Purpose and Meaning

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Something that has always baffled me is the need that most people have for their life to "mean something". Apparently, one cannot be happy or fulfilled unless one's life has a "purpose" to it, but I have no idea why that should be the case.
My life doesn't mean anything at all, and I'm perfectly happy about that. We're born, we live, and then we die, and that's it. There's no "afterlife", reincarnation isn't real, and we won't be judged by "God" (whatever that is), so why would anyone waste their time trying to find out "what it's all about"? Life isn't about anything. Isn't that obvious?

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SatyrService · M

Two most it is not obvious. They have the infection of belief, and I know it is comforting to think all is well ordered and you have a place in the universe set forth by some mighty power.
But like you I think that life itself is a wonderful and unique experience to be savored to be cherished and enjoyed until Saturday as we cease to be.
And yet I like the idea of purpose not a purpose laid down by Hey mythic power, but as a person who has been very enthusiastic about my own pleasure, I have found a pleasure doing things for other reasons. I’m part of communities that work with some purpose and it is the friendship and camaraderie of that that gives me additional purpose.