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Originally Posted by AB517  For me
At the very least we are here to try and improve life for the next generation. We are here to experience life to its fullest but we must temper that with the responsibility to grant the next generation a better life then us.
We are here to insure that future generations are able to survive until we evolve into the next “human” possible.
The Earth is lent to us by our children, not given to us by our parents.
Again the word “balance” comes to mind.
Be Happy
Live Free
Prepare the Earth for those that follow thee. |
I think you've come about as close as anyone I've read in these posts to ascribing a meaning to life.
It's really not just all about us in the here-and-now, is it? After all, if all we do before we die is to enjoy ourselves, what is the value of our existence? Of course, our legacies will be temporary. But if our living on the face of the earth for the finite period we're afforded makes a positive difference for some other terrestrial inhabitant, and makes his or her life even a little more meaningul or enjoyable, then we will have left a meaningful, albeit temporal, legacy of which we can be proud. N'est ce pas?