āEren, itās time for bed dear!ā
My mother is incompetent. My bed time was exactly 47 minutes ago. āYes mother!ā.
Im not exactly sure how I came out the way I am being raised by someone so.. not intellectually equipped. But I love her anyways.
I walk into my bedroom and-
Im falling, and falling and then SPLAT.
Concrete?
āFelix, are you ready? What are you doing in the floor?ā
āIām Eren..?ā
āFor Christ sake, your a philosopher not a comedian! Felix.. these people read your books. They listen to you. The pope seems to have not affect on them.. please, mention our savior when you walk out on that stage, will you?ā
Stage? Meaning of life? Philosopher? Ohā¦ I must be dreaming.
āI donāt believe in God,ā I say as I walk to get this foolish dream over with.
Thereās a lot more fear than Iād expect from a dream walking onto a stage in front of a crowd. Does this mean I have stage fright?
āSo.. the meaning of life is what you askā¦ and an answer you shall receiveā I say stalling to think of something. I think for just a second before realizing what I believe in.
āHonestly thereās no meaning of life, only yours,ā. Silence from the crowd.
āWhat I mean is, my life has a different purpose then yours. I suppose if Feli- I am a philosopher my purpose is to teach, and therefore my meaning in life is to help others,ā.
āFelix, I am poor, I have no job, what is mine?ā A voice from the crowd asks. Itās sweet and feminine.
āYou have a sweet voice, you should just talk to people.. maybe your purpose is to sound like an angel?ā.
The woman smiles. āBut Felix, what about humanity as a whole?ā.
āHumanity as a whole? Weāre just here. Do you not understand? Thereās no meaning to life, thereās just life, and your life, together we all help each other, we help each otherās lifeās with our āpurposesā and āmeaningsā and all that junk. But besides that, there. Is. No. Meaning. Got it?ā
The audience seemed stunned.
I turned around to walk back through, I eyed the man clutching his bible and looking at the ground, never meeting my eyes, and then-
I was falling, and falling, and SPLAT.
Carpet feels so much better.
But if that was a dreamā¦ why would I wake in the floor..?