Comments by "" (@modickens1272) on "You do not need to justify your life: If you're here, you should be" video.

Its really true. Many spend their life trying to give it meaning when no meaning or purpose is required. As in the Disneyland analogy nobody goes to Disneyland and seeks the meaning of it. We can choose to give it a purpose in our own minds but its not required. I think people often get caught up in the mindset of meaning or purpose due to other people. ie. wanting to be successful or remembered, or look good etc. And most likely these " purposes " or meanings would not exist if they were the only person on earth. Would a person know they're short or fat, for example without the ability to compare themselves with others? They wouldn't. Life meaning is the same in a way. The ego often seeks purpose in order to be recognized by others. If a person only existed alone on earth they probably would be content with shelter, food, perhaps some animals as friends, but the notion of proving or validating their existence would be viewed as unnecessary most likely. They would just be. And that mindset is what we should have whether alone or with a million people.
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@psychacks that's true. No matter how well we can do with our own company, we are social creatures. Some more so than others. I really enjoy your insights Dr. Taraban. Ive been fascinated with the human mind since a teenager trying to figure out people's motives. Read many of the well known names of 19th and 20th century psychology and you give unique perspectives that are fresh and make a person think. No matter the extent of knowledge they previously obtained. People are fascinating but there can be a frustration with psychological knowledge and liberation at the same time. Frustration being, that just because you know why a person behaves as they do, doesn't mean you can alter the behavior beyond perhaps a momentary crisis. Its like a mechanic saying the engine blew a gasket. You know why the car is not drivable but that knowledge alone doesn't change the cars immobility. Its said only people can change themselves and though true, often they don't or almost can't. But the liberating part of all of this is we learn to accept or not accept people as they are. A big part of dysfunctional relationships is the inability to accept this reality, I believe. Anyhow, great work and insights as always.
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