The Meaning to Life

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I was reading a book called The Lieutenant for English. I find that plot in almost all books is pretty irrelevant so I won't tell you.

There is a line on the bottom of page 152, it says

"And everything in his life had been leading here."

My first thought was did I read that right. So I read it again, and this time it said:

"And everything in his life had been leading here."

Same thing. So I underlined it and highlighted it. It just kind of touched down and grabbed my heart more deeply than any other piece of literature had ever. Here is why:

1. It is beautifully written. Every word has a distinct and unique purpose. It isn't a collection of words but thought, an idea. I thought at first that there must be something cool with this quote. But it has 16 different letters (40 letters in total) and doesn't anagram or rhyme. It's not a specially sentence of grammar because, it's not grammar. It's a thought, an idea.

2. The thought and idea is amazing. The idea that everything in life culminates to one moment. It gives people a definition. I mean, wouldn't it be cool if there is an afterlife and once you die, you ascend into the heavens and watch this moment of your life, like at the movies or something. That would confirm my next statement.

THE MEANING OF LIFE IS WHEN YOU EXPERIENCE THE CULMINATION OF YOUR LIFE IN ONE MOMENT.

That's it- that's my idea. Reading this book and this quote told me that. After all, that only makes sense, right? That your life has some purpose and that purpose forces you to culminate it and define it to one instance you have been working towards.

But what are the effects? Do we suddenly only focus on this culmination of self-interest? Do we forget the rest of our life and live vicariously through one moment?

So I choose to reform the previous statement

THE MEANING OF LIFE IS THE SELFLESS JOURNEY TOWARDS (AND THE EXPERIENCE OF) LIFE'S CULMINATION IN ONE MOMENT.

But of coarse, there are problems with this as well. This would assume that people are means to achieving this end for yourself. And since perception is our reality, then interactions with persons would only be valuable for your sake and not for the sake of others.

So maybe something like this would happen:

THE MEANING OF LIFE IS THE JOURNEY AND EXPERIENCE OF LIFE'S CULMINATION IN ONE MOMENT WITH REGARDS TO TREATING PEOPLE AS SELF EXISTING ENDS.

Treating people as ends is just saying to not violate any of their inalienable rights (life, liberty etc.)

But, while this contains all of the ideals I have mentioned, it doesn't entail the fact that life is poetic and beautiful, so the meaning of life ought to be as well.

So finally, I will end with this:

THE MEANING OF LIFE IS WHEN YOU SPREAD YOUR ARMS OUT WIDE, A SMILE GENTLY AND NATURALLY FORMS ON YOUR FACE, AND YOU THINK TO YOURSELF "I DID IT!" YOU TURN AND YOUR COMPANION IS STANDING NEXT TO YOU, LAUGHING AS WELL, AND IS HAPPY FOR YOU.

That's what life is all about...