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What do the people around you say about living meaningfully?
Some define the meaning of life by actions, while others define it by aspects of ones personality, aspects of ones daily life or even sometimes objects.
One person who defined it by action was Michael Wexler, a high school gym teacher. When asked what was meaningful about his life, he said "the opportunity to interact with youth and offer them guidance". The most meaningful part of his life is something that he does and interacting with others.
A young middle-class caucasion female on the street did not define it by action. Her response to what was meaningful in life was "loyalty and humor". Her definitions of meaning are based on aspects of someone's personality.
Another person I encountered on the street named all of these for his answer for what is meaningful. He was a tall, possibly European, and caucasion. His response was "the future, thinking, being concious of ourselves and the world around us, and work to some extent". His response involved action ("work, thinking"), aspects of ones personality ("being concious of ourselves and the world around us"), however he also included "the future", in his reply. He did not clearly define what he meant by future, whether it was important because it is inevitable or because we should work for a better future, or maybe simply because it seems everything we do is for the future.