Meaning in life

I find that religion gives my life meaning. You could try that.

 

I was thinking joining the army last year.

I still think doing that sometimes. Because like you I find my life meaningless.

I want to be the hero of my own story, not the spectator.

 

@WayIare Sorry about that. Are you doing any kind of sport ?

You can have your own family when you already find your own place and meaning in life I guess. And the girl you love obviously .

I think we need a goal that about it. What do we want to do ? What is our dream ? If we have that, I guess it's a meaning.

 

There was only one reason for me to come into this world: I wanted to be happy.
No other "meaning" required.

 

You need God's GRACE to fulfill you. Go hear the good news !

 

I know the feeling. Sometimes life seems so pointless. I get up, have breakfast, work and then have dinner and then sleep and repeat the same thing day after day after day after day. Its funny people are bringing up Christianity and religion as a way to offer meaning but that's not necessarily true. I'm a Christian and still, at times life seems meaningless. There actually a book in the Bible about how meaningless life is so that shows religion doesn't necessarily bring meaning to life.

I've heard it said being involved in community projects or charities where you help people can bring meaning. There's this app called helpfulpeeps where people request things they need help with like gardening and moving house and people can respond to the request and help the person.

Another thing you could is try to change your schedule or try something different. Like instead of ordering pizza cook something you've never eaten before. Instead of the gym maybe go for a run. Maybe you start a side hustle.

 

When you think you've got a problem and your life is full of doubt
Remember in the scheme of things your life just doesn't count
To you a leaf may seem quite small but to an ant it's ten feet tall
It's hard to be objective so we'll offer some perspective
You think there's nothing greater than the planet you call Earth
But Earth can seem quite skinny next to Neptune's mighty girth
'Cause when you think you got a problem if you're thinner or you're fatter
Remember in the scheme of things your life just doesn't matter
Now the sun can make us al feel small cause he's the biggest of us all
But that just in the Solar System bigger things than that exist
The Milky Way, the galaxy and don't forget the universe
That's just the ones we know about, they're huge compared to you or us
You're tiny and you're minuscule, irrelevant, a speck
Upon the dark side that rock you're just a measly little fleck
Your life may last a century on Earth or maybe quicker
But up here a hundred years is just a flash, a blip, a flicker
So when you think you got a problem and your life is full of doubt
Remember in the scheme of things your puny, little, tiny, weeny, meager, futile, worthless, teeny, boring, foolish, pointless, minimal, wretched, gloomy, bleak and pitiful life just does not count.

 

I read a quote that helped me:
As we grow older we realize, life has no answers, only stories.

I don't believe I have some purpose in life. Nor is my purpose to be happy all the time. I'd then be seeking candy or attention and maybe be a very shallow person. Maybe I'd like to be content and healthy, but not always excited and happy.

There may not be some universal truth or some 7 rules to live life.

 

Meaning is relat-ive, that's why you need to look to relat-ionships for it.

We have this workaholic culture, which is why even working with our health doesn't really do it. Healthy social relationship doesn't follow a simplistic linear trajectory, it's not standardized - because life and liberty is not standardized.