Connor Hagan has written a very interesting post concerning the nature of a full life. After presenting his argument, his final conclusion was that there was no definite, overreaching definition of a "full life".
I fully agree with this sentiment, and it our inability to create a universal definition for the full life which, in my opinion, makes the idea so great.
As with many things, happiness is a matter of personal perception. We might say that this is due to the complex and individual nature of happiness, but even color, which is considered to be a fairly follow concrete laws, can vary between individuals, with or without eyesight conditions. If something so simple as color does not always have a true definition, then it would be almost impossible that a full life would.
And this is where the spice of life comes in. I don't think it's a good idea to spend time trying to figure out what the definition of a full life is. Instead, I think we should ask what our individual full life looks like. To find that joy that turns each of us into colorblind fools, in my opinion, is a much more worthwhile pursuit.
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