I cannot speak for people as a whole. I don't know who people are meant to be, and what their lives are supposed to exemplify, or the potential in their existence. I don't even know who I am sometimes. I know who I want to be. I think as individuals we choose the meaning of our life. It's up to the individual to discover their purpose, and honestly people can spend years trying to figure that out.
So in my own life, where I find meaning now, is in the people I am closest to, whether it be family or friends. There is meaning where there is hope, and constantly hoping for something better is where I find my solid ground. And all these people, hoping alongside me, for me, for us, are a beautiful picture of taking what we are given and working with it. How can anyone make meaning with nothing? It's natural to want to latch on to things that seem to be working out, that seem to make sense. And when good things happen, there's some reassurance of that. So I will continue to hope and to enjoy everything and everyone that I can. And if I can't, I will fall back a little and keep going.
I suppose, after all of the above rambling, the meaning in my life is motivation. What I will be motivated in. Who motivates me. And wherever that may lead.
I find it interesting that you say that your meaning in life is found through motivation. My meaning in life is what motivates me, not motivation in general. But I definitely see the merits in your point and it gave me pause. It reminds me of the working to live or living to work dilemma that plagues out society.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of general motivation as purpose. I agree with your thoughts on finding purpose in one's own life.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the comment above, the fact that it is really interesting how anything out there in life could motivate you to do things that you want to do. I suppose that I could relate to you on the idea of general motivation in a way but sometimes it could lead to specifically things in life that would motivate you.
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