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Good answer MKAndrew. Sometimes we miss the obvious.
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archiew
on October 3, 2003 at 6:04 PM
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It sounds odd to say you know the meaning of life.
I majored in Religion/Philosophy, did some time in seminary. For as long as I can remember, I've lacked motivation because of this very question. Why are we here? What is this place? And I figured, what is the point? I don't even know the meaning of life, so how am I to live it? So, my fourteen year-old son asked me one night, "Dad, what does all this mean. Why are we here?" So now I'm thinking, aw shit, I have no idea, but the moment he asked the question, I had an answer. It came from nowhere. I asked him, "This conversation we're having - is it meaningful to you? How about your time with your friends? Our family, when we're just watching a movie - or film club at school - do you find meaning in those things?" He said "Yes." I said, "You're looking at the planet from too far away - you might as well be on the space station. You see all this activity around you - all this building up and tearing down and people working and crying and laughing and it seems meaningless. The meaning of life is right in front of you, every day."
posted by
MKAndrew
on October 2, 2003 at 2:36 PM
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