the purpose of life

more armchair philosophizing, why not?

perhaps '"the" purpose of life' is a bit strong, let's try '"a" purpose of life', eh?

a purpose of life: to answer the question "what kind of person am i?"

one may think that one knows the answer, but if one is honest, one will find that one does not know the answer until one is forced to make a choice.

example:

Q: am i the kind of person that can put the needs of another before my own?
guessed answer from 12 months ago: no
real answer, gained from recent experience: evidently, to some extent, yes

example2:

Q: am i the kind of person that needs another?
A from 6 months ago : no
A today : yes

what kind of person am i?

in the past, i avoided making the choices that could help answer.

i will never know the full answer, but the picture becomes more clear with each decision (and it's not always pretty).