{"id":938,"date":"2012-08-20T19:44:04","date_gmt":"2012-08-20T23:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/?p=938"},"modified":"2012-10-12T13:58:15","modified_gmt":"2012-10-12T17:58:15","slug":"meaning-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/20\/meaning-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Meaning of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-939\" title=\"when do you feel love, joy, happiness?\" src=\"http:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/meaning_of_life_aug20_2012.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/meaning_of_life_aug20_2012.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/meaning_of_life_aug20_2012-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/meaning_of_life_aug20_2012-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\">What do you think the Meaning of Life is?\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong>Is it simply, <em>Love<\/em>?<br \/>\nIs it the pursuit of being an unconditional &#8220;lover of all things&#8221; (including one&#8217;s own self)?&#8230;the pursuit of giving and receiving love freely?<\/p>\n<p>Is the Meaning of Life,<em> to share<\/em>?<br \/>\nTo pursue our own happiness, using our own gifts (because we each are already blessed with everything we need), while at the same time giving freely of ourselves to the world (because we are so intimately connected to everyone and everything, we feel whole when we give)?<\/p>\n<div>Is the Meaning of Life <em>to have Hope<\/em>\u00a0<em>for more<\/em> (hope for a greater awareness\/understanding\/perspective), while at the same time being Grateful for the everything that we already have?<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>Does the Meaning of Life involve just\u00a0<em>being<\/em>&#8230;being comfortable with being yourself? Could you imagine, if all we were meant to do is simply\u00a0<em>Be<\/em>? \u00a0If all the Meaning of Life consisted of was listening to and following our hearts?<br \/>\nHow wonderful that would be :)<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Or maybe the Meaning of Life is all about\u00a0<em>making music together <\/em>(as is beautifully illustrated in this <strong><em>Under Pressure<\/em><\/strong> song from the <strong>Happy Feet 2<\/strong> movie)&#8230;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Happy Feet 2 - Under Pressure (good quality)\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uw7R_RGAd9I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Or is the Meaning of Life something else?<br \/>\nAnd does it vary for everyone?<br \/>\nOr are we all on a different yet identical journey?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><br \/>\nDoes your life feel meaningful?<br \/>\nWhen do you feel most connected to who and what you were created to be?<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<br \/>\n<\/span><strong style=\"color: #008000;\">What are your thoughts on the Meaning of Life?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">(9\/28\/12 update: \u00a0if you\u2019re enjoying this\u00a0<em>Meaning of Life<\/em>\u00a0discussion, I invite you to dive deeper into the subject and check out the passionate exchanges I was recently involved in at the<\/span>\u00a0<a title=\"click here for more Meaning Of Life discussion\" href=\"http:\/\/sunnydaytalks.com\/the-meaning-of-life\/#comments\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Sunny Day Talks<\/strong>\u00a0blog site<\/a><span style=\"color: #008000;\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>~ \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 ~<br \/>\nNow on Facebook!\u00a0<a title=\"click here for my HISTG.com FB page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HoneyIShrunkTheGrief\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HoneyIShrunkTheGrief<br \/>\n<\/a>Now on Twitter!\u00a0<a title=\"click here for my HISTG.com Twitter page\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/EricVaiksnoras\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/EricVaiksnoras<br \/>\n<\/a>Check out my book!\u00a0<a title=\"my book \" href=\"http:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/book\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/book\/<br \/>\n<\/a>Feeling grateful? or feeling low?\u00a0<a title=\"HISTG Thank You Card blog post\" href=\"http:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/27\/sign-the-thank-you-card-today\/\">Sign the Thank You Card!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"click here to return to my home page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.honeyishrunkthegrief.com\/blog\/\">click here to return to home page<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>. What do you think the Meaning of Life is?\u00a0 Is it simply, Love? Is it the pursuit of being an unconditional &#8220;lover of all things&#8221; (including one&#8217;s own self)?&#8230;the pursuit of giving and receiving love freely? 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