For me it is a cause of some upset that most modern people do not take considerations of the mankind's place in the universe and the meaning of life very seriously, or with any regard of importance. They seem to be questions for other people, like bearded bespectacled professors who write large books and debate with other bearded professors about their large books, or large books or bearded professors from the past. As if to convey that the "Big Questions" in life have no bearing on the little moment-to-moment nitty gritty decisions we make every day. With all due respect, I think such an approach to the meaning of life is rather haphazard and silly. All the little decisions are what constitute the path of life on which we walk, and if those decisions aren't made with some kind of objective beyond the next few minutes, or without a 'compass' to guide oneself, would make the walk look quite crooked. Only when we reflect, look back on the way of life from which we came, do we judge the decisions we made with any sort of high objective and see how crooked we walked. But with a credible and satisfying truth to which we judge our decisions, we make a much clearer path in life.
Do you have a truth claim to which you aim your life, or an objective?
Do you have a truth claim to which you aim your life, or an objective?
