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Life with a meaning

Posted on | September 26, 2008 |

I don’t know what it is — a life with a meaning. I cannot define it, neither you can. Instead, we all may have our definition of a meaningful life. Or, do we? Do you really know what will be a meaningful life for you? Do you know what you want - not at this moment, but overall in your life? which will give you feeling of completeness, a solemn joy of achievement?

I tried to find this answer from my childhood. When I was in grade two, I used to cry to my elder sister that as being the youngest I will left alone on the earth without them, my parents.. as they will die sooner generally. Wired thought of course, but on that time the meaning of my life was their affection, their presence.

 

I grew up gradually. I used to go to the village with my family traveling long way by bus and boat. The boat riding was the most favorite part of the journey. I used to enjoy the scenery along side the river, the paddy field, the rhythm  of the boatmen’s paddling through the blue water to an endless way… I wish I could be boatman and enjoy all the beauty that nature can reveal.

Reading and writing- became my next meaning to life when I was in high school. I found books are the only media that can make others experience and emotion live to me. 

Anyway.. now I think the meaning of life lies in some contribution to the community/communities I belong. Little or more doesn’t matter, can be a software, can be piece of knowledge, can be a little help to some of those who need, can be a research for the greater betterment… doing something which so not limited only to myself.

In the contrary, at the same time  I wish I could see the whole word. I could deny the state of being an ant in my house whose world is the peripheral of my walls. I wish could be as free.

I don’t know actually what want to mean.. what I am writing.. perhaps…

Category: Life

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5 Responses to “Life with a meaning”

  1. Junal
    September 27th, 2008 @ 2:49 am

    Aman bhai, whatever you are trying to say, all i feel its a honest feelings! maybe you are trying to say, life is meaningful when we work on giving instead of taking. you are so right :) keep going on your thoughts….

  2. Ahsan
    November 1st, 2008 @ 5:46 pm

    We should find sometime to debate “the meaning of life”, it was fun that day in the taxi! ;)

  3. saumen
    January 10th, 2009 @ 1:20 pm

    define(’LIFE_MEANS’, ‘learning from mistakes’);
    redefine(’LIFE_MEANS’, ’stop thinking why PHP cannot compile `redefine`’);
    redefine(’LIFE_MEANS’, ‘knowing life does not has to be a meaning after death’);
    redefine(’LIFE_MEANS’, ‘present tense’);
    redefine(’LIFE_MEANS’, ‘my smile that makes other guy smile too!’);

  4. SM Adnan
    March 8th, 2009 @ 3:05 am

    Aman vai, when we will be very old then we will think - life is watching the beauty of the world, traveling from country to country with our old wives :D or memorizing old memories or mostly thinking about the life after death… During that time, we will surely think that life is too short, life is nothing but a short project :D …………….

  5. admin
    March 11th, 2009 @ 11:36 am

    Yea, thats right. Thanks for sharing.

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