Why are we here?

I've relayed before that asking this question is my earliest memory.

I believe we were put on Earth to explore our lives. By living, loving, suffering, rejoicing - we gain wisdom; we not only learn who we are, more importantly, we learn who others are. By coming to truly and fully understand that we are not alone, we also understand that the reality of you, I, and they is bound up together.

At our best, we celebrate that by having a compassionate disposition towards one another, and helping to spread the idea that the meaning of life is MEANING itself.