When asking strangers on the street and family members about the meaning of wisdom and life I got many different answers. Alot of the answers were worded differently but basically meant the same thing. For example a random man on the street said he thought that wisdom was "Experience repackaged as advice" and my father said "Wisdom is knowledge gained through life experience." Both of these answers are saying that wisdom comes from experience. When someone has experienced something they are able to get a better understanding because they have witnessed it and been through the motions.
Everybody i interviewed thought that family was one of the most meaningful things in their lives. When I asked my father why family was the most meaningful thing to him he said that everything that he does has to do with the family. Family is usually the closest people to you because you have spend a large amount of your life with them and have been through the hard and good times together. Family doesn't always have to be blood related they can be people who you have close relationships with. My younger brother thought that having fun was one of the most meaningful parts of his life. He thought that life doesn't always have to be meaningful but you should be having fun because you only live one time.
A pattern i noticed was that alot of people said that happiness and being happy and having fun was what made life meaningful. Most people say this because no one doesn't like being happy and being happy usually means that you are having fun and enjoying life. Having fun and enjoying life is meaningful because you are not wasting your life with things you do not want to do.
What is meaningful and meaningless can be different for everybody. The same types of things can be the meaningful for example Family, money etc but someone can't tell another that something is not meaningful to that person because there aren't them.
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