THE MEANING OF LIFE

      Strange is our situation here upon earth. Each of us comes for a   short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to divine a  purpose.

      From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we  do know that man is here for the sake of other men --- above all for  those upon whose smile and well-being our own happiness depends, and also for the countless unknown souls with whose fate we are  connected by a bond of sympathy. Many times a day I realize how much  my own outer and inner life is built upon the labors of my fellow men, both living and dead, and how earnestly I must exert myself in  order to give in return as much as I have received. My peace of mind is often troubled by the depressing sense that I have borrowed too  heavily from the work of other men.

      To ponder interminably over the reason for one’s own existence or  the meaning of life in general seems to me, from an objective point of view, to be sheer folly. And yet everyone holds certain ideals by which he guides his aspiration and his judgment. The ideals which  have always shone before me and filled me with the joy of living are  goodness, beauty, and truth. To make a goal of comfort and happiness   has never appealed to me; a system of ethics built on this basis  would be sufficient only for a herd of cattle.

    After reading the article by the most outstanding, prominant scientist in the world, I feel extremely ashamed of all what I thought in the past. 

    For a very long time I have been pondering over the meaning of life itself, which is utterly a waste of time and folly. To keep in mind the fact that since birth we have been in a race against the final end and thus try to save time for our use is good for our work. Nevertheless, submerging myself too much in it has cost me a lot of energy and time. I should have known better to turn my attention to other more signigicant things. 

    Life, is really nothing to us for we are all passengers in the world. What is the most important is the attitude we adopt towards. No matter we are optimistic or pessimistic, it is flowing on nonchalantly with no return. So why shouldn't we be positive in our way of life and try to do something in the world?