The meaning of life

If there is any meaning to life it is so diverse that it is impossible to corner.

Biologically I suppose our reason for living is to maintain the species, specifically one with our genes.

But I think life is like everything else. Meaning comes from what you are. That old if all you have is a hammer idea, then everything is a nail is actually pretty true. We can't be what we can't conceive.

Our ideas change as we grow older. Ask a three year old what they want to be and they might say a fireman, but ask that same child after he's had a few music lessons and he might say a musician!

Or maybe he just heard some music that touched him to the core, but in some way he had to connect with music to believe it had meaning for him. That's why the arts are so important in school.

A child that grows up on a farm knows about crops and animals and how weather affects growing things, but city kids need field trips so they see these options too.

Lucky people seem to know who they are from day one, but most of us have to try out our dreams and sift through them looking for the one that touches our heart.

So, maybe the meaning of life is to never stop searching the world or your heart, because the meaning of life can change.