I once made the mistake of believing that the meaning of life could be summed up in a good one liner. Like a proverb, or a verse in 21 words or less. Never managed to come close. I realized that for me the question answered it's self. The meaning of life is to be alive, and the recognition of other life, which we should regard with the same respect as our own. No one is an island. I can never start with "Why does life exist ?" I prefer to think "Since we exist", and work my way backward. I'm inclined to believe there are more ways to see life than there are people, considering the way a persons opinion is shaped life's passage.
The purpose of life ? We have free will so that the purpose can ...

I once made the mistake of believing that the meaning of life could be summed up in a good one liner. Like a proverb, or a verse in 21 words or less. Never managed to come close. I realized that for me the question answered it's self. The meaning of life is to be alive, and the recognition of other life, which we should regard with the same respect as our own. No one is an island. I can never start with "Why does life exist ?" I prefer to think "Since we exist", and work my way backward. I'm inclined to believe there are more ways to see life than there are people, considering the way a persons opinion is shaped life's passage.
The purpose of life ? We have free will so that the purpose can be something we create ourselves, according to our experience and our talents.Everyone can play a part, but heart or a brain sitting in Formalin on a shelf is useless. They need to be alive, and operating as a part of a complete system that can work as a unit.(We're still having a lot of trouble with the choreography, and too many people want to be the director.) Life goes on despite our best attempts to destroy it.