{"id":2995,"date":"2018-03-25T12:43:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-25T12:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=2995"},"modified":"2026-01-15T17:34:43","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T17:34:43","slug":"whatever-you-want-it-to-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=2995","title":{"rendered":"Whatever You Want It To Mean….."},"content":{"rendered":"

……. In The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy<\/a> a super computer determined that the meaning of life was\/is 42. Naturally I assumed that this was a wry joke on the meaninglessness of life – can I say that? Maybe an accountant would understand – break everything down to a number and you’ve got the answer or something like that.<\/p>\n

Well shame on my ignorance!! It took a note on FB to clarify the “concept of 42.” Apparently the author of the book, Douglas Adams, was a computer nerd and knew several computer languages including ASCII. The asterisk (*) in ASCII actually means – “Whatever you want it to mean” and to create an asterisk in ASCII you enter the numerals 42.<\/p>\n

The meaning of life – 42 – then becomes “Whatever you want it to mean.”<\/p>\n

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So, applying the statement to this blog, the meaning of life, for me, would be “Whatever happens.” Well, on the surface, maybe. But I like to think that, whatever happens has more of a cosmic meaning, rather than just the randomness of life.<\/p>\n

The full statement is, “Life is what happens, when you are making other plans.” So, again, you might set out by making life mean – whatever you want it to – and then your plans get rearranged because reality happens.<\/p>\n

Maybe I should say “Life is Reality.” I don’t think so. I still want to believe in dreams, in fantasy, in Art or in the art of making life what you want it to be or mean.<\/p>\n

Now, do we have to have a discussion of the difference between “being” and “meaning” – maybe another day.<\/p>\n

The picture? It’s a section of a sweater I knit in a pattern known as “crazy quilt<\/a>.” That is – you create the article, or garment by piecing random scraps together to form a harmonious design. It originally applied to fabric, but I created a randomly patterned fabric by knitting scraps of yarn together.<\/p>\n

I am always surprised when life, however pieced together it may seem, turns out to be amazing.<\/p>\n

Have an amazing day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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