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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LadyGrace ·

There is an afterlife and a God. God made us to be eternal and that's why our souls live on after we die. Scripture is very clear on that. But you're right about reincarnation. There's nothing about that in Scripture and in fact says the opposite is true. We live once and we die once.

As far as purpose, we all do have a purpose in life. Whether we find out that purpose or not, is a different story. However, God gives us this gift of life and what we do with it is our gift back to him. He doesn't tell us what to do with it. We're born with a blank slate and it's up to us to fill it. Happiness is not something that needs to be "found". It is what we create in our lives.