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Asking what our purpose in life is, or what the
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Asking what our purpose in life is, or what the "meaning of life" is, is pointless. Before asking ourselves if we have a purpose, shouldn't we first ask: "why should we have a purpose?". Why are we so arrogant as to assume that we have some divine purpose? To those who seem outraged by such a suggestion, I would ask you this: what is the purpose of a lamb? Many would say: to be eaten by us? So, what is the purpose of a horse? To be saddled and ridden by us? Then I put it to you that our purpose is to eat lamb and ride horses!
"meaning of life" is, is pointless. Before asking
 
ourselves if we have a purpose, shouldn't we first
 
ask: "why should we have a purpose?". Why are we so
 
arrogant as to assume that we have some divine
 
purpose? To those who seem outraged by such a
 
suggestion, I would ask you this: what is the purpose
 
of a lamb? Many would say: to be eaten by us? So,
 
what is the purpose of a horse? To be saddled and
 
ridden by us? Then I put it to you that our purpose is
 
to eat lamb and ride horses!
 
  
I over—simplify, of course. However my point is that
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I over—simplify, of course. However my point is that we do things with intention; we tame and saddle the horse in order to ride it, so for us, the purpose of the horse is indeed to be ridden. But we are wrong to then look for intention in things we see around us. The purpose of the horse TO US is to be ridden, but that is not the purpose of the horse, to the horse, or to anything else. Similarly, we look for the purpose of a mosquito and we are annoyed that we see none. The world does not fit us; rather we just so happen to fit into this world, and because of that, we survive. The same is true to both the lamb, the horse and the mosquito.
we do things with intention; we tame and saddle the
 
horse in order to ride it, so for us, the purpose of the
 
horse is indeed to be ridden. But we are wrong to then
 
look for intention in things we see around us. The
 
purpose of the horse TO US is to be ridden, but that is
 
not the purpose of the horse, to the horse, or to
 
anything else. Similarly, we look for the purpose of a
 
mosquito and we are annoyed that we see none. The
 
world does not fit us; rather we just so happen to fit
 
into this world, and because of that, we survive. The
 
same is true to both the lamb, the horse and the
 
mosquito.
 
  
Don't worry about purpose or meaning. You have none
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Don't worry about purpose or meaning. You have none but that which you make for yourself.
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Book7.png The Purpose and Meaning of Life is a book by Reginald Zengar. It can be found in the Royal Library in Empo Sar.

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The Purpose and Meaning of Life
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The Purpose and Meaning of Life

Asking what our purpose in life is, or what the "meaning of life" is, is pointless. Before asking ourselves if we have a purpose, shouldn't we first ask: "why should we have a purpose?". Why are we so arrogant as to assume that we have some divine purpose? To those who seem outraged by such a suggestion, I would ask you this: what is the purpose of a lamb? Many would say: to be eaten by us? So, what is the purpose of a horse? To be saddled and ridden by us? Then I put it to you that our purpose is to eat lamb and ride horses!

I over—simplify, of course. However my point is that we do things with intention; we tame and saddle the horse in order to ride it, so for us, the purpose of the horse is indeed to be ridden. But we are wrong to then look for intention in things we see around us. The purpose of the horse TO US is to be ridden, but that is not the purpose of the horse, to the horse, or to anything else. Similarly, we look for the purpose of a mosquito and we are annoyed that we see none. The world does not fit us; rather we just so happen to fit into this world, and because of that, we survive. The same is true to both the lamb, the horse and the mosquito.

Don't worry about purpose or meaning. You have none but that which you make for yourself.