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Life’s Meaning December 10, 2007

  Mr. Huston said something like “If you can get out of bed in the morning, your life has meaning.”  I don’t like this statement because it’s so broad and generalizing.  If you’re out of your bed and getting through each day then you believe that your life has meaning?  What if you don’t?  I think it’s possible to move through your day and go on with your life without thinking that there is anything meaningful to what you are doing.  You may do things because they give you temporary happiness, but just because you’re working towards a goal doesn’t mean that you find that goal to be a meaningful one.  If you don’t find momentary pleasures meaningful, and that is what you drag on your life for, then how is your life have purpose?

I just don’t see the point in delving into what is and isn’t meaningful because it’s all based on opinion.  Sure if you get to be 30 years old and you want to do something that you find meaningful with your life, then it’s good to question whether or not you are doing so.  But that’s a personal decision.  We can’t determine if other lives are meaningful because they might be to that individual.  What if someone literally doesn’t get out of bed ever and just lies around and does nothing but think and stew in boredom, and he or she finds that life meaningful?  How can we question it?  There are no laws or rules set down to determine a meaningful life, so I have a hard time looking into different situations and deciding on whether or not they have purpose.  It all comes down to different opinions anyway.