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comment by ButterflyEffect
ButterflyEffect  ·  4339 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: There's More to Life Than Being Happy

Giving as opposed to taking certainly helps with happiness. I think that people shouldn't necessarily try to search for the meaning in their life, or to go a step further, they should simply let life happen. Absorb the moment you are in, take it all in and don't go chasing some concept that may not even exist. Look at the animals around us, are they running around trying to figure out their lives meaning, or acting in the pursuit of happiness? They are what they are and that is that.

Meaning and purpose shouldn't be something to drive yourself crazy while you search for it. Live your life, help others when you can, and those things will find you sooner or later.