Ask a friend this week
Ask this question to a friend this week: “would you rather a life full of meaning yet the possibility of much pain, or a life that is without pain but also without meaning?”
See how they respond.
My hunch is that most people are indeed experiencing pain while having no meaning in their lives. The short end of the stick eh?
Tags: meaning, pain, philosophy
January 29th, 2010 at 5:14 pm
Silas! You’re blogging so often these days!
Also, I feel like most people would answer your question by affirming the former. Well, at least, I would.
January 30th, 2010 at 11:45 am
yes, I’m picking it back up gradually.
i think this question is meant to point to the former, but that it helps the answerer to realize that there could actually be purpose behind pain!