I assume you mean human or sentient life, rather than life in general. Me, I like to think we’re here so the universe can look at itself. On a more pragmatic

I assume you mean human or sentient life, rather than life in general. Me, I like to think we’re here so the universe can look at itself. On a more pragmatic and personal level, to live, to experience, to be finite yet utterly unbounded. I deal with the nihilistic ocean over which we swim by making a point of stopping to smell the roses - to borrow from Buddha by way of Gandhi - “The Path is the Goal”. To borrow from Ferris Bueller - “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you might just miss it. “