This essay is about "What Makes a Meaningful Life" and "Why are we here?" In reference to the movie "Contact" with Jody Foster.

Early on, Ellie was curious about communicating to far away lands. Her father, Ted, helped arouse her interest in distant communication by showing her how to use a HAM radio. She asks her dad if it could be possible to talk to someone on the moon with her radio. He says "Well, if it's a big enough radio, I don't see why not." This leads her to question if it could be possible to talk …

…be meaningful anymore. I think being unable to prove what the meaning of life is, makes it mysterious and gives meaning to life. Man will continue searching for the truth about human kind and it is up to the individual believer to believe in whatever he wants to believe in. For those who are Christians, life will go on after this physical world has perished. To me, a true meaningful life is eternity with God.