the meaning of life

well, i think it’s inevitable. if you have a blog, or any kind of diary, you have to write about the meaning of life.

so here is my meaning of life, and if it gets too philosophical for you, stop reading, i don’t care…   or do i?

anywho…  me and my girl were driving home one day, talking about our childhoods, and it got me thinking about my life as a whole.

now i’m not just talking about the little stuff, or just the big stuff, i mean the whole thing, every bit of it. i had never thought about my life like that and it got me thinking… what makes a life, or better yet, what makes a life good?

everybody is so determined to make a difference in the world, to be somebody. i don’t think this is what life is about, because, let’s be honest, how many of us are really going to make a difference outside of our own little bubbles?

but that’s just the point, you don’t have to make a difference outside your own little bubble. you don’t even have to make a difference inside your own little bubble. the key to true happiness — and this is just a theory, but it seems to be a good one — is to live your life. don’t try to make a difference, don’t live the life others want you to live, just live… do what makes you happy. and along the way, and this is important, so pay attention…  along the way, let others make a difference in you.

if somebody comes along and changes you, not a lot, just enough that you are a slightly new person (but some may change you completely…  mly), then you have increased the value of that persons life, and letting others know that they are the cause of your happiness makes them happy, and in turn makes you happy.

so not so long story short, and so i can steal another quote: don’t try to be a great man, just be a man, the rest will take care of itself. and if you have a little fun on the way, all the better. because life isn’t here for you to change it, or take it for granted, it’s here for you to enjoy.   and if along the way you are remembered by those who touched you… even better.

just a thought i had to share.
please comment and share your own thoughts.