The purpose of our lives

No one surely knows our lives’ purpose, but, these thoughts may seem rational:

The first thing to know is “who are we?” As Stephen Hawking, the brilliant physicist says “We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star.” In the universe’s scheme of things, we are not even specks of dust. It is very sobering for us to know that collectively, we don’t matter. The universe may not care if we exist or perish. Earth, in its 15 billion years of existence, may have seen many species evolve and go extinct and may not care if one more species turns extinct.

We dominate all the other species on Earth and behave as if they don’t matter. The reality is that, even we don’t matter. But don’t get depressed – each one of us also has a special existence in this universe, each one of us mean a lot to people who are close to us – our family and friends.

In comparison to the billion years’ life span of the world around us, our life span of a few decades is not even a nanosecond in the history of time.

We, the human species, exist for our own sake. Each of us not only lives for his or her own self, but also for other fellow humans. Our collective behavior not only impacts our current generation, but future ones too.

The primary objective of our lives is to perpetuate the existence of our species. We have to continue the cycle of human life in the foreseeable future. As a corollary to this thought, we also carry the responsibility of leaving this world a better place than when we entered it, so that our future generations not only survive, but also live a better life than us and evolve into superior beings.

Do you agree? Select one of the options

- Yes, I agree

- No, I don’t agree

- DUH – what was that?