Our Meaning

Our meaning is something unique to every person; it is only what we perceive and how we are perceived. Meaning derived from any individual or society is by definition entirely subjective. The only meaning my existence could ever possibly have is the meaning ascribed to it by those that witness it. Aside from that, I am utterly meaningless. To say there is any objectivity to the purpose or meaning any person may find in life would be to try to apply an individual thought to the entire universe. It is only natural for humans to be so desperate to find meaning in life, as the human mind is wired towards finding patterns in even things without pattern; to try to impose order on a universe that lacks it. Meaning is a human construct and therefore has no place in matters that are so far beyond the scope of human understanding as existence is. That isn’t to say that meaning is invalid in its subjectivity. Just because some idea of purpose exists only within one’s mind, its significance isn’t diminished in the slightest because it’s still just as true to that individual.