Life. What is life? "Life is not a destination, it's a journey.", or so someone somewhere once said. That's merely one definition of life. "Life is what you make it."; someone else said that, and again, another definition; another persons take on the meaning of the word. As for me and my take on the meaning of the word life, Life is. That's my take on it, my definition. It's a simple statement, and it's open for interpretation, but life is. Yes, life is a journey, and yes, life is what you make it, but the fact still remains that Life is. There are no conclusions, no right or wrong answers to the meaning of that small four letter word. No one can truly tell you an absolute definition, except to say that the only thing absolute about life is that it does end. So, the statement that life is a destination would also be true, because the ultimate destination in life is the end. Fact is, all life will eventually cease to be, and there isn't anything that any of us can do to stop it. "Life is beautiful.", another person said that once. Yes, it's true, life is beautiful. Then again so is laughter and love. But what happens when the laughter stops, and the love fades? What's at the other side? That answer is very simple. What's at the other side after laughter stops and love fades is life. Life is all that we have left after those two have gone.
Have you ever noticed that whenever someone asks you what you think life means, you always respond with the words "Life is...", before you follow with anything else? That's where I draw my meaning of life from, because anything you say after those two words have been spoken will almost always be the same words that someone before you has spoken as their definition. So, when someone asks me what I think is the meaning of life, I always respond with "Life is.". Two very simple words that have various interpretations, and can lead into many separate but equal meanings. I've yet to hear anyone come up with an original meaning that could be called their own. We all give the same answers to that question, and none of us can come up with a meaning that's original. That's also why I leave my response to just those two words.
It's something to think about for the next time someone asks you what you think life means.
