Purpose of Life

I finished watching a Japanese drama called "One Litre of Tears" last night in one go (which by the way is bad idea if you need to go to work the next day). The story is based on a real life story. A 15 years old girl was diagnosed spinocerebellar ataxia, a disease that the patient slowly lose the ability to move and talk and there is still no known cure. The drama basically showed the girl's life starting when she got diagnosed with the disease till she died. It is a very sad story cause her body started to deteriorate but yet she stayed conscious the whole thing. It is a very brutal disease. And then she started to wonder the purpose for her life. For us, it may be friends or family. But for her, her only focus is to stay alive. She questioned what is the point for staying alive when you can see your body slowly dying. What should be the purpose then? It is not even an easy life to live. Every movement you rely on someone to help you. Any moment now you can die from the smallest thing like eating or drinking. You lost control on everything that you take for granted. It is almost easier to die than live. Never give up, it is easier said than done. But yet she did. She found the purpose for her live and she tried her best to keep on living. Her courage really astounded me. I don't know if I am her, I would be to live like that. Now I am interested to read the original book which is the diary that the girl wrote during her years of sickness.