The Meaning Of Life

The Meaning of Life.

First let us observe this topic then we will look at a story of three children.

With complex questions, such as “what is the meaning of life”, there is no singular right answer. First you would need to look at why you want to know the answer in the first place. Is it a manifestation of fear, a need to know the unknown, a desire for more knowledge, or to reinforce a belief system?

Then, as you can probably imagine, a countless number of topics would need to be addressed in order to sufficiently begin to answer such an immense question. In preparing to answer the question, you could reference religion, philosophy, psychology, various cultures and governments, self-help books, sacred texts, science and ethics.

Finally, to be objective about this question, we could do one of two things. One, we could analyze this by bringing together a great amount of the collective human intellect. Or we could just simply place our self interests aside and look consciously at the topic.

Since a complete analysis is not realistic and is beyond the scope of this article, let us place our egos aside and look at “what is the meaning of life”.

Stories are a great tool in this type of endeavor. They help us look at a situation as an objective observer and if they are not too specific about the characters, the reader can picture themselves as the person or people in the story.

So here is the story.

Once upon a time, there was an immense playground. This playground contained an array of environments. There were jungles, forests, deserts, oceans and mountains. It also contained countless animals and plants.

Now, one day there were 3 children that came upon this playground and stood in wonder of it greatness.

The first child ran as fast as she could and jumped, climbed, and played with all that she encountered. Everyday she enjoyed the endless natural resources of food. Everyday was a new adventure. She played and was at peace.

The second child ran out into the playground and played. But one day she began to think.

“Well, what is this plant and does this fruit taste better than that one?” She started to examine the plants and animals and eventually got lost within her endless list of questions. In her analyzing and searching, she was never completely satisfied, never at peace.

The third child ran out into the playground and played. But one day, after talking to the second child, found that there was a particular yellow fruit that tasted better than most of the other fruits. So the third child fenced in an area of yellow fruit all for herself.

She also found that the second child valued cows, chickens and pigs as a good food source. So she quickly captured all the cows, chickens and pigs in the land.

Over many years, she gathered, managed and controlled all the food she could find. She concentrated solely on ownership but found it was never enough. She was never at peace.

Which one sounds most like the history of humankind?

Which one would you choose to be?

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