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i am 13!. i have had horrible tragedies in my short life!. no, that is not over exagurating- my house burnt, my grandpa died, and my great grandma died all in the same day, in less than 12 hours!. that is not even mentioning all the other things!. yeah, for a while, my life felt pointless, it didnt even feel like a life!. do you know how everyone always asks "What is the meaning of life!?" well, i found the answer!. the meaning of life, simply, is to live!. it doesnt really matter what it is that you do in life, but the meaning of it is to live!. that is the first and formost thing about life!. the others will always seem more important, but to do anything else, first you must be alive!. i even considered suicide then, when all that happened, but i realized there was no point in it!. i thought about how much pain i would cause if i did!. i know most people wont find anything meaningful in what i kid has to say, but if you want a true answer, you should not consider the age if the answer is helpful!. i know how you feel that everyone lies and is a generally bad person!. everyone lies now and again, everyone!. its in human nature to!. but, try to look past all the human flaws and see the good things!. if you focus on only bad things, you will never get to appreciate the good when it is present!. yet again, people normally wont value my opinions much, but i suggest you get to know a few people!. at school, about 70% of them are on drugs, or are already alcholics!.!.!. i am not!. i refuse to sink that low!. my friends agree with me!. yes, i know everyone in my grade!. that makes us aquaintences, not friends!. try to find someone like yourself to a certain extent!. get to know them!. yes, know their faults, but also acknowledge their perfections!. i do understand what you mean about liars!. i cannot stand to listen to someone lie, or hear them talk and not have their facts straight!. all it takes is for one person to say something wrong, and it starts a rumor!. rumors lead to even more lies, and start problems no one can fix!. the only people i tell anything are the people i trust, which is very few!. some people say that its a bad thing not to trust!. i think you should trust a few, but to lay all your trust in everyone, that will only lead in misfortune!. i dont really socialize, but i do with my close friends, not the high on drugs aquaintances!. i dont mean that you should find the first people you see and say hello, i want to be your friend!. look around, and see people that you might like to be around!. gain a few friends!. if you trust them enough, whatever you say, they will understand!. if not, then they cant have been that good of a friend!. as for what you should do, think back to when you were a kid!. what did you always want to do as a kid!? what type of toys did you play with!? what was your favorite subject at school!? what kind of books did you read when you didnt have to!? think on all those things!. think back to how you felt when you did something you wanted to do!. do you remember that feeling of joy!? of contentment!? remember those, and think what would make you feel that way again!. dont be close minded about what you could do!. open your mind to all the possibilities, and think what you would enjoy, based on your childhood, dreams, hobbies, anything!. no answer can be wrong unless you always wanted to sit in a cardboard box!. do what would make you feel that way again!. i wish you all the best of luck! and, dont give up, even if all seems pointless!. there is always a reason to not give up!. you just have to be capable of finding it and understanding it!.!.!. i really hope this helps!.!.!.

-AngelWww@QuestionHome@Com

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You will only find any meaning in life after you find and capture something you desire!. After you capture this thing that you love, you will protect it from being stolen away from you!. If it gets stolen away from you by the forces of the world, then your life will again relapse into meaninglessness!. To live a meaningful life you must capture what you love but do not yet have, and protect what you love and already have!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Take appreciation of the little things!. There is always something to love, something to do!. Even if it's nothing but a daily glance at a flower on your way to work, treasure it!. Love it!. Pretend life has a meaning!. Do something you've always wanted to do!. Ask yourself what you would do if you could do anything (that's physically possible) and then go out and do it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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First you must find yourself first!. You must know yourself , know your strength and weaknesses!. Secondly, you don't need "others" to achieve success!. You just need to be true to yourself!.
There's a saying: " It's not what important on what people think of me but on what i think of people!.Enough said!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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You have discovered something I call the "philosopher's fee!." Without the fee, you don't get to go on the ride!. If you go to a wishing well without a bucket, you won't be bringing any water back!. Life is wish fulfillment!. You forgot to make a wish!.

I also can explain the liar thing!. We despise those things in others which are most upsetting in ourselves!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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maybe get an exotic pet!? Gives you more purpose with your life and it will depend on you and solely you, it will be important!. When I was going through the same thing as you, I wanted a snake, one of those great boas so that I truly had a reason to get up every morning!. Hope this helps!Www@QuestionHome@Com

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travel would probably be the best way to experience life and find some joy for yourself, but it sounds like you don't have the money for that right now!. still a change of scenery could be really good for you, so maybe you should consider moving to a new city or into the countryWww@QuestionHome@Com

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Sooner of later when things get much worse, people all over the world will rebel against the trillionaires who control us and will get rid of them and their suppression!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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You need to figure out what you value and focus on that!. Learn not to react to others and you will be less displeased with their existence!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Do the one thing you have wanted to do your whole life maybe since you were a kid!.Whatever that may be!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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such is life--until we realize that there is something more important than usWww@QuestionHome@Com

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i feel the same way alot of the time, and the truth is there is no point to anything!. im not going to lie!. there is no point in anything at all!.
so, suicide is even more pointless than doing nothing!. that leaves you with alot of time on your hands, and your going to have to do what everyone els does!. some mean to, some dont and some have it given to them!. but you my friend, have to make up your own point in life!.

sounds pretty lame doesn't it!. and it is, and that is life!. one big lie!. and you despise lie's this is why you dont like life!.

so, your going to have to make yourself happy by living in your big self assembled lie-life!. and if you manage to be truly happy doing that, if you do that!.!.!.!.!.!. you will have the most common form of mental illness aka happiness!.

good luck!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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You can't find meaning because there is no external meaning!. God was invented to backfill existence with meaning!. Those who say "I believe I was put on this earth to!.!.!.!." drive me nuts!. Manufactured "belief" in an imaginary, purposeful god is a lie!.

You may have no belief in god, but I use this example because you seem to be seeking external meaning, something that exists outside of you that is sacred!. Instead, you just have to find meaning by deciding what is important to you!.

Despising liars can be turned into something much more positive!.!.!.you find meaning in honesty, in being impecable with the truth!. Nobody is perfectly honest, but you can find others who share your value and that quest might be a starting point for you!.

4 rules I heard recently seem like they might be useful for you!. Don't make assumptions about people, don't take anything personally, do your best, and be truthful!. If you stick to those guidelines (and let go of contempt for those who don't), you may find a path that works for you!.

Good luck!Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Ever thought about trying that guy in the sky!? He is actually right there, all around you! He's been there all along too, just waiting for you to just say, something, anything, just an acknowledgment!.
If, you truly want your life to turn around, He's the 'only' Guy for the job! You can walk away from Him, chose not to listen to Him, shut Him out as long as you will!. And, He will still be there, waiting in the wing for you to come back!. He loves you more than anyone else could possibly love you, and all of them put together and more! He's a sure bet, when your down on your luck! Hey- You've got nothing to lose, right!?
It's your choice! I went for broke and broken and "won"- for the rest of my life!.!.!. :DWww@QuestionHome@Com

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I was just like you, depressed, after 18 years of marriage to a cheating wife, 4 kids and a nowhere job!.!.!.!.!.diviorce, drugs and conselors!.!.!. no avail!.!.!.!. untill I found The Love of a God who cares for me as his child!.!.!.!.!. Jesus is your answer!.!.!.!. once you find him your whole life changes!.!.!.!.!.for the good!.!.!.!. now I am a blessed man with a nice home a good job, a wonderful and lloving christian woman, and were on our 8 kids to gether!.!.!.!.!.12 for me!.!.!.!. I can honestly say I found happiness, a focus on a miriacle working and loving god who has blessed me beyond compare!.!.!.!.!. this my freind is you answer!.!.!.!.!. you look foor Christ!.!.!.!. you'll find he was looking for you!.!.!.you will be blessed , guarenteed!.!.!.!.!.Jesus Is Lord of All!Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Get a dog for starters!. People do lie but people can be soo good to!. I mean look at the people here responding trying to help you!. So not all people are bad!. And you cant tell me that when you were younger you didn't lie!. it's something everyone does, some people blow it out of porportion though, but thats not reason to not like people at all!. Even though you dont want to help people, I think you should, I think you should volunteer somewhere!. When you see how grateful someone is when you help them you see that the little goodness human kind has is so great and amazing!. Try it!.


But get a dogWww@QuestionHome@Com

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Wow and at 25!

First of all, everybody lies at some point and this would include you, which may be the reason you loathe it in others!. I have at times been very much a liar because the life I saw and experienced was so full of it and I desperately wanted to belong- so hence!.!.!. also, my conflict came because I wanted everything to be truthful because lies require much more energy, until I learned how to get creative- then it was fun for a while until I realized I was never really good at it because everyone told me I was full of BS all the time even when I told the truth!. It didn't seem to matter- so I got stuck in the "challenge" aspect!.

Here is truth for you!. No matter how honest you are with people- it is not going to change where they are at on their own path of honesty!. So you may as well get over that or grab a razor!

You should really embrace some gratitude to where you are right now because it is more enlightened than most world leaders!

Finding a better way to express it may just create situations in which "bearable" people may come into your life!. And if for no other reason- you can find some gratitude in the fact that your are NOT stupid!

Do you realize how many people in the world are stupid and do not know they are stupid and will never know anything other than stupid s h i t that someone else tells them!?

Perhaps if you embraced this small gratitude to yourself and for yourself you may find something in that process that may make life worth living!.

Then again it may not- but you would be no worse off than you are right now!

also someone mentioned earlier to do for someone else- actually just being responsible for another living thing (plant, pet, ect!.!.) is an event worth participating in!. And by the way- my plants never lie to me!Www@QuestionHome@Com

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You can't find meaning in life because that in itself involves other people!. Right now you are very much in "me mode" and everything you encounter or experience just leads right back to you, how it affects you, how you feel about it, whether or not it annoys you, angers you, etc!. True meaning will not happen if the only things you're looking for are things to benefit you!. What does it mean to do something important yet NOT have it benefit others!? How meaningful could it possibly be if you're the only one it's actually for!? You'll find your meaning when you are able to stop making yourself the center of every issue and connect with others regardless of their faults!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Hi Guy,

For starters, you should check out the movie/documentary titled "What the Bleep Do We Know!?" - It gives you an in-depth explanation of the "meaning" of things, and will help you understand your own feelings, etc!. - Thanks me later!.

Now, you're focusing on what "TO DO"!. What do you want "TO DO" - This is the problem with 95% of people in the US!. It's not about what you do, it's about what you want!. For example, you're going broke and just need money to feed yourself!. Well if your "To do" goal in life is to be a neighborhood milk man - that's going to be a little tough, right!?

Another example: I want to own a $5 Million dollar mansion, have a wife and kids, travel around to various countries every year, build some companies, donate to specific research projects, own luxury cars, etc!. Now, my "passion" or the things I want "to do" have to do with fixing computers, playing video games, working out - things like that!. NONE of those things are going to bring me millions!. Even if they did, it would be EXTREMELY tedious work!. So, it boils down to what I want, vs what I want to do!. And for most people, it's what you WANT - not what TO DO!. So, I'm doing affiliate marketing and averaging about $500 - $1,000 per day!. Is it what I "love to do" - no, it's not!. But, it's getting me what I ulimately want!.

So if you change your perspective from what you want "to do", to what you want out of life - the way you approach things will start to differ!. You'll start looking at what you need "to do" to get what you want, instead of letting what "you do" dictate what you get, or have!.

As far as despising liars - I'm right there with you!. A lot of people are liars, and I hate it just as much as you do!. I don't really socialize with people, I don't go out much, and I tend to have been keeping it that way for a while!. But the fact remains - not everyone is a liar!. It's not really your fault people lie to you - it's just a random happening!. And, you might be more sensitive to it than others!. To fix this, you'll have to widen your friendships and start meeting more and more people until someone comes along that you know you can trust!. And trust me, it will happen!. You'd be surprised how many people are in your city that are just like you!. Have the same beliefs as you, the same personality as you, the same wants as you, and ultimately want to meet a person, just like you!.

You can do it many different ways!. Whether it's social gatherings, the workplace, get to gethers, concerts - you name it!. However, for me, I prefer online dating (to meet a girlfriend)!. All you do is go to craigslist!.org - enter your city - and post in the men seeking women section!. Make a most about your likes and dislikes and what you want in a woman - and there you go!. You can do the same thing for the "strictly platonic" section for friends!. It's not that hard!.

So to sum this up - it's what you want - not what you do!. Let what you want dictate what you do - not the other way around!. If you'd like to travel the world all the time - you'll have to look at what you need to do to achieve that!. You can't have a low-paying, time-consuming job to do that!. Look at other options such as higher paying jobs, business opportunities, online income, whatever!.

Hope this helps and good luck with everythiong - and make sure to check out that movie!Www@QuestionHome@Com

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It is a hard fact to accept isn't it!? I am still struggling with it's realization myself!. No matter how long you spend getting to "know" someone, you will never "know" them because all you get to know is your personal interpretation of the outward facade they generate -- and there are so few people in the world who accurately display a true reflection of themselves on the outside as it is configured on the inside!. Furthermore, it is impossible to really "know" someone unless you directly experience their innermost thoughts, opinions, and experiences, and we are unable to share these things with a direct and truly intimate connection of any sort at the present point in our evolution!.

Don't get discouraged by the simple answer that if you think something is wrong with the whole world then the problem lies in you!. If everyone believed this then no one would ever be motivated to make changes to the world, whether for the better or the worsening!. In my opinion, something IS wrong with the world, but it can only be fixed with a collective and collaborative effort!. Clinical depression is on a very scary rise in humanity and if in nature something affected any species to such a degree that depression is now effecting the human race, then the rational scientific observer would conclude that something is out of balance in the environment which is detrimentally affecting that species or even killing it off!. We are more affected by our environment than we will admit -- and we deny it's hold upon us because we want to somehow believe that we are somehow stronger than or more superior than the environment which sustains us!. Why I do not fully know!.

When depression hits it is very hard to even work on the things you love or know that you WANT to do!. It's like it saps the very life out of you, but most of it is because (to me) there is nothing that I can do that really IS meaningful unless by some miracle the entire human race can suddenly understand the nature of true collective living and overthrow this derogatory way of existence!. If evolution is true, then by scientific reasoning one has to theorize that there was a time when two or more individual cells decided to colonize together and create a more defined organism -- and that is exactly what collective living does: many small organisms unite in unselfish togetherness to create a higher intelligent collaboration, without money or means of forcing control on each other -- it's just what they become BUILT to do and every cell accepts that because if every cell in your body suddenly decided that they wanted to be something different (by some freakish means), you'd be in serious trouble! Until powerful men realize that their thrones are made of flesh and blood and become actually sickened by that, then we'll always have this system of dominance without regards that you're only sitting so high because you're being supported by everything that rests beneath you!. And most forgotten of all is the crucial and more powerful foundation which, unlike the alleged "king of the hill" does not lay at the top of the pyramid, but rather at the lowest point, or even below that!.

Therefore: Utopia is the example of what lay within your collective organs and chemicals!. It is the blueprint to its design!. But unfortunately, mankind has yet to see this bountiful fortune hiding right under their noses!.!.!.

Oh, and in my opinion, nothing really is sacred!. True respect and caring is better than blind worship!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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You are suffering from clinical depression and you need to talk to a doctor and get some Zoloft or something!. I've been there; ten years ago I could have written what you just did!. When you think the whole world is the problem, you are the one with the problem!. I got help and now I find meaning in a lot of things!. There is a great deal of superficiality and ugliness in the world, but there is also incredible beauty and depth!. In order to see that you have to be in a good mental place, and clearly you aren't right now!. I hope you will find the help you need to get through this darkness and find the light on the other side!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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