the supreme animals that God had created, we are far more intelligent and rationale among of all creations, we are given a brain to think rationally and a heart to comprehend emotionally. Therefore life will be meaningless if a human tend to deviate himself just because they have different language, culture or traditions in life. Waking up every morning in this world has a meaning; our mission in life is to love our neighbors as we love our self. We have plenty of time to know things about our differences, we don’t need to memorize it all, as long as you can speak the language even if it is choppy, YOU can live harmoniously with other people. Jim Rohn once said,” Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.”

  As of now, the purpose of my life is that to accomplished all my goals and to be the one who will help my family, to give them a better life than what they have now. This has a connection in my religious belief. I believe that you must have a reason to live not only for your own life, but also for the other people around you, especially your family.

• Shaina Mae C. Elnar
  ACT182

  a.) We, people, has our own unique meaning of life. It was our own choice to create what we wanted our life to be. The context tells us that we must learn how to express ourselves and voice out what we wanted to tell. Conflicts are unavoidable and we have our own way to survive it. But we don’t have to shout in order to be heard, or to be aggressive in order to win the battle, because sometimes silence is the most powerful weapon one can have and it is our choice to fight. However, language barrier and miscommunication is a big concern in knowing one’s meaning of life because it is hard to express oneself if there is such a hindrance.

  b.) I have never thought of what I wanted in my life nor what I wanted to become, but with God beside me I have learned my purpose in life, and it is to be genuinely happy. All the blessings God gave me and all the struggles I had overcome with my life I know that it was all given from above to make me strong and courageous in order to achieve my purpose. I am not a religious person but I have a strong faith with God and I believe, what he wanted me to have is a geniune happiness, it is actually what he wanted for all of us.

• Pederio, Mico G.
  ACT 181

  1.For me, according to the poem, if life will be hindered by language barrier or miscommunication, it will be nothing but meaningless. Also, violence will be evident in life if there’s a miscommunication. Sometimes, people tend to just shout and fight for what they believe in rather than listening first, to understand what’s really the problem. That’s one of the biggest mistakes a person could ever do. That is why some people don’t think about their words, actions and reactions towards other people, it’s because they just want to defend themselves. The only thing that keeps us from communicating well ans saying how we really feel, is the fear that they wouldn’t understand and they wouldn’t listen. that thing holds us back. But we can still make that better, the next time you feel like you have to speak for the truth, don’t ever hesitate to do so. It wouldn’t hurt you at all.

  2.I think, as of this moment, my purpose in life is to be happy and successful. I may be young, but I can do it. I’ve been always taught to reach for my dreams if that’s what I want to get. Being successful for me, doesn’t necessarily mean that you have to own a big house, or you have to earn millions each month. For me, being successful means that you are able to do your passion, and create your own space in this world that is full of “do this, do that”. You are successful, if you’re doing what you like, not what you were told to do. Being happy, on the other side is easy as well, if I say that I am happy, it is because I really am. Keeping things less complicated. Being happy means that you are able to smile, not in a fake way but a legit smile. Simple things can make you happy, but there are also people who can make you happy. the best thing about it, is that these people are always free. I think it reflects my religious belief because I do believe that in everything I do, no matter where I stand, just as long as I keep my feet on the ground, that’s when I know that the Lord is guiding me and he knows where he will lead me.

• Communication is very important to everyone. It is the way how we stay connected to people, to other people’s life. And there would be a big change in life if we are hindered by miscommunication. Because, we can’t express what we feel, or what we wanna say if we have different languages. And our life will be miserable if that will happen.

  As of thia moment, I have three purpose in life and yes it is somehow with consideration of my religion. This purpose of mine is not only set by me, but God’s. And it is to be His believer and follower. I will honestly say, that I’m struggling Christian right now, but I am trying my best, and praying for guidance to continue to seek His word and do His will for me. For it is written in the bible. Second, I know that I am still here – living because I’m not yet done with mission which is to graduate in college, have a license and pay back all the good things that my parents had done for me. And lastly, is to continue do good things to other people and see the poritive side of everything.

• Based on what I’ve read, life is hindered by language barrier or miscommunication. We all know that communication is exchanging ideas or information and we used it daily. And I guess life without communication is only death. We sometimes have the barriers or miscommunication when we are not paying attention or we don’t know the language that they are using. And in the article it says “If you are screaming Aramaic at someone who doesn’t comprehend the language, it doesn’t really matter how insightful you are”, which means if you say your perspectives in life someone there is a chance that will not understand it because they are unwilling to listen,they are not interested and they did not appreciate. And there is a chance that they will understand if they are willing to know what you are saying.

  Purpose in life?
  As of now it was the hard question that I’ve encountered because I’m still searching for it. I’m still discovering things which I can really give my best. I guess that my purpose in life for the mean time is to give love to my family, friends and even others. For now I’m still searching for the best version of myself because God gave me this. All I need is to make it grow and make my life beautiful and very useful. I know that we all have the purpose in life we just need to discover it and make it grow. And as I summed up my purpose for now is to share love without any hesitation.

  God said to his Words “Mark 12:30-31
  30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’[a] 31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[b] There is no commandment greater than these.”

• BALINTAG, JHOE MARIE B.
  ACT186

  a) Based on the context of the essay, what happens with the meaning of life is hindered by language barrier or miscommunication?

  Effective communication promotes a sense of trust at its core which leads to a sense of direction or purpose in life.. Conveying words, facial expressions and hand gestures ineffectively can destroy home and work relationships. Communication is our life blood. Just like our body, when blood stops moving through, bad things are about to happen. In reality, the meaning of the life is hindered when miscommunication occurred. Frustration and lack of understanding here, broken relationships and lost production there, and yet anxiety everywhere. Frustration takes place when our expectations are not met. If we haven’t clearly communicated with what we are looking for, we probably won’t receive it. When communication isn’t clear, it is not understood. communication breakdown fuels also the relationship breakdown. Basically, miscommunication brings anxiety. When you use time to communicate, make it worth your time and the person’s time you are sharing with.

  b) As of this moment, what is your purpose in life? Is it aligned with your religious belief? If yes, how and if no, why not?

  As of now, I honestly don’t know what my purpose in life is, not literally don’t know but a little bit not sure and confident for what I was supposed to be prepared for in the long run. But here I am, wounded… but the world will not bend backwards just because I am currently dealing with this kind of situation. And the only thing that is clear for me right now is that… things might go wrong, and I have nothing to turn into but my wisdom and beliefs, to invest in those above anything else. And I think this is my purpose which is aligned with my religious belief. Because I’m in a battle, always have been ever since I set foot on this planet. So for now, I should fight and struggle like I really want to live.

• Yla Dimacali ACT186 – Language matters at it is a very important tool not only for daily communication but also for influencing the mind of masses. It is also the first step to understanding a culture. If we really think communication deals only with verbal words, then you obviously don’t understand the term “communication” body language, facial expressions, and actions communicate a lot more than words. Language barriers, different cultural background and ignorance will contribute to some miscommunication and misconception.

  My purpose in life is to worship/serve God as Jesus did, to love everyone, and to give/ to serve to others. I realize that i have many goals so that people can acknowledge who i am. Instead i should learn to accomplish things so i can reinforce with myself the purpose of my journey in this life and a promise to fulfill.

• I think that communication is most important gift the we receive because it is the core of the common understanding and it will help us the express our thoughts but what if we didn’t communicate at all ?
  Language barrier is one of the common factors why us humans do not communicate because we don’t know how to express our selves when speaking a foreign language, sometimes we disconnect to communication when we are frustrated, mad and irritated sometimes it affects in how we communicate to each other that will cause madness in both sides. More often you yourself is the reason why you don’t communicate sometime we choose silence than speak up for ourselves and it will affects you for living you life to the fullest because you just let your thoughts dies within your self. But you know that communication is not always oral it can be shown through actions and gestures.

  As of now I don’t know what is my purpose in life, way back 2011 I started to join an organization in our church but on 2017 I just lost the fire that keeps me from serving God, I don’t know why. But if I’m going to based my current life on what is my purpose in life I should say that my purpose is to study and finish BS in Accountancy (hopefully) then give my parents a better life as they aged.

• For me, communication is the heart of life. It is not just a way of getting along in life. If there are barriers/miscommunication in life, we will have hard time to understand or express what we really want. In order to understand what someone is saying, we should have to be able to recognize what language or symbolic meanings that they say in order for us to avoid miscommunication. But sometimes we must understand one’s person interpretation of a message because some doesn’t quite mesh with another’s. So we need to think before we speak and respect others for us to avoid miscommunication because it can cause trouble.

  As of this moment, I’m still confused on what my purpose in life is but I think my purpose is to love and bring happiness to my family.

• A. According to the article, there is a violence if miscommunication occur and this affects the importances of language in showing quality relation and avoiding conflicts. This article tells us that sometimes in life it is hard to admit that you are being overwhelmed as a result you turn in to challenge to get out in a certain situation, the author also stated that you don’t need to shout in order for you to be heard. And being silent is powerful.
  B. My purpose in life is to grow continually and use my wisdom and knowledge to help others grow through helping and encouraging them while making a difference in their lives and the lives of those around them. My purpose in life is not aligned with my religious belief because it is aligned on how my parents raised me and how they taught me about life.

• Rav Dano ACT-182
  Life, life is the important aspect in ourselves, it has no beginning of the meaning but it has the meaning to bring the life or the beginning. life is not easy but it is beautiful that people think, God gives life for everyone , it give or brings beautiful life in and out. You see that life of others is beautiful but in some ways there is problems that is occur everyday. life in the beginning had some problems but if you find to the solution it will give beautiful each daily and it is really beautiful no problem at all. Our life is not beautiful as what we see in the beginning as what i said earlier but if you or us work it hard or your challenge find’s an answer on it, It will give relieve to the people. In our case, purpose in our life is very important like the others to know or reveal the purpose of your life is that you listen or get ideas to the people who are successful in their purpose in their life so that you can get what it takes to build or achieve your purpose in your life.

  Yes, my purpose in life is connected or based on my religious belief, because before i do not clearly understand what is my purpose in my life but when i connected and get ideas in my religion it is connected so much. i surrendered my life, my purpose in life everyone knows that God is powerful, god knows everything that people said to me and heard to other people that surrounds me. i have goals that i made but it is different to the goals that God wants to achieve to me. Everyday God guide me for what i’m doing all day thinking what is the income or the results in my works. i know that as a person we are not perfect we had mistakes in our daily life. but on the other side values is occured on me, in my life. people percieve me that i’m happy go lucky no problems at all, but deep inside i have problems that i can solve in my ownself but most important is to be happy all the time God doesn’t want a person to be lonely he have plans for me and also i have plans for me also. God is the important thing in my life, but without god the Life for me is worth nothing, if you build your purpose in life without it is worth nothing at all…

• Dichoso, shaun kyla act184
  Based on the context of the essay, the meaning of life hindered by a miscommunication. I believe that communication really change the meaning of life. Communication barriers not only hinder the meaning of life but can also hinder personal relationships, this is because we have different interpretation and perspectives. For me the meaning of life is to be able to persevere and I dont know maybe life long perseverance, it is because everyone has their own problems that they should face and they should be able to overcome all of them.

  I do believe that we are living with a purpose, and we should live our life with a purpose. I think for the future I don’t know what my other purposes in life. But for now, I believe that my purpose in life is to continue to live my life. Second, always do good, do what is right and help who seeks help. Third, to finish my study and to give back to my parents. Last, to trust and have faith to my creator. Yes may purpose is aligned with my religion, because I believe that God gave me life to pursue my purpose and persevere life eventhough life is so hard and challenging.

• (A) Based on the article it says that language is a corner of communication. For me its true, communication is the medium of expression verbal or non-verbal it’s still kind of communication. it is used in telling or saying something in order for you both to have understanding but what id there is a lock communication ?or misunderstanding? Sometimes the reason why we have this barriers is because we afraid to tell it clearly or unwilling to learn for whats the meaning of it. There are many ways to have better understanding in communication that is willingness to learn.
  (B) The reason why humans are created in this Earth because we all have our purpose in life. As a person or a human created by God I MUST know my purpose. For me i already Knew what is my purpose and that is to serve people using my ability and capability. Serve them as a volunteer worker who’s giving help for those people who needed. Serve then unconditionally and all your heart but make sure you love what you doing. As of now Im a volunteer of COMEX or Community Extension Brigade. I loved what Im doing and im willing to learn from them.

• Life can’t be defined unless we give its true definition. A definition that came from as we share and express ourselves by communicating. And as we share and express ourselves, we are introdung what kind of life we are living. Communication is a way that ties everyone. A tool that can be used to understand each other. But what will happen when miscommunication occurs? It will definitely separate one another. Conflicts will arise, different interpretations will come. And this misunderstandings can refrain us on showing what we are really tyring to relay. It also affects what we are today and what we are tomorrow. In fact, communication is not only the problem. If we only open our hearts and listen to everyone, everything will be alright.
  As of now, I am still in the stage of getting to know more about myself, and in the stage of asking what is the real purpose of my life. But I promised myself that I will live my life to the fullest. A life that is colorful, lots of love and care, real and geniune happiness and trying things that are beyond my expectations. And living life with God is the most important. I know that my God blessed me with wisdom and knowledge to face all the challanges of world. I have God that will surely guide me until I reach the things that he wants the best for me.

• In my opinion it is us who give meaning to our life, we are the ones who explore it, It does not necessarily hinder by our different languages, eventually, each individual have a different perspective about what life is, of course still with the help of the people they go along with, who share the same language and culture. As of the moment, my purpose in life would just live my life to the fullest like who does not want that? or just go along with what this world would offer to me until I die, and it doesn’t have anything to do about my religious beliefs, well first I’m not really into religion though I believe that there is a higher supreme being ruling this world created everything and gives blessings, but when it comes to what is actually happening in my life, there’s no one to blame but myself, It is my decisions that matters and the purpose that I will serve will still depend on me, but on this date all I want is to just live my life and at least provide good vibrations to the people around me.

• We live in a world where communication is vital but understanding one another is complicated. Not everyone will understand what we are going through. Sometimes it’s hard to express what we feel. We feel like nobody gets it like the way you do. It’s because we have different levels of sensitivity and feelings. That’s why we tend to bottle up things inside. We remain silent because of too much noise around us. Too much opinion. Too much thoughts. Sometimes we communicate but the essence of communication isn’t really there. We talk but we don’t listen. We hear but we don’t acknowledge. Communication isn’t always about speaking. It can also be through our actions. We can make people feel accepted and understood not only with words but with deeds. But sometimes silence can also be powerful. It tells a lot of things without even saying anything. The power of silence can be defeaning. It gives us time to think, to process and realize the purpose why this silence exists. In a world full of chaos, a person just needs silence. Inner peace.

• Most of the people in the world do not speak English or, even if they use, it is their second or third language. If the speaker and receiver do not use same language and words, there is no meaning to the communication. Not using the words that other person understands makes the communication ineffective and prevents message from being conveyed. The purpose of life cannot be defined in a manner that most people would agree accordingly. Every individual has a different outlook on the purpose of life. This is why there are not any widely accepted theories or answers to this question, if you don’t include religious influences. There are many different purposes of life, depending on what religion you confer with. If you were to take all religious aspects out of this question in particular, the answer would be that we are just animals that live out a lifespan, and die. There is nothing more after death. I on the other hand do not believe that we were made from a star exploding billions of years ago. There must have been an upper-hand that created everything we see and know. This is the reason why I believe in god. I believe that he created all that we know, and that he is the actual purpose of our lives. This ultimately leads me to believe that the purpose of life would be to follow I his ways, and to obey his rules. If you were to look at all the different religions and their different respected purposes of life, it would basically boil down to the fact that the world was created (as well as people) by a god(s), and their purpose of life was to serve that god. It all depends on what you believe in to determine your purpose of life.

• Ignacio, Kyla Faye L.
  ACT182

  A.In communication, language has a very important role. If someone is unable to communicate just what many can do they have their own way of communicating with people around them. It is not about how we use different language in communicating but it is on how we express what we wanted to say. Silence is also a form of communication for others. If someone can’t express effectively their feeling there might be barriers between him/her and the other one. Silence is the most powerful kind of communication and expressing of one’s self to other people. That’s why many people stay silent because they don’t want others to judge them.
  B. For me everyone has an own purpose in life. For me my purpose in life is what God had given me. It is aligned with my religious beliefs because I always pray to Him and ask Him for the better and also do my part not only praying but also taking actions on what I wanted in life. I always put God first in everything that I do because God is the one who is always there when we needed someone to talk to. God has the best plans for us. God will always provide.

• Krystel Mae Gabriel
  ACT181

  If the meaning of life is hindered by a language barrier and miscommunication, it will surely lead to misconception and misinterpretation of how wonderful life is. Language barriers hinder individual to express him/herself freely. He/she will not be able to deliver what he/she wants to say properly. Other people may misunderstand what he/she is trying to say. As stated in the article. People will tend to shout and yell just to be able to be understood by the people around them, which is I guess a wrong ideal. You cannot force someone to listen to you if they really don´t want to so what is the point of yelling and shouting just to be heard which is in fact far different from being understood. Remember that It doesn’t matter what medium we use in communicating, but our willingness and dedication to make our listener understand what we really meant.
  As of the moment, there is still uncertainty inside me about what is my real purpose in life. I guess determining of my purpose in life somehow depends on my religious belief but not fully. I live in accordance to what is right, I´m trying at least. I believe that everything happens according to His will which I guess the reason why I´m not very certain about my purpose in life since I am very dependent on His will as I hold into the belief that everything happens for a reason and according to His will. Personally, on the other hand, holding into my own principle, my purpose in life as of the moment, as a youth, is to be a responsible member of the community and be able to give back to those who helped and currently helping me in my journey towards success.

• I always see life as a large playground and we are the kids who play in it. It is wide and everyone is free, we can do whatever we wanna do, it is in our control on how we want our playground to run. Life has no definite meaning in it, life’s meaning varies depending on the person who puts it to living. Simply speaking, it is our power to make and canvass the purpose of our stay in this world, and that purpose of ours is meant to be unrestricted. Therefore if there is conflicts with our communication and on how we spread our reason of living it will be useless, each and every voices has something to say and everything it says are meant to be heard. My life as an individual and my purpose as to what I believed into was technically not alligned to my religious beliefs, I myself is not a religious person, I believe in our creator but I don’t patronize a certain one. My life’s purpose is basically to do the things in my way. I don’t really think too much about competitions and others expectations as long as I know that I’m doing it my way and not in the right way as majority perceived, it is fine to me.

• According to the article, language barrier can really lead to miscommunication. It also teaches the reader that no matter we have the capability to speak or not, we were taught or not, we can still able to communicate. Even the blind, can communicate. Even the deaf, can communicate. These things can really prove that communication has given the power to the resillience of silence. That the loudest messages are expressed through the stillest of silence.

  I really believe that my purpose in life is inline with what God has planned for me. My life is being centered by God. I believe that he really wants for his people is to be in good hands that he sends a lot of people in our journey to help us in becoming who we really are. What I have been through and what ill been to will always be accomplished through his mighty name. He’s been my source of strength whenever I feel like the world is against for what I want in life and so do I continue what I really want. I maybe mislead to the concept of what a reality really is but I will never choose anyone except for him.

  God has given his people the equality and the love we all deserve whether we can able to talk or not, to see or not, to communicate well and not. He deserves the love of his own people.

• The article says that life will be worthless if there’s miscommunication/ language barrier but we all know that it always exist. Don’t try hard to explain your thoughts to someone who is not willing to listen, don’t yell at someone who cannot hear, don’t waste your time and effort because in the end you’ll just get tired and everything will have no meaning. Always bear in mind that there are many forms of communication one is our body language. We can use our actions and silence to show others the message we want to convey to them and sometimes it is more powerful.

  Yes, I always make sure that my purpose in life is always aligned with God even though there is no concrete direction where I am leading today my trust is always with him. Because I know that everything I have in this world belongs to him. My life itself belongs to our Father, I always let him guide me because I believe that his plans will always be the best. There are circumstances that God challenge my faith like putting my mom in critical condition, I questioned him and his existence in this world but in the end he taught me different lessons in life. I  learnt how to trust him and look at the brighter side of the challenges. That’s why I knew in my heart that I will continually live my life serving him and others according to his words.

  Naron, Grei-Anne B
  ACT184

• Karen M. Dayle
  ACT 182

  For me I think everything will be a mess. If there is a communication gap or barriers and misunderstandings between one anothers communication we couldn’t be able to express our ideas and share our thoughts to others. Aside from this it also hinders our growth because we couldnt interact with others people to acquire knowledge and wisdom that could help us to improve our selves.
  Actually in terms of purpose in life to be honest as of know I really don’t know what is really my purpose. I feel like I’m still in the process of knowing myself and right know I’m just doing what I must to do and that is to study hard not just only for me but also for my family. I think I cam only tell my purpose in life after I graduated and get a work or should I say if Im already stable in life.

• According to what the author wants to convey on his essay, the meaning in life is not highly appreciated even though you really understand it lesson if there’s a miscommunication between the two parties and if there’s a language barrier between the talker and the listener. Communication helps us to understand others, it helps us express our feelings and ideas. Some people may not be able to express what they want so for them to be understood by others they shout or yell. Being loud is not the best way in expressing ourselves maybe others would misunderstood it. Sometimes we just need to be silent to be understood by others. It’s not important on how you communicate the most important thing is that how you understand and interpret it. Communication is the key to success.

• * As the article stated the misunderstanding in communication that leads to confusion and conflicts that even if to the people who cannot talk, hear or see. And as we communicate and mislead it there is so many conflicts that can be able to start for example, just in relationship misunderstanding is one if the most cause of breakup and also in war, how war started and it’s because of misunderstanding. And fir me it’s not language is barrier or the reason of all the misunderstanding, for me is to not able to understand and perceived one another right.
  * I think as for this moment my purpose in life is to graduate and be a license architect that not just to help to earn more money and bring back some to my parents but also help this state or country to appreciate what architecture truly is. And also I do want to achieved that by writing poems and novels. That even if I’m not an architect yet but I able to contribute on my own purpose. And in some point I think it’s also aligned both on my personal and religious beliefs. Yes it aligned because I do have faith in God to be able to achieve it and I don’t want to walk without faith for him, and I want to praised his name by doing that. Also Im doing it by my own reasoning because I believe that’s the right thing to do morally and ethically.

  Reina Meneses (ACT185)

• Palermo, Ma. Bernadette M
  ACT 185

  A. Numerous individuals believe that the importance of communication is like the importance of breathing. Indeed, communication facilitates the spread of knowledge and forms relationships between people. Communicating helps people to express their ideas and feelings, and at the same time, it helps us to understand emotion and thoughts of the others. It is no doubt that communication plays a vital role in human life. It not only helps to facilitate the process of sharing information and knowledge, but also helps people to develop relationships with others.

  “If someone is unable to hear, they can still communicate. If someone is unable to see, or speak, they can still communicate. The only time people are not able to communicate is if they are afraid, or unwilling”

  On my humble opinion, this means that there could be a language barrier or miscommunication occur at a time. In today’s society, many people are afraid to speak or talk with other people because of the language they are using. They are afraid on those people they are talking with, thinking that they might not understand what they are trying to say. Wherein fact, they just need to adjust so that they can be understood by others. In this scenario, miscommunication and language barriers happens because we tend to look through language and not with the good side it can give that language is a way that we can give our thoughts and we can easily communicate with other people.

  B. “What is your purpose in life?”
  I learned that life isn’t just about that one simple question and work towards getting that purpose. I believe everyone has a purpose in life. As of this moment, my purpose in life is to live, learn and grow. Live; as a Christian, living my life while serving the Lord is my main purpose. I may not be a perfect example of a good Christian but I am living the life he gave to me in accordance to his words. Learn; whenever I commit mistakes, I felt guilty and asked for forgiveness whoever I made it to. All people commit mistakes and being humble all the time is how people should be. And grow; being with family and friends, I continue growing and working towards being the best version of myself. I learned everything in my environment and growing as a human is how I offer my life to others. We each decide what we believe our purposes in life are weather it be to make a difference like I want or something different.

• Meaning in life? Everyone have their own meaning in llife others might not be able to know that maybe because they lack on communucation to others or to themselves. Once our comminication have barriers/hindrances it may lead to misunderstanding our meaning in life will be affected too. You will never know what is your true purpose in life. But there maybe hindrances but that only occur when the person is unwilling when they are willing to listen all of those hindrances will disappear.

  Right now I think that my purpose in life is to inspired other. I’m a college student dealing with stress, anxiety and sadness. I can easily kill myself like suicide to escape from those problem but because of my religion I can’t do that and I have to be strong. We have this religous belief that once you commit suicide that will your most unforgivable sin. Who are you to take that life? Someone just let you borrow it and he’s the only one who had the right to get it from you. Because of that belief, I’m still alive helping and inspiring those people who suffering. Sharing them my stories in life and how I cope up with my failure. Back when I was high school I never failed, I never had a 80 and below grades I excell in class but right now? I always had 76 and 75 in my grades. Sad? Yes but we have to fight it and trust him that he had better plans for us.

• The communication gives meaning to our life but what if the communication ruin everything in our life ?
  in just one mistake in communication can change everything, it will cause a lot of changes and trouble in our life, if we misinterpret something that the other people really say that thing we will start to think about it and if it is negative it will start to build the anxiety in our self in just simple miscommunication. In this era speaking is loudly represent you what kind of human are you, just like if you are good in english everyone will think that you are a smart and they dont care about your weakness about other skills that you dont or you have.

• Based on what I have read and understand about the article, it states there that communication is a significant key to express oneself. everyday, we communicate to people, we chat, talk and bond with the people specially to the our loved ones. We used to share stories or everyday happenings with them but what if one day they we’re not be able to communicate with others.
  Self time. All of us wants to be alone. I, sometimes wanted to lock myself in a room and reflect. Sometimes I don’t want to voice out my feelings to my parents because of being afraid on.

• Miscommunication may lead to conflicts, misunderstanding and worst violence. There will be a misunderstanding between the two communicators the message will not be delivered clearly. Communication is necessary to fulfill the meaning of our lives. It connects and unites us. We all have different languages, sometimes we didn’t understand each other. But don’t let those barriers hinders our relationship with other people.

  My purpose in life is to fulfill whatever God wants me to do. First, to be a daugther to my parents. I am created by the Almighty God to be a blessing to them and to give meaning to their life and relationship. It is my responsibility to be a good child to them. Also to return all their sacrifices they have given to me. Then, to be a good person to others. We are not living just for ourselves. There are reasons why we are here, to be in other people’s life and vice versa. Be a good companion to others and be kind.
  Yes it is aligned with my beliefs, it strengthens me as a person physically, spiritually and psychologically. My faith grows stronger as I stay on the right path. Let God be the light on you dark days.

• As the essay say, for me its miscommunication we all know that we cam communicate even if we dont understand the language of each other. Theres a lot of ways to communicate with others.producing quality relation and avoiding conflicts. This article show that sometimes in life it is hard to admit that you are being overwhelmed as a result you turn in to rampage to get out in a certain situation.
  We all people had a diffirent point of view when it comes to life. Some other says that they are born because they need to find theie loveones. But for me my purpose in life is to fulfill my own mission. Mission that we dint know if we already start or we already done. And i know that mission will help other people beside me

• A. It will truly bring misunderstanding when miscommunication happened. It will hindered the meaning of life in which it will not deliver the words as exactly what the sender is saying. But not only by words we can communicate. We can still send message through other form and therefore we can all communicate and bring the message we want to.

  B. Yes, i believed that my purpose in life is aligned with my religious belief. My purpose to serve God unconditionally. We are all created with a purpose and God will bring us to do our own purpose in life. We have so many purpose and it is on us on how are we going to interpret it. It can be our purpose to make everyone we know happy, or to help other people. Also to just simply live our lives.

• Adrian Albos ACT 183
  The only time people are not able to communicate is if they are afraid, or unwilling.” This means that it is really our choice if we want to communicate with others. There are a lot of different ways if we really want to.