Life is simply chemical happenstance. A runaway process of self replication that has forged this world for billions of years.
We, the children of this happenstance, find ourselves intelligent because those chemicals that happened to be our forebears were more capable of reproducing when intelligent.
Some then think this is their purpose, to procreate. But we owe nothing to these processes.
We are our thoughts, our dreams.
It is up to us to determine what it means to live a life worth living.
Some philosophy is generally agreed upon.
To act in ways that better the lives of those around you, and to expect the same from others.
Kindness is not a goal, but only a good choice for living comfortably.
Those that choose violence for their ends believe this is a violent world because that is what they surround themselves with.
Look to the skies. The light of eons past falls upon us, from stars burning further than any of man may ever travel.
We are each an individual. To give that up is one of lifes true sins.
Fight always for individual freedom, and to chain the hands of those that would curtail you.
Laws to protect us all is the best way to avoid pain ourselves, sacrificing the enjoyment of the pain of others in return for their leaving us in peace as well.
Help the elderly, the sick, the lame, the retarded. Cruelty to these least of us is a shame that no one should forgive. It is a disgrace to throw them out, when we able can easily support them.
Man thrives on competition. Guide it with regulation, as you guide a sport with rules and referees, that it best rewards us all. But do not attempt to control it beyond that. The minds of ten million will better serve their peers than the minds of five hundred playing at pretending they might do better. Decentralization, competition, regulation. Anyone that says otherwise is trying to steal your life away.
Here is the ultimate answer to your question; create.
Art. Music. Spectacle. Organize. Dream. Share it with us.