The meaning of life

I always feel that the meaning of life is continuity. The continuity of life enables human to learn from the past, to make improvement and to pass knowledge and technique to the next generation. And this is how the world runs. Isaac Newton once said “If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” Without all the efforts that the predecessors made, it is impossible for him to make such extraordinary breakthroughs in physics and mathematics. Perhaps unlike Newton, what we can do is little and normal, like a drop in the sea of human history. However, in the long run, indeed these small drops structured our society. Furthermore, what we learnt and passed on is not only knowledge but also questions and dreams. Those are the impulses that always push our society forwards. We have been dreaming about flying to the sky for thousands of years. Step by step, we are making the dream come true. People live, people die. What is the end? But I think the end is not important. What really matters is the process. As a part of human continuity, we learn, we teach, we enjoy and we live a meaningful life.