STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

The unmapped sophistication of our neurological system has it that humans, as a group, seek to answer the question: “What is the meaning of my life?” Regardless of the validity of the question, thinking individuals struggle with it occasionally.

I find a workable definition on the effect my life has on others. Technically, it alleviates the fundamental validity problem since it limits the answer to the question space. Practically, it is tractable and satisfying.

Current culture tends to equate happiness and satisfaction. Within the life expectancy of todays' human, The Law of Averages forbids a “happy” life. The best we can hope for is to elevate the curve obtained by averaging our happy and depressed moments. Even so, I suspect riding on any averaged curve feels the same internally as long as our instinctual needs are minimally fulfilled.

However, satisfaction does not suffer such a limit. I find it to be an achievable and evolving goal; one that justifies discomfort and often demands it.

Reza Nassiri, PhD.