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What is the point of life?

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For much of my life I was always working towards something. As a kid it was doing well in school so I could go to uni. At uni it was doing well so I could get a good job. At work it was working hard to get promotions and pay rises and career progression.

But then at some point you have to ask yourself what the ultimate goal is, because no matter how hard we work, life is finite. It will end. Money, possessions and titles are no use when you’re dead.

Maybe we should stop telling kids to strive to progress and instead tell them to enjoy their moment.

What makes your life meaningful?

Parents

  • Every one of us is alive because our parents chose to create a life. if you think about that for a while it’s truly amazing. They chose to create a being and they nurtured and developed it to the point where it could function as an independent person, free to make decisions. I find that very meaningful. What will I do with the opportunities given to me by my parents and will I give that same power to children of my own? The very process is meaningful. The circle of life itself. It doesn’t have to be all about your kids. But you are one, and you were given the opportunity to make an infinite number of choices.

    Happy Christmas, everyone. 

  • in reply to Arise

    Not all of us have had the nurturing that we needed from our parents. Alone to fend for ourselves. Despite this,  i care for others, with very little back. I dont expect anything.Perhaps this helps me deal with my own trauma. I have done ok. That is the purpose of life, to help others. 

  • in reply to Tulip52

    Glad that you found a way. I agree that helping others is one of the most important things in life. 

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