What Defines Life?

She smiled. "Today is the first day of the rest of your life." "I am aware of that", he said. "What is your point? " "Just curious. How do you envision your life? " "Well, quite similarly to the dictionary, which defines it as capacity for growth, or the period between birth and death." She smiled again. "I am asking you about your plans and goals." "Oh", he said, and moved his chair a bit closer to hers. "I hope that one day I will be very rich and famous. But how about you? What are your own goals and plans? " "Well, I see things in a different light", said she. "My dreams follow what in my opinion really defines life. So, accordingly, neither money, nor fame are the central goals of my existence. What I want most is to spend my years in giving love and being loved. Life enfolds as a difficult journey, hard but joyous, exciting and mystical. And I believe that it cannot be meaningful without the experience of love."