The Human Animal (Humans)

by David Turell , Tuesday, August 11, 2009, 13:51 (5374 days ago) @ dhw

Of course we know that all our experiences are transient, but that doesn't mean that the present is meaningless. I would rather be happy/pain-free/laughing at this moment than miserable/in agony/weeping. Multiply that by a lifetime, and you have a lifetime of meaning. Multiply that by the number of people whose moments you can change from tears to laughter, and you have another collection of meanings. Why does meaning have to depend on eternity, on an unknown outside force, or on a special place?
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> I think you and I may have found some common ground here! - Sounds like you may not have read Adler, and I think you should, but that you have read Viktor Frankl.