I like the poetic idea of life interrogating me. I also enjoyed this idea that there is not a meaning of life in the fact that once you discover it you are done; weirdly, that feels as though it implies you can "finish" life. What is there to do once you've found its meaning? Rather, there is the meaning of the present moment, in whatever form it may take. That idea also allows for the meaningless days to feel more normal; sometimes, you can't find the meaning in the moment. But you have a lot of moments ahead of you where that can change.
Meaningless days. Thanks for sharing, yeah I think that if we view our lives as always having some grand scheme, it could create some problems when the meaning of a moment could be to relax and enjoy yourself. Sometimes that might not be “enough”. It’s important to strive, ex. crosswind, but it’s also important to be able to not strive and to nourish yourself and your relationships. Life might laugh at us if we forget we’re all here to die—and we should enjoy it along the way, finding meaning where we can, and seeing that sharing joy and little things can be a whole world of meaning on its own…
"Life might laugh at us if we forget we're all here to die" is wonderfully optimistic here, but generally metal as a line. I agree! The plan needs to be flexible, or it prevents us from enjoying what actually happens.
I like the poetic idea of life interrogating me. I also enjoyed this idea that there is not a meaning of life in the fact that once you discover it you are done; weirdly, that feels as though it implies you can "finish" life. What is there to do once you've found its meaning? Rather, there is the meaning of the present moment, in whatever form it may take. That idea also allows for the meaningless days to feel more normal; sometimes, you can't find the meaning in the moment. But you have a lot of moments ahead of you where that can change.
Meaningless days. Thanks for sharing, yeah I think that if we view our lives as always having some grand scheme, it could create some problems when the meaning of a moment could be to relax and enjoy yourself. Sometimes that might not be “enough”. It’s important to strive, ex. crosswind, but it’s also important to be able to not strive and to nourish yourself and your relationships. Life might laugh at us if we forget we’re all here to die—and we should enjoy it along the way, finding meaning where we can, and seeing that sharing joy and little things can be a whole world of meaning on its own…
"Life might laugh at us if we forget we're all here to die" is wonderfully optimistic here, but generally metal as a line. I agree! The plan needs to be flexible, or it prevents us from enjoying what actually happens.