How to Find the Best Reasons to Live Even If There’s No Point
Life has no meaning, and yet — here we are.
The fact that you’re here is mind-blowing. Think about it.
At TEDx San Francisco, Mel Robbins, a riotously funny self-help author, mentioned that scientists estimate the probability of your being born at about one in 400 trillion.
Imagine having 400 trillion pennies filling up your wardrobe. One of them is you. Find it.
To make you, your parents had to meet, which is a coincidence in itself. Then, they had to go through all the struggle which dating has to offer. And then — among all the billions of combinations of sperm and egg cells — everything had to combine to create the exact right DNA which you possess. And don’t even get me started on the probability of life on Earth or Earth itself or our solar system or the Universe come to exist.
You are a miracle, indeed.
You grow up, and start asking the difficult questions — you know, the kind your parents don’t know how to answer, but attempt to anyway — like, “What’s the point of all of this?”, “Why was I born?” or “What’s the purpose of life?” and, of course, “Who should I become?”
The questions are endless. Every religion, guru, self-help book, and even — a Medium…
