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Words Of We: What Is The Meaning Of It All?
Irma Vado
9/17/20263 min read
The most daring question of all. What is the meaning of it all?
Do we know what we’re living for, dying for, fighting for? And, if we live, die and fight till the end - is it worth it?
Most of us seek to find the meaning in life but we often don’t know if there’s only one answer to such a question.
On some days it will seem like it’s clear, on some days it won’t. One year it’s the happiness we’re working towards, and the next - leaving an imprint in this world.
We often think that without meaning our days will get empty, or that we will not live to our potential, or perhaps both. We’re afraid of days getting wasted, moments passing by, never experiencing what we’ve ought to achieve some day.
All for us to believe this one little line: there has to be meaning to it all.
I dare you to challenge it.
Meaning is what we make of whatever opportunity that comes our way. Every experience is meaningless if we don’t think of it. And relationships with other people mean nothing if we don’t build a meaning towards it. None of this means anything. Even these words. You could scroll past them and never see them again. But you will.
You stayed this long because you cared to know - what is the meaning of it all?
The meaning is that you’re alive and well and you will carry that meaning of life until you close your eyes for eternity.
Our mission is indeed to be born and to die. Everything that happens in between is just a little, colorful adventure.
To die too soon is to lose that meaning. Not to live until you die - to never experience that meaning at all.
Life in fact is not that complicated. Humans make it so. We create problems so we have something to solve. And we create wars so just we could have something to find peace over.
Women compete with other women over men that secretly like their best friends, and men compete with other men over who’s more important just to see a regular introverted nerd to be the most authoritative person in the room.
At the end of the day, what are you fighting for?
People who find happiness are the ones that sit back and ask themselves what it is that they really want and why they want it. To live a life that is authentic to you - is their meaning.
To build and to work towards it - is that meaning. To find what you’re looking for - is that meaning.
To know that you’re able to bring whatever you think of to life - is that meaning.
To be able to live, smile, laugh - is the meaning.
All of the above involves one important constant - it involves you and your desires for your life.
It’s not about what others are doing, not about how choosing something would make you look in front of others, and not what would make you rank higher in front of the others.
It’s about what you wish for your life and what makes you happy.
It doesn’t have to be a contradiction or a paradox to be a dual personality. You can look tough and still like sweet things. Or be cute, but punch like a thorn made of steel.
The meaning of your life doesn’t have guidelines. At the least, you create them if you need them.
The meaning rolls with the years and changes its faces. There’s no plan on how to do it and what it would look like, what matters the most is that you have fun and experience genuine love.
We all have a physical expiration date and we shouldn’t suffer until that date comes. Most of all, we shouldn’t sit and wait for that date to come. Preserved items go bad too.
If you’ve ever found yourself questioning the meaning of your life or feeling the sense of being lost - you have to ask yourself, why? Who made you get lost? What is keeping you away from following your heart? Who’s expectations are you trying to meet?
We’re free even when we’re not free. Freedom is a state of mind. This is something I’ve said to myself for years.
Whenever I would find myself at these crossroads of life, not knowing where to go, I would ask myself - “Well, where do you want to go?”.
You have to let your heart speak. We usually lose our way when we listen too much to other people. If there are natives from two different countries and they’re giving directions to each other when they don’t even live there - you sure they won’t get lost? People often get lost even in their own cities.
You already have your compass within you and you know where to go. Keep walking and keep finding that meaning.
Remember, life is supposed to be genuinely fun and exciting. If something doesn’t make you feel like that, you have an option to walk away. Keep walking.
Irma Vado
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