The following article is from Free Inquiry magazine , Volume 18, Number 3. We are defined as persons by the plans and projects that we initiate and fulfill in the world. As I see it, creative achievement is the very heart of the human enterprise. The destiny of humankind, of all people and of each person, is that they are condemned to invent what they will be - condemned if they are fearful but blessed if they welcome the great adventure. The tasks that emerge in human civilization are for each individual and each society to forge his or her, or its, own destiny.
Human life has no meaning independent of itself.
There is no cosmic force or deity to give it meaning or significance. There is no ultimate destiny for humankind. Such belief is an illusion of its infancy. The meaning of life is what we choose to give it. Meaning grows out of human purposes alone.