The meaning of life
I told T the other day that the meaning of life is to live it, not to be comfortable. I had read about how relationships are about learning and growing, and that your partner does not come into your life to make you comfortable or content – they come into your life to challenge you and help you grow.
Throughout the night, I was staring into the eyes of a little girl whose two years on this earth have been challenging and now might be over and I tried to glean any meaning in her struggle and all I could come up with is that she brought love with her, and let loose a cascade of love in people that none of them knew existed.
The meaning of life is to live it.
August 9th, 2008 at 4:11 am
The meaning of life is to live it! But living it for some people means earthly goods and the pursuit of that. Screaming at their children to shut up and f off, not taking time to sit down and spend some time really talking to their kids. At the moment I’m sitting in a foreign country all on my own, trying to build a better future for my family. For me, experiencing the companionship of a child or an animal, is the ultimate degree of love. Both children and animals love without any preconceived ideas of who you are supposed to me – you don’t have to pretend with them! That is living the ultimate life for me!
August 9th, 2008 at 7:03 pm
I couldn’t agree more – but pity those who look for it in material possessions – some people just think that they will get happiness that way.