When did your life start to have meaning?

[38DoubleDamnGood]

My life started to have meaning when I had my first child. I decided that I was going to try and make this world a better place for them. Raise my children to the best of my ability and make them be independent and make a difference in the world today.

 

[Silent Method]

My life started to have meaning when I had my first child. I decided that I was going to try and make this world a better place for them. Raise my children to the best of my ability and make them be independent and make a difference in the world today.

Toldja!

 

[Bobber]

My life started to have meaning when I had my first child.

Aren't you a little wild too wild to have kids? I know whenI have children I will want both me and my wife to be stable parental figures, not wild anything goes type parents.

 

[Lao Tzu]

For me, its become a question of 'why do i need to feel like i should have meaning or leave my mark on the world' rather than 'how can i obtain meaning & leave my mark on the world'.

I look to sociology for the answers to that. I guess that humans, as social creatures, need to feel that their presence is useful to the whole (the same way a singular cell is useful to the body as a whole). meaning may just be a code word for 'usefulness to the social structure'. i honestly have no idea though, that is just a guesstimate.

Use visualization on yourself. Picture 100 different scenarios & what your emotions are when you are in them. Being poor, rich, famous, ugly, stupid, in love, loved, etc. If you do that you might be able to figure out what makes you tick based on how you react to certain situations. When you do that you might be able to figure out what you are missing in life.

 

[Baby Gorilla]

Hmmm....

Life has meaning when you find a reason for it to have meaning.

Cryptic....isn't it.

Okay. When I got saved, a part of my life began to have reason, but I still lacked direction. I don't doubt there is a "reason" for me to be here, but it still is out of focus. So, I do what I can and choose to be happy in the meantime while waiting to see what happens next.

I hit a mid-life crisis when I turned 30 and was in an accident. I examined my life to see where it was going. I made some changes....took up bodybuilding ....put things where where they belonged based on how much they really meant to me. So, my life has more "meaning" than it used to.

Some Christians would say that life is "a dressing room for eternity." I agree, but if you NEED a secular view, you spend your life exploring physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual areas to find yourself and your place in life....even if it's just digging ditches and going home to your wife and 2.5 kids.

When you've found the place where you are more or less content in all those areas, you've found the "meaning" for your life.

 

[38DoubleDamnGood]

Aren't you a little wild too wild to have kids? I know whenI have children I will want both me and my wife to be stable parental figures, not wild anything goes type parents.

No, I am not as wild as you may think. What I do behind closed doors while my children are sleeping is not exactly wild.

Yes, I am wild in the bedroom but I am a wonderful, stable and responsible parent.

I don't do drugs, I have a great job. I don't bring strange people around my children. I am there for my children 100%.

 

[BronzedGoddess]

Aren't you a little wild too wild to have kids? I know whenI have children I will want both me and my wife to be stable parental figures, not wild anything goes type parents.

The Kronks are "wild" and they have a child too. I'm sure they are kick ass parents...oh back to the point. My life started having meaning the day my son was born as well, however I have no idea where I'm going to end up when I'm 30. I just know I want my children there with me Still trying to figure out what will make me happy.

Good luck on your journey.

 

[Bobber]

No, I am not as wild as you may think. What I do behind closed doors while my children are sleeping is not exactly wild.

Yes, I am wild in the bedroom but I am a wonderful, stable and responsible parent.

I don't do drugs, I have a great job. I don't bring strange people around my children. I am there for my children 100%.

I wasn't trying to flame D.

All you people are just spewing a bunch of BS. Give me your own personal experiences please.

 

[PolishHammer1977]

Still trying to figure out what will make me happy.
Good luck on your journey.

Bronze,
Happiness resides within you.

 

[BronzedGoddess]

Bronze,
Happiness resides within you.

Once upon a time I believed that Until I had my son, the last time I truly felt happy was from birth to the age of 7. After my mother had an anuerysm I can't recall ever being truly happy. I'll be happy once my family and I are stable. I spent my adult life up until recently in the military. So I was always moving around. I'll be happy when I have home that's all mine (not the militarys) and my children are in a good school, and I'm in a career that I enjoy.

But thanks for the kind words I appreciate it.