The document discusses different perspectives on the meaning and purpose of life. It argues that the meaning of life is complex and personal, based on one's experiences and beliefs. Further, it states that finding personal fulfillment and leaving a legacy that will be remembered are important purposes of living life to its fullest. The author also notes that the meaning of life is unique to each individual and one's purpose may change or evolve over time as they continue to discover and define what gives their life significance.

1. Philosophy of the Purpose of Living
by Kendall Wiles
What is the meaning of life? This is different to
all people, of all cultures, races, and heritage.Take
the time period of segregation for example, do you
think many people had the same philosophy about the
effects it had on African Americans? The meaning of
life is a complex belief based on everything you have
ever learned, seen, heard, felt, touched, and tasted.
The meaning of life is not as simple as a want, nor a
need, but... it is complicated. Let me put it this
way, a person who has had or is having a meaningful
life is very clear on their personal meaning of THEIR
personal life. The general, synonymous phrase to the
meaning of life is “The purpose of not being dead.”
“Death.” What does this really mean? In simple
form, it is leaving your life behind, but is it more
than that? YES. After, or even in, death, you find
your life either great, or worse than it might have
been if you just laid back a little, and had fun. As a
thought, “What’s the worst thing that could happen? I
could die. Well, I’m going to die anyway, so why not
die having fun?”
Leave a legacy, BE REMEMBERED, and make your life
WORTH REMEMBERING for far after death, for generations
and generations after your time has gone, think of
people like Socrates, “An unexamined life is not worth
living.” This is what his vision of a utopia was. He
wanted everyone to examine and question life as they
knew it. Give people something to remember you by,
WHATEVER you want to be remembered by.
The meaning of my life is to leave a legacy of
greatness, love, and kindness, but that’s still a work-
in-progress at the moment, as if I am a composer,
writing a piece of music that will never be completely
finished until I decide it is. I believe that you have
not completely fulfilled your meaning of life until

2. you believe you have. Someone else can’t tell you “You
did great, YOU’RE DONE!” without you truly believing it
yourself. You have to please ONE person in life, YOU.
The meaning of life is like a new species, eager,
and waiting to be discovered. Just like two species,
no two people are the same. Neither are two people’s
purposes of life.Each person should, in my opinion,
try to unearth their personal meaning of life, but
whether or not they will is another story. My perfect
utopia is that everyone at least tries to find their
personal philosophy, but that is just MY purpose in
life. That’s MY goal. What’s yours?