The Meaning Of Lives

Over the last week or so, I've been repeatedly pondering a certain subject.  Whenever my mind isn't fully occupied by something else, it always wanders back into the territory of 'life meaning'.

I don't mean this as in, "WHAT'S THE MEANING OF LIFE?!".

That would be a stupid question to ask you, because Google already knows.  It's Christopher Walken building Optimus Prime.

What I mean by 'life meaning' is the concept of how everyone's life is about something.  Everyone finds something to dedicate their life to.  Even the most unmotivated, seemingly-going-nowhere person makes their life about something.

As of right now, I've chose to make my life about music.  Some people you know make their life about their job.  Some people live for their faith or religion.  Some people live for other people, some people live only for themselves.

I don't find this concept weird or unusual or anything like that, so that's not why I've been pondering it.  I think mostly I ponder it because it strikes me as a whole new way to view people.  Rather than seeing someone based on what they look like, or how they act, or how they talk, or whatever, it's this entity that is completely separate from the person, yet still sums them up perfectly.

If that needs explaining, it's like this:  Who you are and what you do are completely different things.  But, who you are affects what you do, and what you do will eventually affect who you are.  And aside from 'eventually', even in the here-and-now, what someone does says a great deal about who they are.

If someone has made their life about drug addiction, it says certain things about who they are.  If someone has made their life about putting everyone else before themselves, it says certain other things about who they are.

I think in order to make this be more than just a mental upload to my blog, I'll pose the question:  What is it that you make your life about?  Don't stop there though, because the next question is more important.

Whatever you've made your life about, what does it say about you?

You can take it a step further and ask what you think it says about you vs. what others think it says about you.

I.e., I think that my life is about music.  And I think what that says about me is that I'm eager to take the building blocks I have (known as life experience, personal influences, personality, artistic influences, and many more) and create something new that also reflects the sum of its parts, and that says something to someone.  Other people may think it says that I have a thirst for attention.

Speaking of which, I'm parched.  So this blog post is done.  But think about it.