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finding meaning

autileaf

anyone else find this but

i always feel as though i need a specific meaning in everything that i do and i need clarity in what my overall meaning of life is otherwise what is the point. 

my meaning for things could even be to be happy. 

i feel as though the inherent meaning of life is to be happy and ultimately, whilst life might feel like a competition, it actually isn't because it's all your perspective and if you're doing better in life but you're unhappier then you're not exactly "winning". 

it hurts my heart seeing people just do stuff, feeling unhappy, not enjoying life. 

i feel as though every day must have some sort of meaning to it or just what's the point? 

i agonised over death for so long before coming to the conclusion that death is just simply another adventure and that death makes life all the more worthwhile and that you must make the most of each day. 

i don't know if that made any sense

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  • Hi autileaf. I think it's a mistake to look for an inherent meaning of life. Firstly, as a point of formal logic, to do so would suggest that 'life' and 'meaning' are bound together by necessity, and there's no evidence of that, nor any possible way to ever prove it. How could one ever demonstrate that 'meaning'- the subjective assignment of value- can ever be inherently part of life? Inherent relationships don't rely on this.

    Let me make a suggestion to you. When one views a flower, is there any inherent reason to recognize its beauty? How about when one is delighted by children's laughter? Or by the elegance of a sonnet? In all these scenarios, the meaning is only the given one- that these things improve human flourishing. That is enough.

    We might be born into a losing battle, but that shouldn't cause you any sorrow. And what you say about death is quite true, I think- death does give any life its flavour. However, that doesn't mean that we shouldn't hold out as long as we can.

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