The freest sentence I heard this year:
“Life has no meaning.”
We rush along,
meet many people, read many books, do many things,
trying desperately to hold on to something
that proves our lives are full of meaning, that we haven’t lived in vain.
But have you ever thought
that life simply has no meaning to begin with?
Because life isn’t an exam —
you don’t need a so-called standard answer at all.
Besides, when the day comes for our lives to fade,
you’ll find that no money or fame comes with you.
The only thing that belongs to us is what we felt and experienced in this life.
Even our past failures, in this impermanent flood of life,
no longer matter.
They are only one more experience.
So you can throw off the baggage of the past,
because what you are doing right now
is the brand-new experience you are creating.
Let go of standards, let go of comparison.
Your meaning lies in the fact that you are unlike anyone else.
Think of yourself as an open wilderness,
and let yourself spill out freely.
From now on,
stop asking yourself “what should I do?”
and ask yourself “what do I want to do?”
Live bravely, love bravely,
embrace the person who makes your heart race,
try the things you never dared to try,
and create the true, one-and-only you in this world.
Then you will live your life burning hot,
because you
are that burning meaning itself. ✨