Something meaningful to me

I originally was stuck on what I wanted this blog to be about but reading the end in Frank Kafka's "the metamorphosis" made me realize how meaningful family really is to me.

Mr. Samsa, at the end if the story, says "let's let bygones be bygones" to his family and they indulge in some long overdue family quality time. This quickly became my favorite part I the book because it made me really think about how my family is. Maybe I'm Lon overdue for some binding time with my mom or my siblings. We get so caught up in our lives and careers that we sometimes don't take the time to really bind with those who will love us and accept us for who we are. So yeah, family means a lot to me.

Who would Camus/Voltaire vote for?

This is a challenging question if you don't pay that much attention to politics.

In my opinion, neither Camus or Voltaire would vote at all. Camus is an absurdist, so he doesn't believe that there is no meaning in life. He would feel like his vote wouldn't matter. Voltaire sees little sense in society and he would feel like his vote would be for the lesser of two evils. So he would just not vote.

However, I can see Voltaire voting for Obama. In Candide, he satirizes the upper class and seems to be more supportive of the average/middle class, which is parallel to Obamas campaign.

What is life?

What is life? The answer depends on who you're asking. Life, in my opinion, is defined by its two constants: the constant battle between right and wrong, or good and evil, and the constant of change.

The battle between right and wrong would define life because it consumes us in almost every thought. Just about every decision that we make us based on if we thought it was the "right" or "good" thing to do. And for most of us, we feel bad when we have done something wrong or evil.

Therefore, the meaning of life is to define right and wrong, pick a side, and try to live by it.

Life wouldn't be life without change. Which is why I believe change defines life. As humans, we change constantly, no matter how much we try to keep things consistent. Change is an inevitable aspect of every day life, meaning we should embrace change and with it, try to maximize the richness of our lives.

Candide is a murderer and is still alive.

Candide has murdered three men. In my opinion, he deserved to die but he is LUCKY that he was only robbed of all the fortune he gathered in Eldorado. Especially since the wages if his crimes back then was death (by being burned alive at the stake).

Candide, at the beginning was innocent and some if his actions were excusable. And we can even let his first murder slide. But when he killed that first man... I know he felt something inside of him, and I know it felt wrong. Not to mention he was running away from possible punishment (which tells us that he certainly knew it was wrong). So with that being said, he had to have known murder is wrong by the time he killed man #2.

Is the unexamined life worth living?

An unexamined life is a meaningless life of confusion and idiocy. If our actions, thoughts, and morals are never examined, even just a little, we would never grow or improve as a people; we would be content with mediocrity and we would make decisions based on fragile things like feelings and emotions.