what is the meaning of life?
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I love this quote atributed to Emerson.  For me, it sums life up quite nicely:\n\nTo laugh often and much; \nTo win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;\nTo earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;\nTo appreciate beauty, to find the best in others;\nTo leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition;\nTo know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.\nThis is to have succeeded.
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i think the meaning of life is to find out about yourself and other people, and learn from your experiences to grow and mature as a human being.  it is why you wake up every day in the morning, instead of sleeping.  it is why you go to work, to make a difference in some one else's life....
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It's the meaning of life
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In my humble opinion, the meaning of life is whatever it means to the person.  Life can feel like a series of obstacles, one calamity after another.  Life can be one experience after another and how our reactions to those experiences make us feel about the quality or quantity of our life.  Are there a lot of friendships and relationships in our lives?  What is our reaction to what we ourselves choose to do in our lives?  Are we regretting the things we have done or are we regretting things undone?  The meaning of life is different for each person.\n\nTo me it comes down to making my own peace with myself and my Creator, Whoever or Whatever that means to me.  Each person makes their own way through life the best way they can with whatever they brought with them on this journey called life and I wish them all the best.
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there is no point. but i'll try to blind link you anyways http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/meaning_of_life
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the meaning of life....\nthe reason we live....\nis only to die
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You should look in a dictionary.  It may not have the definition of life, but it will certainly teach you how to spell definition and I'm sure a few other words.
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The meaning of life is to always wonder about what might be the meaning of life. Its like a rat in one of those spinning circles..you just keep wondering and wondering but you never get anywhere
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No one can honestly answer this question for you. No one knows the meaning of life but I learned that you only have one chance in life and that you should make the most of it.
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what is the meaning of life?!?
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The meaning of life is to love.
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To me life is how you make it. As humans we only know so far that we have one life. Ever day i choose to get even when the previous day was horrible. With all the bad things that have happened to me a my young age i am greatful for my life. Life is complicated yet it is simple. It is the good and the bad times. It is the decison that you make to get up to breathe to even eat. Life is all that we see, hear, think, smell, etc. It is all. Life has no meaning it is to me a defintaion to all other things.
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life (līf) pronunciation\nn., pl. lives (līvz).\n\n   1.\n         1. The property or quality that distinguishes living organisms from dead organisms and inanimate matter, manifested in functions such as metabolism, growth, reproduction, and response to stimuli or adaptation to the environment originating from within the organism.\n         2. The characteristic state or condition of a living organism.\n   2. Living organisms considered as a group: plant life; marine life.\n   3. A living being, especially a person: an earthquake that claimed hundreds of lives.\n   4. The physical, mental, and spiritual experiences that constitute existence: the artistic life of a writer.\n   5.\n         1. The interval of time between birth and death: She led a good, long life.\n         2. The interval of time between one's birth and the present: has had hay fever all his life.\n         3. A particular segment of one's life: my adolescent life.\n         4. The period from an occurrence until death: elected for life; paralyzed for life.\n         5. Slang. A sentence of imprisonment lasting till death.\n   6. The time for which something exists or functions: the useful life of a car.\n   7. A spiritual state regarded as a transcending of corporeal death.\n   8. An account of a person's life; a biography.\n   9. Human existence, relationships, or activity in general: real life; everyday life.\n  10.\n         1. A manner of living: led a hard life.\n         2. A specific, characteristic manner of existence. Used of inanimate objects: “Great institutions seem to have a life of their own, independent of those who run them” (New Republic).\n         3. The activities and interests of a particular area or realm: musical life in New York.\n  11.\n         1. A source of vitality; an animating force: She's the life of the show.\n         2. Liveliness or vitality; animation: a face that is full of life.\n  12.\n         1. Something that actually exists regarded as a subject for an artist: painted from life.\n         2. Actual environment or reality; nature.\n\nadj.\n\n   1. Of or relating to animate existence; involved in or necessary for living: life processes.\n   2. Continuing for a lifetime; lifelong: life partner; life imprisonment.\n   3. Using a living model as a subject for an artist: a life sculpture.
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What is the meaning of life?" is a question many people ask themselves at some point during their lives. Some people believe that the meaning of life is one or more of the following:\n\nSurvival and temporal success\n\n...to accumulate wealth and increase social status \n...to compete or co-operate with others \n...to destroy others who harm you, or to practice nonviolence and nonresistance \n...to protect one's family, no matter the cost \n...to gain and exercise power \n...to leave a legacy, such as a work of art or a book \n...to produce offspring through sexual reproduction \n...to seek freedom, either physically, mentally or financially \n...to seek happiness and flourish, experience pleasure or celebrate \n...to survive, including the pursuit of immortality through scientific means (see life extension) \nWisdom and knowledge\n\n...to be without question, or to keep asking questions \n...to explore, to expand beyond our frontiers \n...to learn from one's own and others' mistakes \n...to seek truth, knowledge, understanding, or wisdom \n...to try to discover and understand the meaning of life \n...to experience anything if not something in this world \nEthical\n\n...to express compassion \n...to live in peace with each other, and in harmony with our natural environment (see utopia) \n...to give and receive love \n...to seek and acquire virtue, to live a virtuous life \n...to serve others, or do good deeds \n...to work for justice and democracy \nReligious, spiritual and esoteric\n\n...to achieve a supernatural connection within the natural context \n...to achieve enlightenment and inner peace \n...to become God, or God-like \n...to experience existence from an infinite number of perspectives in order to expand the consciousness of all there is (i.e. God) \n...to follow the "Golden Rule" \n...to produce useful structure in the universe over and above consumption (see net creativity) \n...to reach Heaven in the afterlife \n...to understand and follow the "Word of God" \n...to worship, serve, or achieve union with God \nOther\n\n...to advance natural human evolution, or to contribute to the gene pool of the human race \n...to advance technological evolution, or to actively develop the future human \n...to contribute to collective meaning ("we" or "us") without having individual meaning ("I" or "me") \n...to die, or become a martyr \n...to find a purpose, a "reason" for living that hopefully raises the quality of one's experience of life, or even life in general \n...to live, and enjoy the passage of time \n...to protect humanity, or more generally the environment \n...to pursue a dream, vision, or destiny \n...to relate, connect, or achieve unity with others \n...to seek and find beauty \n...to simply live until one dies (there is no universal or celestial purpose) \n...still some do not even think there is any purpose whatsoever
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I don't believe that the meaning of life is love. Life is a  mission given to every human by the almighty which must be fulfilled by the humans.\n                        The meaning of life is not love.. But according to me the meaning of love is life.
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Life – it has a meaning and loving purpose - you just have to find your purpose and live it.\n\nI believe every person is here for a definite purpose. Each person is special and valuable; that refers to me, you, your family, friends, in fact everybody! There is a loving plan for each of our lives here on earth and there is no such thing as coincidence. I don't believe that anything in life happens by chance and that every aspect of our lives points to something deeper.\n\nYou need to decide now to live for God rather than for yourself. You spend your life on Earth preparing yourself (as best you can) for death. I don't see death as a scary, negative experience, but birth into a bliss filled eternal life with God. I believe that this is something you have to consciously choose or not during your life on earth.\n\nThe meaning of life is for us to discover that we are true children of an infinitely loving and merciful God, to find out what our responsibilities are to our Creator, and to fulfill those responsibilities. Each of us is called to affirm, accept and develop the talents God has given us.
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The meaning of life is us and the living things that surround us. The meaning of the Universe is us and the livings things inside of it. The meaning of everything is all of it.