The Meaning of Life

I have learned the meaning of life.  No, it's not 42.  And no, I am not taking the Seminary Student Cop-Out Answer("to have joy!").  

Before you get all mad at me and start exclaiming "false doctrine!" let me reassure you that I still know that the Book of Mormon is the word of God.  The verse I quoted above (2 Nephi 2:25) is 100 percent true.  Moreover, I also know that President Hinckley was acting as the mouthpiece of the Lord when he instructed us that life is meant to "be enjoyed, not just endured."  We are meant to be on this earth so that we can obtain a fulness of joy.  But how does one do that?

The answer to that question is what I have learned in the last two weeks.  

We fulfill our purpose as human beings when we live in a way that allows us to emulate the Savior.  We can emulate Him by striving to be exactly obedient to the commandments of God and by striving to love our brothers and sisters the way that He would love them.  Every time that we help someone to do something that they could not do on their own merits, we are emulating the Son of God, whose perfect Atonement enables all of us to live with Him again one day.