The Meaning Of Life – In 25 Words Or Less
What is the meaning of life – and could you sum it up in 25 words? What if someone offered you $10,000 for your best description?
The website www.themeaningoflife.com is running such a contest, and while it may be a marketing ploy, it’s an astute one. Who isn’t intrigued by this question? Who hasn’t struggled to figure out his or her true purpose?
Like Arthur Dent in A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, we wish the meaning of life could be reduced to one simple solution: in his case, “42.”
What if there are no meanings to life, except those we choose? As new-age gurus assert, “It’s all made up, anyway!” Or, as religious doctrines proclaim, “Follow God’s will for you. This is the true meaning of life.”
Between “any which way you want” and “His way or the highway (to hell),” many decisions must be made along the way.
Even if we turn over some parts of our lives to leaders, religious or otherwise, other parts and decisions remain. What do you eat? What kind of work do you do? What about play...