Do we Live in a world that is Meaningful and makes Sense?

I don’t think that we live in a complete meaningful life or that life makes complete sense. That’s why; I think everybody is waiting for that moment(s) to happen, where life becomes momentous and enjoyable.

I am not exactly sure what a meaningful life is because the word “meaningful” is a very strong emotional and high value word. I feel that we place our life as high value because it is the only life we would have (unless there are truths about reincarnation) so we need to ask ourselves why are we living the life we are born to live in? A lot of the times, we tell ourselves that we are normal, like anyone else but we also tell ourselves that we are different from each other. Similar to what Bernard said that “Everything is the same, even if it’s different” (I heart Huckabees). He used the blanket to show that no matter where, who, what we are, we are all the same. However, we are all different because we all look different, in one way or another, which doesn’t make sense. Once we see that the tiny things, we start to notice its difference but once we enlarge the view, it all looks the same. The answers that we found, seems to cause us to ask more questions but also trying to find deeper answers. It is like those philosophers that asks questions after questions because there are always something questionable to the answers.

I think a meaningful life is to become your true self. A self that you are happy with; and not a self that makes you wonder whether what you are doing is right and you happy with the decisions. Even though life has regrets and mistakes, you choose it for yourself (if you are in your true self), which would make your life more meaningful. Decisions are a freedom that you have, that you need to protect to be honest with yourself. I think it’s meaningful that one should be honest with one’s life or else that person is only living in a despair world. A despair world because it would be a life of lies; and on top of that, you are lying to yourself, cutting out the truths and honesty within yourself. You only have one life so why should you lie to yourself? Like Dawn from I heart Huckabees , she finally found her true self which is to stop being a model and starts wearing a bonnet. She doesn’t mind what others are saying and believes what she wants to believe. I think that everybody should do what they believe in that makes themselves true to themselves.

Life doesn’t make complete sense just like ghosts, paranormal and Gods don’t make sense. It’s what we believe in, or the logic (for science) that helps us make sense of what we’re dealing with. I think one point that we need to live in a meaningful life is to believe ourselves because without believing, I don’t think anyone can find anything they can enjoy well. They like it because they believe it like I believe anime can teach us many lessons depending on the genre as well as books. Books are wonderful resources where we get a lot of our history from and the knowledge that other people put in, with their beliefs that get us to change how we think and our future. They think its right because they believe it. They think it is right not to kill a person or that they think that path is cool to follow. They have their own mind to choose that they think is right for them; or what they believe is the road for them to follow. There are other things that are different than the one they had pick but they believe that there are other things existing there. For example, I believe in ghosts, magic and the fantasy genre but others might not like it or not believe in it. But as long as I “believe” in it, that I love it, then I don’t think others opinions matter as much as my own. Connecting back to Banach, he said we put others opinions/expectations before our own, which I think made us lose some of the true self. Therefore, I think its best to think about our own beliefs/opinions before thinking about others.

I think by believing, meaningful events would start to happen and if they believe in the meaningfulness in the events, it would begin to make sense. Like how I think life doesn’t make sense, which is right, that life doesn’t make sense. So…I’m waiting for something to happen (not sure what, which and I wonder everyday) that makes life more fun and interesting.