Even if there is a personal god, well over 99% of all people ever will be forgotten by humanity. I agree completely about satisfaction through living for others. I've gone through long stages of depression when I think about how unlikely it is that history will remember me, but it's not a big deal to me anymore. Living for my life, while I have it, has become most important to me. Live fast, die young, I'm sure you've heard. Not completely, but I agree with a lot of the connotation that phrase brings. I'm not going to waste my life, and whether or not there is any cosmic significance really doesn't bother me right now.
As I grow older perhaps it might. In psychology class last year I learned that old people are often consumed by doubt about whether they lived their life as best they could. That's something I don't want. I live under the philosophy 'hakuna matata'. No worries, no regrets.
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