RECONSIDERED [final]

WHAT IS THE MEANING OF LIFE?
..My Reconsidered..

My perspective on the meaning of life has definitely evolved yet has not completely transformed. Only to a certain extent and in some areas. I think a lot of my original views were further confirmed, while much of my ideas were expanded and broadened to others. I think this is because of the fact that my initial meaning of life was not one that was very specific to begin with. I started with a wide spectrum of possibilities that were relatable to many other ideas. Therefore once I was introduced to other perspectives, it still correlated with my own.
As a class we have explored many perceptions of what people think the meaning of life is. I think I felt as though in the beginning, i knew what the meaning of life was, and had no idea at the same time. We were presented with a number of different ways of looking at this topic, and eventually went further in detail through each perception. More specifically, we studied our own thoughts on our meaning of life, we investigated the question itself, explored the purpose of living through an assortment of religions, as well as thru an artistic and philosophical stance. We were able to find a deep understanding of the viewpoint of each spectrum so much it was as if we were looking through the lens of each type of notion.
From the beginning I felt as though everyone's meaning of life was varied and dependent on their own experiences. I figured that my own meaning of life was to just live and learn, and to be oblivious of the question “WHY?” I felt as though it was not important for me to focus on what the meaning and purpose was of everything that came my way, but actually trusting that it does essentially have a meaning and purpose, even if I wasn’t aware of it. I figured that the meaning of life was to not live by focusing on what for...but knowing that i will soon come to find out. That about my perspective has not changed.
I feel this way for the fact that I see life as, "If you already know what the point of living is, then there is no real point in living". I say this because I consider life to be the journey we take to figure out life as we live. If I were to have already established that before my life was complete, what would I have left to strive for? I think that my main idea on the meaning of life is, is not actually falling into any specific category, and is not actually about ANYTHING. After all of the possibilities we searched through, and all the aspects we studied, I still believe that life is about experience, change, and creation, further than that too. I’ve but I have come to understand that one must deal with the “natural” situations that may come forth in a persons life, and yet still remain self-attainable. The fact that I must live my life with ME controlling ME and no person and no situation doing so. Throughout this unit, the idea that I mustn’t let any circumstance define me has been further confirmed as time passed.
My views on what other people think about the meaning of life, and why makes much more sense to me. I’ve come to comprehend that there are varied ways to view the question itself, and I’ve recognized what the main reason for controversy is when dealing with what is the meaning of life. On the attempt to answer the question throughout the past few months my entire perspective on live has completely been enhanced.
Through the articles we read from the perspectives of the three philosophers has broadened my aspect drastically. The fact that people see the actual question differently, it explained a lot for me to see why their meaning behind life is different from others, besides the fact that they have lived different lives (like my original thoughts). As far as my views on religion, this class has brought me to the absolute point of confusion! I started off being a believer in the Catholic religion, and although I was not particularly religious, as in going to church weekly etc. I was a strong believer. At this point in my life I do not know what to believe! I now just take life for what it is and live by what is brought in front of me.
As i write this, i feel like my views are expanded so much in such a way that i feel all over the place, which would seem like a negative change, yet I find it to be extremely helpful. The fact that i kind of no longer know exactly what to think is a sign of my outlook on things becoming more open-minded to all the possibilities of the meaning of life. My meaning of life is not exact, and I still have not identified what my reasoning is for being on this earth, but I am completely fine with that. I don’t find any need to be aware of why we are here, living a certain way, the fact that we are living is a satisfying enough. The deeper I focused in on the significance of life as the days have gone by, the more scattered my thoughts had/have gotten. My meaning of life is to just live. life is about experiences and is about whatever you want it to be about.