What is the point of life?

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23 Jul 2011, 12:25 pm

the point of life is to breathe approximately 252,288,000 breaths of air. i lost count at the very beginning so i have no idea how many breaths i have breathed. my life is therefore meaningless.

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23 Jul 2011, 1:11 pm

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ART....life is worth living when I create.

Maybe this is what I'm missing. I'm definitely happier when I'm doing it. So why do I have such a hard time getting to it? :scratch:

I find delight in learning things, even random bits of useless information. But my life feels the most complete when I am creating.

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23 Jul 2011, 1:50 pm

There is no point. only what you make of it.

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23 Jul 2011, 2:00 pm

Laz wrote:

The sharp bit at the end

This thread's winner is... <lightan>LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAZ!</lightan>

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23 Jul 2011, 9:40 pm

Jory wrote:

Finding something that makes you happy and not letting go.

OneStepBeyond wrote:

i don't think there is one

This.

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23 Jul 2011, 10:08 pm

There is no point. You just make your own point. My point is to take my meds every morning and evening, go to my therapy groups, work my job and to and find an outlet whether it be pounding on the piano or the keyboard to make a point.

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23 Jul 2011, 11:12 pm

To use the time given to me and hopefully help more than hurt.

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24 Jul 2011, 12:32 am

If there were an objective point to life,
the question about what the hell it is wouldn't need to be asked-
it would be common knowledge.

That being said, I can agree with the bit about using our brief moment here wisely.

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24 Jul 2011, 6:26 am

Making the most out of what you believe in and what feels right to you. I find I am satisfied when I am counselling and helping others. I am happy when I am being creative (I write).

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24 Jul 2011, 8:41 am

OneStepBeyond wrote:

i don't think there is one

I like that there isn't one!

Chaos...woooo....

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24 Jul 2011, 9:10 am

ValentineWiggin wrote:

If there were an objective point to life, the question about what the hell it is wouldn't need to be asked-it would be common knowledge.

That is quite an assumption, not backed up by anything.

The majority believed the Earth was flat, did that somehow make it true? A minority of people believed that the Earth was spherical, did that make them wrong? It is silly to suggest that universal laws can only exist if they are common knowledge.

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24 Jul 2011, 9:11 am

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What holds meaning and satisfaction for one means nothing to another. I enjoy helping people find what really matters to them. I find there's meaning and satisfaction in that (how meta)

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24 Jul 2011, 9:13 am

Raven_Morris wrote:

ValentineWiggin wrote:

If there were an objective point to life, the question about what the hell it is wouldn't need to be asked-it would be common knowledge.

I think that opinion can only derive from thinking that humans are omniscient, or thereabouts.

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