"The Meaning of Life" by Koutaro Ohnishi
Huff Huff Huff. Leo was running as fast as he could to his mentor, Mr. Thompson. He darted into his room like a cheetah trying to catch its prey. “Mr.Thompson I have a really really important question to ask you! What is the meaning of life?” Mr.Thompson looked at Leo like he had just seen a dodo bird. He was so confused that he did not know what Leo just said. Mr.Thompson asked Leo “What did you just say?” Leo answered, “What is the meaning of life?” “There are many ways of thinking about this question. Even though I am 74 years old I still don’t know what it means. The only way of knowing is after you pass away. Then you will look back to your life and see what the whole point of you living was about. But I do have a guess. I think it means to mature and think of new ideas. Humanity always thinks of new ideas, but what would happen if we just stopped imagining and making new ideas.” Leo was shocked. He just thought of something really really weird. “What would...