Why do people climb mountains
To get to the top?
No
That cannot be the reason
It is merely an end point
Why do people go fishing
To catch the fish?
No
That cannot be the reason
Fishes are a plenty at the markets
Then why do people
Climb mountains
Go fishing
Explore the jungle
Spend entire lives
Doing research
Pursuing some activity
Over and over and over
Akin to addiction to drugs
It is not to reach the summit
Nor catch a fish
But to have a purpose in life
Be it momentarily
Until next mountain or fishing trip
Or next round of golf
The never ending endeavor
To maintain purpose in being
As life without purpose
Is meaningless
The end
