Is There a Point to Finding Meaning in Life?

This isn't a discussion of what the meaning to life is, or even if there is one. This is about why people feel the need to give everything a meaning, even life itself. It's a phenomenon that puzzles me to a ridiculous extent. Personally, I don't need meaning in my life; I seek pleasure with sprinkles of self-awareness and self-preservation hither and thither.

Why does life need a meaning? Why can't some people just have some fun?

I'd say it just comes down to the whole personal belief thing(yeah I know, a cop out). For instance I have nihilistic views, and i'd quote myself saying life has no meaning. Yet since it has no meaning, that becomes life's meaning...to be meaningless(and the cycle continues.) I may be full of shit on that but hey, keeps me going. It could come down to a control thing, some people need things to believe in, or to have authority over something. To each their own I guess. Until they start pressing their beliefs on me...that's when it's time to start kicking some ass.

I've considered this before, and the conclusion I came to was that many people need to have a reason to make it through their day. Whether it lets them think that the things they do matter in some way or at least aren't insignificant; or it gives them something to strive for having a meaning/purpose makes everything ok.

Again, just the conclusion I came to.

Truly it's a personal choice if you want to have any meaning for existence. Sure, grasp your hedonistic pleasures with joy in this purgatory, we're all specks of dust anyways.Wait,scratch that, those without purpose are.Hopefully with purpose and sacrifice those who seek meaning can also find permanent glory,it's wishful thinking at best, but anythings possible for those who have been created to be able to right?Personally,I believe anyone who believes there is no meaning and worries not on anything that may subtract from their frivolous carnivale of absurdities is exactly what they hold to be truth, meaningless trash.Of course your going to keep going, that's just fact, until you die of course and even then you'll have the last laugh on those who failed to pass that climax point of fame and fell to your ranks even with their time wasted.But dont mock those who try, just because they choose to risk the climb, doesn't mean their insane, it just proves their the absurd minority that doesn't conform to the disconcerned majority who would rather do fulfilling things that last their lifetime instead of dreaming perhaps there is something after and that I could actually provide for the future.I mean seriously, who would actually want to try and get something out of it then sit around and survive in this muck hole of a world, it's not like I can do something like try

I saw a Steve Jobs quote that applies here: "You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future."

When you think about the future you ask if it's worthwhile but you can't imagine all the great times you have, you have to experience them. So I guess the answer is that one side of the brain is asking, "What's the point?" while the other side is having a hard time imagining experiences. So when you're about to die and all that life left you was an accumulation of experiences, you can look back, connect the dots, and find a meaning to it.

People think it's cool to talk about useless thing and act deep. That's my take on it.

Some people like to be given a reason to want to live, even if they have to make up an answer themselves. The concept of "We're here for a reason" is basically just to stop us all going mad from the lack of a reason of why we're here in the first place or what the point of our existance is, which in my opinion is partly for the existance of Religion. But I won't go into that, don't want another religion thread do we?

I don't know why we're here, but I don't really care. Provided in the future if the theory of evolution has been proven to be true, then I can put it down to good fortune on our species' part.

To me, the whole "finding the meaning of your life" is simply a mental thing.
When somebody ask me what is my purpose in life, I just say, "To live my life to the fullest, while being able to bring as much happiness as possible to those dear to me."

Simply like that.

I think what helps you sleep at night without hesitations and wake up satisfied can be called its point.

[font=verdana][color=green]Exactly this.

In all honesty, despite being human, I hate the way in which humans constantly try and put themselves on a higher level than other creatures of this planet. Like with this or with other questions like "Is there a God in this world?"; does an animal care for this? I severely doubt it; all they care about is finding the next source of food and reproducing i.e. the things that ultimately matter. People waste time thinking of philosophical crap like this, time which would be better spent working.

Having a meaning for your peculiar life does motivate you, you strive for something, something you want to accomplish during your short period in this planet, something that grants you a fulfilling feeling of joy.

I believe there is.

As a sailor, I say: “If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.”. In english, life sucks if it has no meaning.

Believing in something makes you strive more to live, just to accomplish a feat you believe in.

Some people think they need a reason otherwise they think they are just taking up space on the Earth, while others see that they need no meaning other than being happy. Personally I go inbetween both ideas but in the end I always come to this solution, there is no need for a meaning just that you do what you want to do, and that you are happy which ultimately is your meaning in life right there.

A meaning in life can be associated to human greed and how they always have to know or name what something is, so this greed feeds into their lives and fuels their need for a meaning even before the usual shelter, food and safety. I personally gave up on having a meaning to life and instead gave an answer "Live" and that's it, go about your day and just live, don't think about the beginning or end.

Why find meaning in life? Because if you don't find meaning in your own existence then why are you still here? Why are you still breathing? Why do you get up in the morning? Why not just kill yourself? Having meaning and purpose in your life gives you a reason to keep on living. If we had no reason to live then we would all probably kill ourselves and humanity would be extinct. Also, A reason to live doesn't have to be anything hugely profound. Your reason for living could just be to get up the next day so you can chat on Fakku. Or your reason for living could be just to watch Hentai and fap. Admittedly, I wouldn't call those very good reasons to live. But they are still reasons. People don't want to die. And so they search for a meaning to live in order to justify their existence.

Personally, I haven't killed myself yet because life is fun, full of love, puppies, and mass murder every now and again. I can bring myself to live with the murders and enjoy the puppies and love in spite of them, therefore I can continue living. My life isn't about purpose; it's about experience.

People give things meanings simply to better their lives. As part of our nature, people want a reasoning for themselves to be here rather than believing they were simply put on this Earth only to inevitably die one day. We don't want to merely survive in this world but thrive and accelerate our growth in knowledge and love for others.

so then one could say your purpose is to experience things like puppies and love

But there's not really a point to it. I just seek what makes me feel better.

agian. seeking things that make you feel better IS your point.