Life and its Purpose ... 2012

The frailty of life becomes ever more conspicuous with life transitions amongst family and friends. There is so much to do with an unknown amount of time to do it in. That is a good problem to have - its only optimal solution is to be aware of every moment of conscious and subconscious awakenness. For example, putting my sleeping hours to good use (other than their contributing to the effectiveness of the waking hours) has been one of my quests that I need to pursue during my waking hours! How much does one analyze whether what they are doing at any point in time is the best use of that fleeting moment? Is writing this blog article the best of use of my "now"? Hopefully, some readers will agree; others will be quick to suggest hundreds of other better things I could have done with my time, and they could have done with theirs, rather than reading what I wrote! What is the right thing to do?

An attempt to answer that question leads me to another - Towards what purpose? Clearly, my wanting to maximize every moment of mine is a very self-serving objective. Even if I do something towards others (that the world calls "self-less" service), and I feel good doing so - I have, unbeknownst to myself, served my own need to feel good by doing something that makes me feel thus.

Hence, I claim that it is all about me - the center of the universe, which itself exists because I do.

Descartes said, "I think, therefore I am." And ... I extend it to say, "I am, therefore everyone is!"