I was working on putting a new piece of writing up here when it came to my attention I haven't shared one of my very first, and very dear, older essays here with the Stacker Crew. Let's fix that.
Allow me to present the short essay: "Life is Meaningless"

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It's an existentialist piece in its essence, but I later found out that notions like "a spark of Divinity in every human being" (or as I dubbed it - God particles) are also congruent with Stoic philosophers.

Some of my personal favorite quotes from it:

There is no meaning to life. Life is inherently meaningless. Life’s only job is to just be, just exist. As the bridge between the vastness and the nothingness. So that’s one thing you can do and, to an extent, have to do.

That is not to say life can’t have meaning or shouldn’t have meaning. Since life has no inherent meaning, each and every one of us has the option to CHOOSE the very meaning of our lives. You can say: “My purpose or my task in life is to do X.” Now, who’s gonna say it isn’t?

That’s the God particle within you, telling you that if you choose this task, you will not realize your highest potential, you will not work for the greater good, and you will be miserable and unfulfilled. So YOU’RE THE JUDGE. You say what’s right and what’s wrong.

Originally published: Jan 31, 2023