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Well done! You’ve completed Week Three.
You are now halfway through the course.

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This week we have learned that humanists believe
that, by recognising that this is the one

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life we have, we can focus on living in the
here and now. There is not one single answer

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to the question of what makes a good life.
We need to focus on our individual needs,

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passions, and talents.

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Happiness is important: not simply feeling
happy, but a deeper, wider sense of wellbeing.

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We need to think about our lives as a whole,
about the story of our life. Meaning is often

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not found in some great revelation but rather
in those elusive moments when things come

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together. In connections: with friends and
family, with humanity stretching back into

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the past and forwards into the future, and
with the rest of the natural world.

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We have learned how, for humanists, our lives
may be finite and fragile, and not part of

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some grand universal plan, but they are not
inherently futile, we make meaning in them.

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And that meaning comes from facing reality,
rather than seeking to escape from it.

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We can’t all be happy. Not everyone can
lead a good life. That is reality. But more

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people could be happy and, as a humanist,
I believe we should work towards that.

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I look forward to seeing you next week.

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It will make me happy!