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What would you say?

I write for examiner.com, and I'm writing a piece on the meaning of life. How would you answer the question, "What is the meaning of life?" Also, could you specifiy somewhat of who are (student, parent, etc.)

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@ashley_cheshier eighth grade. life is the meaning of life. live it to your fullest. but we all want to achieve something different. so you're asking the wrong question. What's YOUR meaning of life?

life it is change, so the meaning of the change becomes personal exploration of who you says they are in it... meaning equals judgment....

now that is the big picture of words. for me it has been nothing short of living until i die. when i bring judgment into the picture it seasons my life with meaning... and maybe that is what you want to know. it is unfair to judge your life at the beginning. because you have not idea of the movement that event will gives you,,, and that too is true for the end of your life, meaning is only understood sometimes, from a distance...

my label is long, child, adult, parent, alive.....going to die one day. amen

1st off you must watch "Monty Python the Meaning of Life"... it will answer all your questions.

I think the meaning of life is to enrich other people's lives, so as each generation passes life becomes more full and meaningful. I don't think life on earth, or life in any capacity, is for the purpose of some great epiphany but just for the general bettering of life. That's why I think people end up seeking things like religion and "their purpose," because subconsciously everyone knows we're meant to make things better for people around us in some way specific to who we are.

I'm a high school senior from the East Coast.

Student: We live to enrich ourselves and enjoy ourselves while bringing the most happiness to those around us as possible. We live to grow and develop on a deeper level, and then we die. Then, something happens. Or nothing happens.

Freud said that even as babies, we live by the pleasure principle....turn towards what feels good and turn away from what feels bad.
Only with maturity, that can change to also being quite interested in another person`s quality of life as well as our own.
And then again for your article, you might want to think about the many various forms of satisfaction there are. Freud called that process "sublimation". How else would we make work feel good? LOL. And last but not least- "meaning"? That will have a deeply personal content for everyone. My meaning might not be yours.

Do all the good you can at all the times you can in all the places you can for all the people you can in all the ways you can for as long as you can. And love will steer the stars.

@ashley_cheshier Columbia, SC

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@ashley_cheshier eighth grade. life is the meaning of life. live it to your fullest. but we all want to achieve something different. so you're asking the wrong question. What's YOUR meaning of life?

1st off you must watch "Monty Python the Meaning of Life"... it will answer all your questions.

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