meaning of life and needs

Days passing by so fast! I really do not get time to write any thing… today Hayriye told me “hey girl make your mind on what do you want to do, I am waiting for the moment you collapse!” Maybe…. I’m still restless…

Tonight before I sleep I started my usual quick check of my favorite weblogs, I got stuck in the “the enchanted soul” , I like it a lot...

Then I summarized my thoughts as a comment for “the enchanted soul” which I thought I should write it in my weblog just as a place to get back to it later….
Needs: I agree that there are needs which are different for different people. But how are our needs are defined? One can use the Maslow's hierarchy of needs to model and describe it. However I always thought that it is evolution which is defining our needs. Isn’t it all the matter of survival? We as well as animals want to survive. This survival mechanism is different in nature and evolves by time and in the interaction to the surrounding. In the earlier time, societies and as a consequence the human needed were (and in some places of the world still is) eating, reproduction, security, etc. then in a more complex situations or modern time, human realizes that needs are more than just basics to be able to survive. We learn that honesty, friendship, etc would help us in a long run to survive and opposite. Morals are formed and different social laws are established… and this goes on, sort of irritating circuit, leading to natural selection. As a matter of fact nobody knows if certain results are better than the others!
Some of us learn that hope and positive approach to life is one way of surviving. That is why we can look at the longer future, work hard to achieve our goal and do not bother with the short time immediate needs.
Of course I know that I am simplifying the question, but I just wanted to see what you guys are thinking…

Meaning of life: I always have been busy with this subject. It is always in mind that why am I alive? It actually happened that when I was kid, I saw an earthquake, and I saw too many of my friends and family members died in a second. The biggest question of my life since has been why did I survived? (Given the circumstances that is just a total bold chance!) but I am sort of given up on it. Some times we do not have a control over what it happens, like coming to this world, but what I have control over is”enjoying life” and “live the moment” since what ever looks solid, can become a smoke in couple of second.

Ach! I again am getting just 4 hours of sleep… I hope I get chance some times to update…