Ah the great question that has been asked millions of times throughout the world.  What is the meaning of life (aside from the evolutionary view of reproduction/death?

     The answer: The question is.. what means the world to you?  TO FEEL ALIVE.  Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the meaning of life is to feel life... You've heard the common answer, "Life is what you make of it"  Yes and no.  This is partially true, that quote makes it sound like you're making a home or a specific environment that appeals to you.  The reality is.. for those that really want to feel ALIVE, the meaning of life is more like: "Life is a quest of your choosing"...  Pursue the activity that you are most passionate about to some goal, final destination, or end.  However, REALIZE that it isn't so much the destination that will bring you the enjoyment and excitement as the JOURNEY of getting to the location of your dreams.

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    How do you figure out what is that one thing you're the most passionate about if you don't know already?  Some would say do what brings tears to your eyes (because that would mean you were passionate about it)  but I disagree: your mother or your dog dying could bring tears to your eyes, that doesn't necessarily mean you should run a nursing home and an animal shelter.  I believe that the quest you should pursue is discovered through figuring out an activity that.. 

A. Takes you out of your comfort zone and challenges you (so that         when you succeed you will feel like a new and improved person         thus MORE ALIVE.)

B.  Something that you can admire and take pride in doing (this             makes your actions feel worthwhile thus validating the                         importance of your existence) BECAUSE everyone wants to feel         the same/connected and UNIQUE.

C. do something that brings your life together... Even your weaknesses.  When I say this I mean an activity that utilizes a lot of the skills or benefits from activities you do in your free time.  

           Example:  I remember hearing how an obsessive compulsive person whose disorder ran his life used that to become a very skilled and detail oriented interior designer. 

            Example 2:  You know what one of my weaknesses is?  I can't stop thinking.  You'll probably go to bed at a typical set time, give or take an hour.  I go to sleep when I'm really tired and not before.  This used to be 4 a.m. now it's 9 a.m..  If I try to go to bed sooner I wake up with some idea to put into something, like this site.  The fact that I can't turn my thoughts off even to sleep is why I believe this site will be a success. 

          
Final note:  ALIVE can be replaced with the word "LOST" because everyone wants to be lost in their own way through life.  Just... the most positive form of being "LOST" is feeling ALIVE.  You can feel lost through a number of activities from drugs, alcohol, work, love etc.  Lost and alive both mean your attention is distracted from daily life and as it's been repeated... "life is suffering"... in one form or another.  The question is... is the activity you get lost in helping you progress to your dreams or digress to harsher realities and problems in life?