life-tasks

What's the meaning of life? my old answer is pursuit of happiness, then changed into the maturity of mind. Now it altered again.

It's obvious that life is filled with pains and setbacks. The outstanding man of the time has endured great pressure and bitterness , which, seems to us unbelievable. If life is to pursue happiness, how come we experience resent, disappoint. To battle against it is not  happiness,but their objection.

If life is maturity of mind, it doesn't make sense.  What's the sign of  maturity? Who can claim he is mature enough? It's a life-long lesson. Maybe Confucius, Buddha, Jesus have already done that, yet, they are one of billions in thousands of years.

Therefore, there is no meaning of life, but tasks. The  difference is that tasks varies and are changeable, while meaning is fixed and permanent. It exists life-long tasks, but has no permanent meaning of life.

A task is comprised of two parts. The motivation to do sth and the of  knowing how to achieve it.

Before that, there is another thing of the essence. Cultivate a self of wisdom, consciousness and mercy, regardless of who you are and what you do, for you can do nothing but be at the mercy of primitive instincts.

Motivation is inborn, One cannot  persuade himself to love someone. Wisdom, is learned. Men degraded into primitive without wisdom, while without motivation, life is built on drifts.

Many people's life go wrong with these two factors. Sometimes they have no idea of  their desires, sometimes they get stuck in lust.

Someone said that profoundity is not a necessity of life,  earnestness is. It's true. Thus, there are two basic tasks on my life list: 1.find out what you love and cultivate a self of wisdom. The former needs talking with your heart, the later needs practicing day by day, year in year out.