The need to be earthly

I've never objected people from being earthly, I believe living as an organism on earth, if we give up on being earthly, we would not be able to survive.

When people asking me what's the meaning of life, I would say there's no specific meaning, if, say, helping the needy can be the meaning of life, then what are the meanings of those life who are in need? When you think it through, it would be quite depressing, we wouldn't be that ridiculous to say their meaning of life is to make our life meaningful. Instead, I would say since I don't wanna die now, I already have every reason to stay alive. I cannot explain exactly why I don't wanna die, but I can find gratifications in every single day that stop me from thinking of dying.

It's an absolute true that every human being should have 1 or more lifetime goals to pursue. They aren't necessarily to be practical, it is like tying a bone on a dog's tail to keep the dog chasing its ass, so the lifetime goal(s) is to keep us walking. Those goals can be like buying a porsche, getting the best house in town or earning more than Bill Gate! As long as the goal(s) is not something immoral, I think it's vital for a person to get 1 or more to maintain one's psychological well-being. Moralists always say worldly desires make people blind, but I say when we live in an urban city like Hong Kong, it's hard to shut ourselves completely out from those worldly thing. Everybody knows how important these worldly little things play in the part of motivating our daily life, if what makes me feel happy for all day long is an It bag, why not get one for yourself while you can afford to have one? What I'm trying to say is unless we are achieving these earthly goals by giving up your conscience, it's not a problem at all to pursue any material things.

Of course I personally have goals that are totally not materialistic, like love, but love won't directly push us to work hard, to motivate us to learn or improve, to make implicit contributions to the society or even to the whole mankind. Only if we want to have a better life, to possess more luxurious property, we have to keep working and generating new ideas in exchange of money and reputation. If human beings are not working, I can't imagine how the world operate. If we are not earthly, I cannot find any reason to make us all working so hard all day long...