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The meaning of life. Man has pondered it and still its mystery remains .......well...... mysterious. Recently i had the completely sober pleasure of exploring this very topic with some undead creatures and it got me thinking . What does this life mean ??

Well first of all its obvious its a relative term . It will mean different things to different people . You cannot generalize this important concept by giving it just one, all unifying answer . The search for the meaning in life is what people look forward to and i think that the reason most people live (even if they do not realize it). I personally want to see how things pan out for me . What it means to really grow up, get some money in the bank and have real freedom to go anywhere and do what i want. I'm basically curious to see how things turn out for me . That is my motivation for getting up everyday . Personal happiness, that is the mantra i say .

But that is just one person's opinion, lets broaden the view a bit . Let us consider what a certain professional educator had to say, 'the search for absolutes in life is what its all about' (at least i think she said that i was too *sober* too remember). And i kind of agree with that . Finding something absolute , something that you can define with a simple yes or no , or a more nerdy definition of 0's and 1's is what we all crave . If you can find something constant in your life something definite then life's good and you enjoy yourself . Take college for example, its an absolute, you know you will go there day after day, for 4 years at least (seems longer) and you will enjoy and soon start to love it. Man is a creature of habit and anything that is a sure thing will be your top priority in life. Even marriage, though its not such a sure thing as it used to be , its still an excellent one. Having something constant like that will make things a lot better knowing you will always have that one thing that is constant and will not change. (FYI this in no way advocates that someone should get married, marriage is lame!!)

Anyway having a constant in your life sounds great and everything but is it really achievable ?? Like a certain chimney put it 'life is not black and white, its a big ball of Grey' (i may have improvised on that a little bit..). I kind of agree with this as well . Reality is indeed filled with greyness and nothing is ever as absolute as it seems . As sad as that sounds it is what is all around us, friends are never who they seem as time goes by, relationships tend to turn on you just when things seem to be going somewhere, and your absolution goes out the window. But does that mean embrace this greyness and live a dull colorless life ?? heck no! Go out and paint that shit because you get only one canvas and you got to make it count. So what is the meaning of life ?? how should i know ?? all i know is the right combination of 0's and 1's can make all the difference in an otherwise monochromatic world.

P.S : Now that i think about it the aforementioned educator also touched on Ayn Rand's 'objectivism'. The idea that the selfishness is a good thing and being selfless is stupid or rather not how man should live life. Now this is the first i heard about it so as i write i am wiki-ing this seemingly silly idea and i will say this i am confused as hell . There are too many words to get through but i will say this, some of it does make sense. The idea of self happiness is something that i agree with and that doesn't make me selfish in its common avatar . Like Rand says she doesn't include the negative emotions attached with the word selfish. I think it just means, on a very simple level, that one's goal in life should be just to make yourself happy. But that does beg the obvious question, if everyone is to be happy someone's got to pay. Some sacrifice has to exist because i believe in the philosophy of yin and yang (being a Libran of course); If something is up then something is sure to fall.

But i digress, the meaning of life is what i started out with and i think i will stick with that . Well like many before me i will simply end it with one final thought . The heck i know what life means, I'm just here for the ride....