Definition Essay: Does Life Have Meaning?

The meaning of life is to find the meaning of life. Is it not? We all go through each day trying to figure out which road out the infinite amount of paths will lead us in a better direction where happiness is prominent and society is flawless. However, not every single human being is going to fit on that narrow, one-lane highway to success. Bad choices, accidents, fate, family matters, society, temptation, anger, rage, addiction, and loss of hope can all be deciding factors in opting to choose that wrong path to self-destruction. The adverse thing is, once you've traveled so far down the road, you get so discouraged that you feel like you can never turn back or make up for the "lost time."

“If a man hasn’t discovered something he will die for, then he hasn’t got a reason to live.” These were famous words of the late Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., spoken June 23, 1963 in Detroit, Michigan.

Life, it might be argued, is the distinguishing feature of all organisms and may most usefully be thought of as involving various kinds of complex systems of organization providing individual organisms with the ability to make use of those energy sources available to them for both self maintenance and reproduction. Underlying this deceptively persuasive definition, however, lie those persistent traditional problems inherent in the search for an essential, distinctive substance characteristic of all forms of life. Additionally, as evolution theory makes clear, there is the problem of borderline instances, organisms of which it is not easy to say whether or not they may be defined as being alive. One such case

What is the meaning of life? According to Chris McCandless living free and not conforming to the natural way of life is the meaning to life, as shown in the book Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer. Similar to Chris McCandless, Ralph Emerson believes that following your dreams and making your own trail is the meaning of life according to his short story “Self-Reliance” by Ralph Emerson. The purpose of man's existence is to avoid conformity and following one's own instincts and ideas.

Next, participating in sports lets me be myself and will help me throughout my life. Sports have helped me grow into a better leader and gave me the ability to become a better person. If my teammates are ever down or upset about something, I now have the ability to help them recover from it and get ready for the next play or inning. Also, taking part in sports lets me be myself. Whenever I am on a field or a court, I can always do what I do best and forget about everything else in my life.

Soccer. Soccer is something I’ve been doing since I was about four years old and it provided me with a way of staying active, and it had a large impact on my social life and skills growing up. It helped me learn to work well as a team, something critical to the sport, at a young

What is the meaning of life? It is a somewhat subjective and personal question. Depending on the person it could be family, work, 42, horticulture, or any number of things. However, some people feel their life does not have meaning.

The end of a person’s life seems to be something that everyone ends up worrying about. People take life for granted until there time has come and regret all things they didn't do, all the moments they didn't enjoy, and all the people he didn't love back. They always say to say “I love you” to your parents before you leave because it could be the last time you ever see them. When it comes to life, they always say to live it to its fullest, to cherish and enjoy every moment you have, because on day it will all be gone.

The meaning of life. An age old question which many consider the answer to be unknowable. Yet, it is still the topic of century long discussions. Chinua Achebe stated in a 1994 interview with Eleanor Wachtel, a Canadian broadcaster, that the meaning of life, the purpose, was to struggle . “So that’s my sense of the meaning of life. That’s really how I would put it, that we struggle, and because we struggle, that struggle has to be told, the story of that struggle has to be conveyed to another generation. You have struggle and story, and these two are quite enough for me.” This is our life’s purpose. To fight, and to survive.

Most people have a hard time figuring out how they find meaning in life. Do we look beyond life to find fulfillment, or do we look within life to find its meaning? Society suggests that we are supposed to grow up and discover what is considered to be our purpose in life and what ways it can be found. Some people believe that the meaning in life is only found through God. They believe that nothing in life is meaningful, only what happens in the afterlife is what really matters. Other people, like myself, look within life to find its meaning.

Once man comes to life, he has only his lifespan to decide his own meaning. So what is one’s life, if there is no meaning. How would one characterize the human life? To an existentialist a life is only the actions a man takes, “a man is nothing but what he makes of himself” (Pojman, Vaughn 595). The essence of a man is simply their life. While that may seem obvious the implication is that we are defined by what we do, not what we believe or what we think we are a part of. In the words of Inez, “You are—your life, and nothing else” (Sartre 25).

“What do you want to do with your life? I wanna rock!” (Twisted Sisters, 1984) I decided that I wanted to become a chiropractor because my mom helps me when my muscles are sore from playing sports but also because how massages work to heal and working with muscles and bones is interesting to me. I believe that working with patients and helping them to relieve their bone and muscle pain would be a fun thing to do. Today, I am going to tell you all about chiropractors and massage therapists. Today you’ll learn the statistics of both chiropractors and massage therapists alike (even if you don’t want to), also how to become one and what they do, and finally all about chiropractors and massage therapists.

The abstract idea of life cannot be explained by such simple ideas as being animated, breathing, or speaking. Ordinary machines in this century can perform all of these basic functions. The quandary with defining death is not as abstract and elusive as that of life. The problem of defining life and death has plagued philosophers and the religious bodies for thousands of years for one reason; each philosophy or religion has tried to define the meaning of life and death from only their certain perspective. The seemingly appropriate approach to this problem would be to understand the ideas presented in various philosophies and religions and through this knowledge create a new definition for each idea of life

One of the most prominent perspectives on meaning in life is that of Frankl (1959, 1984). He describes meaning in life as having found a reason for living and a feeling or experience that one’s life is of significance. In Frankl’s view, meaning in life refers to a sense of being committed to, and fulfilling, a higher purpose in life. This purposefulness provides one with a reason for living (the term purpose is often used as a synonym for meaning). It makes life more than just a survival quest, but rather an experience of one’s life as having made or being able to make a difference in the world.

The meaning of life is to help others find meaning of theirs. And, to help others find theirs, you must have first found yours.