Understanding the Meaning of Life

On the time scale of the history of the Earth an individual human lifetime is a mere blink of an eye. We're born, we live, and we die. What is the point of living? If we're all going to be dead in the end anyway, what difference does it make what we do with our lives? Does the finality of death make life meaningless? Why did an All-wise Creator put humans on this earth? Is …

…being exposed to spiritual troubles and pains is that a man must aim for the love and good pleasure of God. A man must order his life around his aim. 'A heart devoid of and not actively seeking out the Friend cannot be freed from troubles and pains. A head in which there is no love of the Friend has no meaning and value in it; for it consists only of bones and skin.'