Life - The Meaning


If any of you have ever met a curious child, you've descended the staircase of "why" a thousand times. The ending is always the same, we get to the point where we can't explain why anymore and the only answer left is "because." For most humans, this answer isn't enough. So we spend our lives trying to explain why life is here when, at the root of it all, the answer is simple and non-consequential. We pull our hair out trying to give ourselves purpose or taking it from deities. The enigma of life's meaning has driven countless people mad as they try to fill their craving for an answer. Why life? Because.


The view that I support is that the meaning of life is happiness. I refer to happiness as any feeling that makes someone feel good, whether joy, peace, love, or other pleasure. This is what makes me want to live; why live in constant misery with no hope? Pleasure or emotion is part of what makes humans humans, and is what most people work for. Opponents of this view say life is made up of its ups and downs, and that sorrow is necessary to make periods of happiness seem valuable. However, this would imply that life has no and that every life is the same, if no optimal emotional state exists, humans will always remain how they were thousands of years ago. This is similar to the first conclusion in that it has no value. Therefore, the only meaningful conclusion would be that there is a state of optimal emotion that can be worked for. It may involve fluctuation or even periods of sadness, but there is an optimal life. To believe otherwise would be to believe that humans can never progress.





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