SATIRE

Why Life Is a Huge Question Mark That Every Philosopher Has Failed to Answer

In the footsteps of self-help torchbearers who lit the way, I won’t disappoint

Caroline de Braganza
3 min readSep 22, 2021

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Image by S. Hermann & F. Richter from Pixabay

I’ll leave you in the dark, just as they did — only I won’t charge you thousands of dollars to learn nothing. I’m offering it for free!

People assume because I’m a septuagenarian, I know more about life than most people.

They’re correct.

86% of the global population is younger than I, so they still have a pile of poop to wade through before they understand they know nothing.

My grey hair and new specs give credence to my image as an elder ready to dispense wisdom to the teeming asses.

Now I’ve handled my personal branding. Let’s move on.

There’ll be no panel discussions. You’re free to leave a compliment in the response section at the end — stay the course, carry on reading.

Life is more question marks plural.

The three most popular ones people toss me in my latest role as philosopher extraordinaire are:

  • Who am I?
  • Why am I here?
  • What is my life purpose?

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Caroline de Braganza
Caroline de Braganza

Written by Caroline de Braganza

Wise Older Woman (WOW). Poetry, essays, humor. Passion for mental health, social justice, politics, diverse cultures, the world and environment.

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