We all spend our whole lives trying to figure out what life really is. Everyone holds a slightly different opinion of life from everyone else, and yet, even as I have studied religions and philosophies and science and ideologies for my entire life and continue to do so, I still have no clear answer. I have come to the conclusion that life is meaningless, in a broad sense, but that is merely my conclusion. Everyone else in this world believes something at least slightly different than me. So, there is one way to live life both safe and with no regrets.

Pliny the Elder stated that “the only certainty is that nothing is certain,” and that can be applied to life as well. The way I see it, we all have our differing perspectives on what life is, but ultimately, we can only guess, theorize, or observe the scientific universe. In my eyes, there is no indication of anything spirtual about life, nor is there anything indicating that there is no spirtual aspect to life. So the way to live life is to live it in two ways.

First, one must do what they want to do in life, and simply enjoy themselves as much as they can. This way, if they get to the end and it all really was for nothing, they made their life worth while. Second, to live freely, one must live without regrets as much as they can. They must be kind to others, because through being kind, one feels good themselves. One may hold no allegiance, but they may take sides as much as they please. One should hurt others as little as they possibly can, and work together with their counterparts as often as possible. This way, when life ends, we have done all we can for ourselves, and for each other.

Science dictates that we are, at our smallest form, composed of electrons that react in various ways, all of them determined to achieve collections of eight, and that is why everything happens, really. But despite this, despite the repetition and movements of the universe, like coding on a computer - so exact and bound by laws that we are starting to understand - there is still the human conscience. We are able to determine for ourselves the paths we take, which completely disobeys the laws of chemistry, or does it? The human mind is unpredictable, yes, but it still strives for the basic element of survival.

To me, life holds no value, meaning, or significance, but that, in my opinion, is a reason to believe that life is all the more grand. For, if we acknowledge our tiny lives and our meaningless existence (by chance and evolution, we evolved), we can truly marvel at what an achievement humanity has become. The universe does not say that life forms must create complex societies and cultures, yet humans have done that.

We have been on Earth for a tiny sliver of time compared to nearly all other specimen. We, as humans, nevertheless, have done one million times more than all other specimen combined. Even in our short, insignificant lives, we have built cities of steel, built giant birds of metal, ventured beyond our own planet, created digital communication. Pliny the Elder said that all things are uncertain, and that is certain. Humans, are so unpredictable, and that is why we are so great. Marvel in your greatness! Marvel in your glory!!!

#opinion

you’ll have to excuse his bad behavior. you see, he’s an artist and a tortured soul. he has the heart of a poet; a heart of glass. he may come across as strange to you but without him, without artists and poets and tortured souls, there would be no color in the world. no beauty. so let him be. if not for his sake, then for the world. for the flowers of spring, for the snowflakes of winter, for the dawn and the dusk, for the clouds in the sky. do it for the beauty of the world that people like you and i cannot properly appreciate without the guidance of someone who basks in it.

“drown me. you make my heart beat like the rain. surround me. pull me deep beneath your waves.”

“i’ve been big and small, big and small, and big and small again. and still nobody wants me. still nobody wants me. and i know no one will save me. i’m just asking for a kiss. give me one good movie kiss and i’ll be alright.”

“forget all your troubles and go with the flow. forget about whatever you may never know. like whether whatever you’re doing is whatever you should. and whether anything you do is ever anything good.”

“but if you’re too drunk to drive and the music is right, she might let you stay but just for the night. and if she grabs for your hand and drags you along, she might wanna kiss before the end of the song. because love can burn like a cigarette and leave you with nothing.”

“i can feel it; affirming my significance, rendering me weightless, confirming my purpose. i can feel it; tendons tensing in its wake, shifting my shoulder blades, trickling down my veins. it’s as subtle as a tidal wave: it’s true love.”

“in case this is just a dream, i let my tired eyes loose. lord help me flow downstream, sliding down a river of fools. so let our rare hearts flow together and disappear into the night. live or die in here forever lost in obsidian eyes.”

extra points to whoever can guess all the songs