There is no meaningless Existence

"I've just snapped I can't take this meaningless existence anymore. I've been a constant disappointment and that trend would have only continued."

That is what the teenage US Mall shooter at Omaha had written in his suicide note to his parents and well wishers before the loathsome act.

Meaningless existence, well that is something bothers most of us from time to time. Even when we are doing well in life, there is some kind of vacuum which is always there, engulfing us and our day to day affairs in a negative way.

What are we doing in this world. Just feeding and helping ourselves, our family members, our egos? There is always a spiritual vacuum and a feeling of helplessness for not being able to do something much more meaningful.

But then, I believe, that feeling has to be corrected a little. That is how we survived because our parents went through this meaningless (?) existence, and that is how our children will survive because we will go through this meaningless (?) existence.

Bringing up a family in the best possible way is a very meaningful exercise, and imparting children the right values (also making them aware of some practical issues to confront the modern challenges) is equally important.

Else, you will have delinquent, misguided youth eager to press the trigger at the slightest provocation.

Give your children the right education. And that holds good not just for parents, but for teachers and society members as well. This will reduce the chances of ‘’meaningless existence.’’

Lot many people end up just taking care of themselves and their family matters. But if they do it in the right way, they will be serving their maker as much as those who have served the humanity.