why are we here?
is there a meaning to life? or are we just here as a result of many coincidences?
A member of the Yahoo! Answers community asked this question today. Below is the “Answer” I gave. Enjoy.
I wonder how many times, “we” have asked this question.
The answer is elusive, but I would think, that the answer also changes based on the perspective of the person asking or answering the question.
In the book, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, the “Answer” to life is 42, but the question was unknown.
Some would argue that we are here to serve God.
Are we here as a great experiment of such immense proportions that we could not fathom it’s existence. Could it be God? Could God just be the scientist?
What if you woke up one day, and your entire life was a dream, and you realized you were just a small life form in a pond in some place we could not begin to imagine.
In my humble opinion, we are here in a great search for happiness. Even if we are searching for some unseen being’s happiness. Sometimes it’s elusive and quite hard for us to grab on to. Other times, happiness surrounds a soul it’s entire life.
These days, happiness is fleeting, and we can only hope that the World takes a turn for the better soon, or soon, there will be no one left to answer this great question, and no one left to ask it.