Purpose Of Life

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Unfortunately, when you ask most people the question: "What is the purpose of life?" they will not tell you what they have concluded through observation or analytical reasoning. Rather, in most cases, they will simply tell you what someone else said, or they will tell you what is "commonly presumed" by others, i.e., What my father said purpose of life is, what my teacher in school said, what my friend said, etc. If I ask anyone about the purpose of eating or why do we eat, everyone will say that it is for nutritional purposes, because nutrition sustains life. If I ask anyone why they work, they will say because it's a necessity in order to support themselves and to provide for the needs of their families. If I ask anyone why they sleep, why they wash, why they dress, etc., they will answer with appropriate answers, for these are common necessities for all human beings. We can follow this line of questioning with a hundred questions and receive the same or similar answers from anyone in any language from any place in the world. Every human being is born in this world with a specified purpose, and he will not find it until he searches for it. This is how a human must live. If humans were living without a purpose, then there is no difference between humans and the animals. The most significant part of being a human is leading a meaningful life. The meaning of life is identified by what we do, how we do and to whom we do. Our life means different to different people and its meaning changes as the world improves. Making our life meaningful is something easy because it is within us, we don't have to depend on others to make our life meaningful. What is the meaning of life? Philosophers have attempted to answer this question for ages and in this essay I will tackle this question and come as close to an answer as I possibly can. I have chosen this topic because it is a
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