Welcome to the happiness podcast. I'm Dr. Robert Puff. Purpose. Is there any purpose for us being here on this planet Earth as humans during our lives?

The first question to ask though is what do I mean by purpose?

And what I mean by that is, is there any reason that we're here as humans living this life?

Is there something we're supposed to do during our lifetime?

Or are we just here to live, like say a computer program or say an animal who may live their life and then

it's over.

There's really no purpose except to live life.

Or have we been born into this life with a purpose?

Is there something we're supposed to do so that when this life is over,

we can say, well done, we did well, we lived according to the purpose or plan by which we're supposed to live.

So the simple answer to this question of purpose is yes or no.

I know a yes or no answer can have a lot of implications, but it's at its root. It's simply

yes, I'm here to live a purpose or no. There is no purpose to my life. I'm just to live. And if there is no purpose, I think then the way

we live our lives is just to endure our lives, have fun, make it as pleasurable as possible, and then it's over.

There is no purpose but to get through this life pleasurably to have enjoyed it and to say

mostly they were more positive than negatives and it was a good trip.

It's like going on vacation and it was a good vacation. There wasn't any purpose to

the vacation. It was just a vacation and that vacation is called life.

And our life we try to enjoy as best as we can.

Now I'm not sure what percentage of the people in the world feel this is true, that there really

is no purpose to our lives. But my guess is, if you base it upon

religious beliefs and spirituality, that's about 10% of the people believe this. There really

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