Life... 

Life...

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I decided to explore the meaning of life... I came accross quite a few websites, and this is the information that I found....

"I think there is no meaning to life, it only exists because it can. So, that being the case then, the meaning for your own life is whatever you make it."

"The truth is in the eye of the beholder. We're all entitled to believe what we want. "

"Many people have pondered the meaning of life. The rich and aspiring businessmen think it's the pursuit of money. Others believe it's sex. Many believe it's to reproduce. Some think it's fame. Most philosophers think it's the constant strive for existence. Buddhists are striving for Nirvana. Christians are striving to meet God. Dean's List people are striving for knowledge. But I believe this thought cancels them all out: Life is the imperfect, constant, unending, mad strive for one's own personal opinion of happiness. Yes, folks, happiness. Joy, jolliness, amusement, whatever you call it, it's happiness."

"Reproduction can't be the meaning of life, because some people just don't want to have a kid. Some people don't get any sex, and don't really give a crap. Some people feel that by not making babies, they're helping to slow down the population growth, which makes them feel happy."

"Existence can't be it, because people who have been in pursuit of happiness and have never found an ounce of it, and don't feel they ever will, will kill themselves, therefore ending their existence. A suicidal person (I've been one) feels so bad that if there is happiness in or out of reality, it definitely ain't here, so they kill themselves, hoping to God they'll go somewhere that doesn't suck as much as this place. Take one of those diehard soldiers. They'll go "BRING IT ON, BYOTCH!" knowing they'll die, but at least for the good of whatever they're dying for. That makes them happy."

"Everything anyone strives for -- fame, alcohol, money, a home, warmth, love, sex, a nice pimpin' car, a fast computer, God, Nirvana, a good Kharma, winning the Lottery -- can be converged with happiness. At least, their own vision of happiness. People will follow it so blindly that at times, they will walk all over other people to achieve it. Not yet have I met a human being -- or an animal -- that does not follow this example."

"The meaning of life is different for everyone, whether it is to help others, find the meaning of life, eat the world's biggest hot dog, or simply to exisist. And finding that will make you happy. There is not right or wrong answer, just interpritation of the facts and belief. Everyone has a purpose, it just depends on who they are."

"Think of someone you know that seems pretty happy about life. How would you describe their attitude? Are they kidding themselves? Are they ignoring the ugly truth about life that's right in front of their eyes and pretending that some happy fantasy world that exists only in their heads is real? Well, guess what. That is exactly how every happy person in the world acts. And the really strange thing is that it's OK. Because the reason that you are unhappy is that you have constructed a fantasy world just as complete and just as removed from the "facts" as the Pollyanna imaginings that you so despise in those happy people. "

"You must decide to be happy. Yep. Isn't that aggravating? You can't blame it on anyone else, and no one else can do a thing for you. You've just got to decide to be happy, whether or not your log"ical mind thinks it is rational to be happy and whether or not your moral sense thinks you deserve to be happy. You absolutely will not be happy for any length of time until you decide to, and if you decide to, you can be happy in the face of the most miserable circumstances. "

"Out of all the people we meet in life, these people who are doing their own thing are the people who have the most profoundly positive impact on us and thus make our lives richer in the most fundamental, meaningful way. "


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Ya, there's some ideas to think about. I do believe that the meaning of life is to be HAPPY. I'm alive, so I'm going to LIVE.

Insomniac