Quote from CaptainObvious:
People seem to think that defying death or travel to exotic places will bring purpose and meaning to their life. It will shape you, but leave you empty in the end. Like Hemmingway, you'll end up with a shotgun in your mouth. Problem is, today's purpose is tomorrows mundane task. So when asked have I lived, or am I just living, I have to ask, relative to what? Your life? Some adolesent fantasy? Someone else's idea of what life is?
Here's what I've found in my nearly six decades of sucking air. If you're doing it alone, you're missing the point of it all. Nothing more, nothing less.