I keep wondering why my life turned out to be so hopeless and miserable. Did I do something in a past life and this is my punishment? Is it bad karma? But then karma has never made sense to me. If you murder someone, and karma decides you then need to be murdered to pay for that, it requires someone else to commit murder so you get your karma. The cycle would never end.
Is the New Age idea that we choose our lives before birth true? Do we choose everything that will happen to us in advance so we can learn something from it? Or is that just cope?
Are we just evolved pondslime who mutated into humans by chance and none of this means anything?
Why is life so incredibly awful for so many people?
I don’t think there is a point or greater meaning to life. I think that life is what you make of it. The point of life for me is to seek love, passion, comradery, and fulfillment while I’m here, and to revel in those things where I find them. And on top of that, to help those around me to find the same level of meaning within our relationships and experiences. The meaning of life is to live it as best as possible, and to share empathy and compassion with others to help them do the same.