Being a human, most of us do not knows the actual meaning of life!
Why?
Because, I think it might take lifetime to understand this vague question.
So let’s transform this question to make it bit understandable. I start out with my assumption that by “meaning” I mean the best purpose we are looking for.
I believe life is a journey that starts with B (birth), end up at D (death) and in between B and D there is C which is all about Choices.
Those choices are the actual attitude of any person in this world as a point of differentiation between all of us, which even leads to change in a person as well according to the different stages of his life.
Humans being at Infant level are nothing exceptional at all; they are just like animals with an instinct for survival.
At a basic level when we are just born, the stage requires the survival and protection only as a meaning of life which can be fulfilled by food, drink and rest.
In this way, the meaning of life could be to continue the process of evolution. This is manifested in the modern world as the daily grind for a human.
Human being at childhood level, the meaning of life gets upgraded and other than survival we try to learn different things from our surrounding and from our parents that what choices should be appropriate being a layman here and whatever they say we just obey that without questioning, reasoning and criticism.
So, we can say that at this stage we try to learn from different perspectives and follow them as the meaning of life. This is manifested in the modern world as the collectivism approach for a human.
Human being at adolescence level, the meaning of life is very different than before. Puberty is a gateway to rapid changes in body and physical appearance.
We try to highlight ourselves as a person having groomed well, modest and informed person, having own point of view.
So, we can say that at this stage the meaning of life is that we try to build up our own personality. This is manifested in the modern world as the individual approach for a human.
Human beings at adulthood level, have the opportunity and responsibility of consciousness. With our intellect comes curiosity, combined with the means to understand complex problems. Most humans, at some point, experience all those aspects and feelings which they only studied or heard before.
So, we can say that at this stage the meaning of life is that we try to take risk on our life to explore the meaning of life at deeper level. This is manifested in the modern world as the entrepreneurial approach for human.
Human beings in old age or post adulthood are associated with wisdom and experience. Many people are happier as they grow older, due to a more developed emotional intelligence and increased depth, and a resulting balanced inner life.
Here we find out the meaning of life in guidance of children and upcoming generations to tell them what mistakes they should avoid for better life.
So we can say that in this stage raising a happy and healthy family is a big purpose of life filled with meaningful moments. This is manifested in the modern world as the nurturing approach for human.
In short, the meaning of life is different for everyone and within a life we explore a new meaning at every new step but according to me these are some common meanings everyone can have in his life.
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