The Meaning of Life

What is the meaning of life?

Born into this world,

and one day, leaving it.

Over those years, decades, a lifetime,

what are we living for?

The meaning of life

I have often asked myself that.

In my teens, twenties, thirties, forties...

I travel through time and space in search of the answer.

Unable to grasp the correct answer,

Pondering...

What am I living for?

What is the meaning of life?

When you have dreams or hopes,

or are working toward a goal,

you can feel,

This is what I am living for!

But when you have no dreams or hopes,

no purpose or goals,

can't see the future, feel no joy,

don't know what you should be doing,

and don't feel like you are really living...

What on earth,

what am I living for...

is it normal to feel that way?

I suppose everyone has experienced it at some point...

No matter how much I think about it,

I cannot find the answer...

At times like that, the conclusion I reach is,

always,

I exist in this world!

I just have to keep going!

Yes, that is what I have been telling myself.

The meaning of life

I don't know what that is, but

The self that is living now,

The self that spends each day,

That, in itself, exists !

That is the feeling I get.

Having such an existential thought!

Therefore, the meaning of life is,

something that you create meaning for yourself!

Thinking that way, I have lived until now!

People each create a goal for living !

Living for one's family

Living for one's children

Living for work

Living to grasp one's dreams

Ikigai

It is sometimes expressed in such words.

Ikigaimeans a sense of purpose or joy in living.

In the course of living, people

rather than a painful and difficult life,

wish to feel joy and lead a happy life.

Self-actualization, or

a sense of fulfillment and happiness, or

I feel that we are living in search of a better self...

well-being

It's a word I've been fond of lately!

We,

seek the meaning of life for ourselves!

I cannot help but feel that way...

Proactively,, we ourselves find meaning in our own lives!

The fact that we exist,

we ourselves give meaning to.

I perceived this as the meaning of life!

Existentialism, famous for Sartre's words

"Existence precedes essence"

Humans exist first,
and one's essence is something that is created by oneself
afterward!

This way of thinking

"Man is condemned to be free"

Humans are fundamentally "free."
That means you decide the meaning of your own actions.
Responsibility accompanies that.

Words that express this

Humansfreely build themselves as
free beings!

But, those decisions carry responsibility for all of society!

The responsibility that accompanies freedomis where, by acting with awareness of this,
true existence is established.

It feels like a philosophy suited for the current era!

What I want to pursue

is here

That is how I feel

The philosophy I want to deepen✨

・・Thank you for reading・・

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