Guys-
Occasionally, if your brain is wired a certain way, you get to thinking about the meaning of life. And occasionally, if your brain is wired a similar but slightly different kind of way, you get to thinking, “Does life have any meaning?” I’ve done a fair amount of both kinds of thinking.
There’s a quote that I like that helps me with it a little bit. I think it’s from a “Ted Talk.”
Living in a generic reality that’s mediocre, there are nasty bits and nice bits and we could make the nice bits bigger and the nasty bits smaller and that gives us a kind of purpose in life. The universe is absurd, but we can still construct a purpose, and that’s a pretty good one. And the overall mediocrity of reality kind of resonates nicely with the mediocrity we all feel in the core of our being. -Jim Holt, Why Does the Universe Exist . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Holt_(philosopher)
He defines “generic reality.” It’s deep, and whimsical, and simple all at the same time.
I’d encourage you to keep looking in this generic reality for your own definition of a meaning.
You can watch his talk here.
Part of my meaning is you guys. A huge part. It’s an honor to know you.
Love,
Dad
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