The big question: what is the meaning of life?
The answer: 42 of course ☺️
Of course the reality is that nobody knows and everybody is guessing. Let me tell you my guess FWIW.
When humanity was living in caves and worried about sustenance including food, water and shelter, I doubt if anybody cared about the answer to what the heck am I here on this Earth for? It was all about survival. Just like we see all animals doing aside from humans – arguably the most intelligent animal.
But then we kept on evolving, had our basic necessities taken cared for and then had a lot of extra brain power to think about things like: what is the meaning of life?
When we think about us in the grand scheme of things as far as we know, even our whole planet is like a speck of dust on a vast beach filled with sand. And each of us is a speck of dust within that speck 😊.
On top of that, each of us will relatively live around 100 years old – more or less. And then we’re gone. Once enough generations go by, each of us will be forgotten.
Sorry to be so gloomy but these are just facts that we need to contend with.
We are too small. Each of us sometimes feel like we are the center of the universe, but we are not. We are nothing in the grand scheme of things. Many have come before us and many will come after. The sooner we make peace with this face, the better IMHO.
So what should each one of us do? I mean we have a very brief existence on this planet, and we were put here by someone or something and we just came to be. So what the heck should each of us do while we are here? That’s the main question right?
Here’s my answer:
Our part is to live the best life we can while having positive impact on ourselves and the people and things around us.
That’s it. Nothing else to it. It’s not complicated. It feels like it should be more than that, but my humble belief is that it’s not. It’s that simple. If we just do that, the universe takes care of the rest.