1. The Breeze of My Wind
Wind may blow benignly
Wind may blow discordantly
Wind may make sandstorms, snowstorms, and death
Wind may also be cherished on a scorching hot day
Wind is not pure
Wind is not impure
Wind is there all the time
Wind is only a silent test
An unseen force
It’s not felt until it’s gone
As the wind’s purpose is to blow
My purpose like a feather
not knowing where the wind will take me
- Zoe Patterson

2. The Meaning of Life
by Sophia Morgan
The meaning of life is death.
You live and then you die. You`re born to die. I
believe that God made us to die. That probably sounds
really cruel but it isn’t.
Imagine that God is a sword maker and we are some
dirty, old pieces of ruble. the sword maker tosses the ruble
into a fire. That's god giving us life. In the fire the ruble
experiences a loving warmth but also a brutal burn. We
have great days but we always have worse. then he pours
the melted ruble into a mold. When we are dying god
shapes us. we realize what we should and shouldn’t have
done and we regret. He places the mold into freezing cold
water, soothing and relaxing us from the pain we`ve been
through. We are the perfect sword.
death perfects us. That is the only reason we have bad
days. Its not to punish us its to reward us.
Now through death we gain a second birth. when your
born you gain life. So, do we get a second life and if there
is two lives is there two meanings of life? I say yes! The
meaning of the first life is death and whats the opposite of
death? LIFE! The meaning of the second life is life.

3. Discovery?
The Meaning of life,
like a computer can not be all the way detected.
Can you try to find the meaning...Yes.
It haunts you with objects,
like fire wall disabling info or clues.
But do you stop there,
go on the site, or go to another?
Decide Boring or unexpected?
Curious or obvious?
When you live curious what may you find?
Secrets, treasures,
or maybe nothing but are you always sure?
But can you leave your boring old life
once you have went in it!
Well that’s a question that only you can answer.
Can you make them be more curious...No.
But can you help them?
Are they the same after they go curious,
who knows?
Its their way they live!
Does the curiosity rub with the non-curiosity?
Will it be “pleasant” or “unpleasant”,
for you or somebody else?
Including them!
Can it change their character?
Will it have an effect on anyone else?
Is there an end to how much curiosity?

4. Can you help it if you have no limits?
Can you stop your own curiosity?
Can you change your own boundaries?
Would knowing make it better?
The meaning of life is to have
curiosity.
~ Ethan Hunt

5. Locked in Boxes
The tied knot of my questions not yet unraveled,
no signs of finding my meaning.
I am a boat without oars floating in my pond of thoughts,
blurry signs of movement.
I’ve always been seen but never heard,
helplessly turned onto mute.
My meaning hasn’t yet sprouted its wings to fly
and so I’m a taped photograph stuck in one place.
Locked in a box in my soul,
only seen by me.
Everyone who is locked in their soul
has a quest to find the key,
a key of the knowledge
to what you have questioned in your life.
My key is awaiting in the depths of my soul,
in the light, waiting.
But your key is hidden differently
It is and always will be your own.
~ Galcia Lopez

6. Love
The meaning of life is love
The love you give,
And the love given to you
Although love is love
Love is not always right
Love can ignite wars
Even begin a religious fight
Though love can lead to fear full occurrences
Love can create joyous situations too
Love can form a family
Love can STOP a war
Love is the most powerful force on earth
Love is like one road diverging into two paths
On the left, the fights and the war
On the right, the peaceful people and objects
We have two choices
You could think love is war or peace
Me?
I’m stuck in the middle with love
~Madison White~

7. MEANING OF LIFE
The meaning of life is to achieve the impossible goals
we have set out to before we die
so we could be remembered forever.
Life isn’t easy, but it gets better when you do your best
The impossible goals are the ones that make you feel awesome inside when you reach them
Will is what we all need to achieve those goals
Achieving those goals will help you be remembered forever
You will be remembered when you die
Will you achieve goals that may help a lot of people?
Would you rather die doing something great?
Achieving those goal may earn you a specific day where others will celebrate you
Up in Heaven you will be looking down at all those people celebrating you
Achieving those goals really pay off by making you feel good inside
You need encouragement to achieve those goals
You will get that encouragement from the people who love you
And when you got that encouragement
You achieve the impossible goals so you can be remembered forever
And that is the meaning of life
~ Jacob Maggard

8. Meaning Of Life
By:Layton Sedate
The meaning of life,
the path you choose.
It is a dream that awaits you.
A light that is coming down from the unknown.
Once you find it, you will see it is more
majestic,
than anything you’ve ever seen,
the meaning of your life.
My meaning of life?
Only if your belief is opposite or the same
will my belief matter.
My belief is that I should spread the word of God,
all around the world.
When I am spreading the news of God,
I feel blissful and astonished.
To me the meaning of life is just for me,
not made for anyone else.
God made it just for me.

9. My Meaning of Life
The meaning of life has no definition,
it’s never the same,
how it’s different,
makes it unique,
for every living soul,
My meaning of life is like a tree filled with leaves,
some leaves fall and others don’t,
Like the million of stars stuck in space,
waiting to be discovered,
Like fire, can cause war or peace,
Like money,
used and wasted,
abused and hated,
loved and wanted,
But is there a meaning to it?
Is there a meaning to your life?
I don’t know, you decide.
By: Emily David

10. My Meaning of Life
The meaning of life is a hidden cave,
Where you search for your beliefs,
My cave is thoughts,
Thoughts get me higher to my goal,
Thoughts can be shattered but not destroyed,
Thoughts can or cannot be defined,
It’s your choice,
You control your thoughts,
Until you say them,
You can still get lost,
No one can think for you,
Therefore no one can interfere in your life,
Still undefined to many,
Find your cave,
Start now.

11. Andrew Garcia, 11, 5th
Mrs.Ball~ kball@neisd.net
Wetmore Elementary (210) 407-8800
3250 Thousand Oaks
San Antonio, TX 78247
My True Meaning
I am a seed,
growing with power,
choosing to bloom,
or stay trapped,
I will go down the path that is best,
for I think it is the honorable choice,
for me and my future,
I will bloom for I choose to,
I do not in force,
I will do the right thing when I am ready,
I believe in myself,
for my life is my meaning,
will you believe?
The meaning of life,
is my choosing,
to me and to you,
I live to make happiness,
for myself and others,
finding the truth,
about me,
and my presence,
to do what is right,
for me and my beliefs,
Going down the noble path,
is my choice,
living to the fullest of my dreams,
backing down from it,
no way,
I can stop if I choose,
others can’t stop me,
I believe in me,
can you?

12. Follow your dream
“The meaning of life is to witness the sun
setting over a hill
where the orange red sky has changed
to eternal darkness.
The meaning of life is to be social and have friends.
No one can judge for who you are.
The meaning of live is to fail and try again.
Never give up because if you do,
you start to fade away from your hope.
The meaning of life is to set your goals .
you know you can achieve all of them.
And tomorrow this pattern starts all over again.”’
- Noel Ruiz (2001 - )

13. The Meaning of Life
By: Peyton
The meaning of life to me,
is having your own person to be.
The characteristic that separates the inanimate from the animate,
But that’s not all it is.
Like seasons have their own weather,
our problems can be very light weight.
Every tree has its own leaves,
Every person has their own goals.
The meaning of life is different,
than a life of meaning.
There is a thin line between the right and wrong path,
make the wrong decision and you feel the wrath.
The meaning of life is to be who you really are inside.
There is absolutely no reason to hide.

14. Philosophy of the Purpose of Living
by Kendall Wiles
What is the meaning of life? This is different to
all people, of all cultures, races, and heritage.Take
the time period of segregation for example, do you
think many people had the same philosophy about the
effects it had on African Americans? The meaning of
life is a complex belief based on everything you have
ever learned, seen, heard, felt, touched, and tasted.
The meaning of life is not as simple as a want, nor a
need, but... it is complicated. Let me put it this
way, a person who has had or is having a meaningful
life is very clear on their personal meaning of THEIR
personal life. The general, synonymous phrase to the
meaning of life is “The purpose of not being dead.”
“Death.” What does this really mean? In simple
form, it is leaving your life behind, but is it more
than that? YES. After, or even in, death, you find
your life either great, or worse than it might have
been if you just laid back a little, and had fun. As a
thought, “What’s the worst thing that could happen? I
could die. Well, I’m going to die anyway, so why not
die having fun?”
Leave a legacy, BE REMEMBERED, and make your life
WORTH REMEMBERING for far after death, for generations
and generations after your time has gone, think of
people like Socrates, “An unexamined life is not worth
living.” This is what his vision of a utopia was. He
wanted everyone to examine and question life as they
knew it. Give people something to remember you by,
WHATEVER you want to be remembered by.
The meaning of my life is to leave a legacy of
greatness, love, and kindness, but that’s still a work-
in-progress at the moment, as if I am a composer,
writing a piece of music that will never be completely
finished until I decide it is. I believe that you have
not completely fulfilled your meaning of life until

15. you believe you have. Someone else can’t tell you “You
did great, YOU’RE DONE!” without you truly believing it
yourself. You have to please ONE person in life, YOU.
The meaning of life is like a new species, eager,
and waiting to be discovered. Just like two species,
no two people are the same. Neither are two people’s
purposes of life.Each person should, in my opinion,
try to unearth their personal meaning of life, but
whether or not they will is another story. My perfect
utopia is that everyone at least tries to find their
personal philosophy, but that is just MY purpose in
life. That’s MY goal. What’s yours?

16. The Meaning of Life
The meaning of life to me is survival. Why were we born?
We were born to survive. That’s why there is food, water,
shelter. We were born to survive, then reproduce to keep
our population from extinction. And when the time comes,
we were made to die. This is the way of life. To live,
produce, then die. Nothing more, nothing less. We weren’t
made to become a judge. We weren’t made to be governor.
We weren’t even made to become the president. These
are all systems that humans invented. These are things
we can do to help our population grow, and succeed. But,
this is NOT what we were made for. The meaning of life is
survival.
~Summer Farrens (2001- )

17. The Quickening
The Meaning of life is not to worry about your purpose
Because from the moment your life began
in a burst of joy
To the moment you die
with a eruption of woe
Your purpose will have been fulfilled
The purpose of life is to live a long and vigorous one;
vigorous enough to know both sides of the coin.
The meaning of life is to contribute
to the everlasting pushes and pulls of the universe
from everything within it.
~ Brenden Hernandez

18. The Warehouse of the Meaning of Life
By Alex Hoxie
The Meaning of life for me is that you don’t know your meaning of life
until your are ready to handle it. When you are ready, you enter a huge
warehouse. Your truth leads you to your box. When you open the box, you
find a sheet of paper. Inscribed on it is your personal meaning of life.
Adolf Hitler knew he had a meaningful life, but that doesn’t mean he
was good. Not all meanings are good. Osama bin Laden had a
meaningful life. Other horrible people have had meaningful lives. We just
tend to think meaningful as good.
I think that Hitler’s meaning of life would have been to wipe out the
Jews. But, it goes deeper than that. If you look at the quotes you see that
Hitler is like a philosopher. His purpose is probably deeper than just to wipe
out the Jews. Hitlers quotes:
“ The victor will never be asked if he told the truth.” This quote
is very interesting because it is very dynamic in that it is told from the
standpoint from a cruel man. It also has to do with a person’s truth and as
an extension, his meaning of life. In sharp contrast is Winston Churchill,
a totally different person than Hitler. But you see similarities. Take these
quotes: “ A lie gets half way around the world before the truth can get its
pants on.” “Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually,
they will believe it.” The first one is by Churchill, the second by Hitler.
How could two people with so different meanings of life have such similar
philosophies?
Not everyone is ready. People are ignorant about their purpose.
Only a select few can enter the warehouse. Most boxes will lay unopened
forever. The way that you know if you are ignorant or not is that if you have
actually considered the possibilities and accepted that their is a meaning of
life. And if they have actually started striving for it then they will realize that
they do have a purpose. But, the people who do stride for it are rewarded
with the knowing of their purpose.