4/1/2024 0 Comments Circle of life meaning![]() ![]() But there is always a danger that I might start wondering what gives meaning to that ‘something bigger’. The story provides me with an identity and gives meaning to my life by embedding me within something bigger than myself. Second, whereas a good story need not extend to infinity, it must extend beyond my horizons. Like movie stars, humans like only those scripts that reserve an important role for them. A New Guinean tribesman is unlikely to believe in Zionism or in Serbian nationalism, because these stories don’t care at all about New Guinea and its people. To give meaning to my life, a story needs to satisfy just two conditions: first, it must give me some role to play. Yet in order to construct a viable identity for myself and give meaning to my life, I don’t really need a complete story devoid of blind spots and internal contradictions. ![]()
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