Quote:My question is not what is the meaning of life, because I don't feel you can give meaning to life and I think life just is.
Hi : ) I'm not an atheist, but I have an answer to your question.
Life is all about good deeds,either you believed that or not. Life's value is a variable at all times ; you are the one who evaluate its worth.
Your life would worths what you do in it. It isn't a personal touch or a delusion, it is true that people who invent, help & benefit other people (or even animals or plants) are feeling better about themselves.
For example, opening up a school for the poor or gardening some cherry trees would give you a reason to wake up every morning, feeling that your life is worth living.
It's very different to see a child laughing after playing with his mom, and another one crying because he/she got raped by a pedophile.
Life "is" all about good deeds. Despite the existence of religion, if we thought for a moment that life is about "our pleasure", it would be the dark ages again.
