Knowing that anything can happen tomorrow.

Meaning - what meaning - just a tiny speck of dust on a wet green rock floating through the universe - but my dog likes me

My philosophy: The end is coming. Enjoy the god damned ride while you can!

I enjoy life, no need for purpose or meaning, just live it and make the best out of it. Why keep going?...because I don't want to miss a thing!

The hell if I know. I just make shit up as I go.

            Pessimistically:

            Optimistically:

O Me! O Life!
BY WALT WHITMAN
Oh me! Oh life! of the questions of these recurring,
Of the endless trains of the faithless, of cities fill’d with the foolish,
Of myself forever reproaching myself, (for who more foolish than I, and who more faithless?)
Of eyes that vainly crave the light, of the objects mean, of the struggle ever renew’d,
Of the poor results of all, of the plodding and sordid crowds I see around me,
Of the empty and useless years of the rest, with the rest me intertwined,
The question, O me! so sad, recurring—What good amid these, O me, O life?
Answer.
That you are here—that life exists and identity,
That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse.

Realistically:

I scream
You scream
We all scream
For ice cream.

Other than chocolate?

Hmm....

Learning, laughing and exploring!

Just enjoying a beautiful sunset, the feel of cool water, soft air & sunshine on my skin, petting my dog...just simple, little, but incredibly precious moments that I have learned to cherish.

Music keeps my life going. I play 7 or 8 instruments, and when the world gets me down, and stress is overwhelming, the calming influence of music is always in my life.

Lots of things:

Hiking is a transcendent, uplifting experience for me.

Since 2006, I have been a volunteer college mentor at the high school. I help low income, first generation students write essays for college and scholarship applications.

Being a mother to Claire, age 29.

Conversation and laughter.

As a Democrat, pushing for positive change: civil rights, gay rights, education, women's rights, protecting the environment, etc.

I believe the mark of a great civilization is how well we care for the elderly, minorities, children, the poor and other disenfranchised members of society.

This is the reason I keep on keeping on, my reason for fighting for a better earth, a better society, a better life. I love their moms, and until SamSam (Samantha) was born I thought I couldn't possibly love more. And then I held SamSam and my heart and my love grew. SamSam is the daughter of my youngest, and Austin is the son of my oldest.

I don't give my life meaning, nor do I think it needs it. All I know is that it beats the alternative

meaning of life..

I am retired, and I motivate myself with both positive and negative information. On the positive side, I want to see progressives get control of this country and turn things around, and on the negative side, I want to cause Trump and all of the Jesus/Gun loving idiots as much pain as I can......We are in the late stages of Capitalism which means that our government and our economy is destroying everything. They actually want us dead, and for me that is a motivation to live as long as I can.

Being hungry and tired and lonely and curious give my life meaning. When I am fed and rested and accompanied and learned, my “meaning needs” are so well satisfied I can mistake it for meaninglessness.

Lots of things to live for but ultimately it is up to you if you want to live. It's up to you what you choose to focus on. You know t by e old saying glass half empty half full thing. It's TRUE. You choose how you perceive the world around you.
For me I choose to find happiness and meaning in the ordinary. It's the little things in life that make the heart want to go on. You choose.
Best of luck to you. I hope you find your way

I'm still not sure what the question is, but I know the answer is 42.

Why does it have to have meaning? It just is. The alternative is death, so keeping going is the only way to go.

As unlikely as it may seem at times, something amazing might happen.

Bettering myself and situation, I basically came from nothing ( Foster care) after my parents took off. So every single day I can improve where I am in life, is a day that I'm grateful to live.

Personally, I don't want to miss anything good. I may not be able to read all of the books I want to read, but I'm going to give it a shot.

Life has no meaning and reason, but everyone can create his/her own meaning by pursuing an aim in his/her life.
The only meaning that I currently have in my life is to fight against religious fundamentalism and inequality in Afghanistan using social media, until we get a good result out of it, it has been a decade that seculars and atheists are spreading awareness about religion and its dark sides plus science and progressvism using social media platforms, and day by day the number of atheists & seculars are increasing among Afghan community, specially the young generation, our biggest rival in social media is the religious activists that most of them have connection with ISIS and other terrorist groups and they are using social media to recruit followers and new members, most of them are college graduates, so I have a lot to do in my life, and it creates meaning for my life to go on and use my energy for the goodness of next generation, whom we do not want to be the victims of religion as we are.

Why keep going? Besides suicide, there's a choice? One'd have to be depressed beyond my comprehension to end it all, and I'm actually quite cheerful.
WHY cheerful?
No idea.
But okay, what gives my life meaning...
Me.
I like myself, my biggest fan, and want to learn from my mistakes and have good experiences from now til the end. Thus far shortchanged, I want to know what it's like to be content.
Not to please anybody else, not to depend on anybody else for my happiness. To be free of all co-dependencies and enjoy existing for its own sake.
Why?
It doesn't matter to the universe, but an innate instinct and desire to achieve a perfectly blanced state of being, or get an A for effort.
It doesn't matter why.
(Yet another one of life's mysteries.)
Just because.

Studying. It gives the greatest thrill.