Meaning is a trait that we give to an object. Something becomes meaningful only when we make it so and it becomes meaningful only to us. Usually meaning will be given to something when a person either knows about it or thinks about it.
Lets say there were two people walking through a forest. One is an average person and one is a botonist. The normal person would walk through the forest rather quickly not thinking about much and might stop a few times to look at plants he thinks are cool.The botonist would have a much greater appreciation for the forest than the average man and would walk through in wonder and would study almost all of the plants. those people would behave that way because of what they give meaning to. To a normal person, the forest is just like any other but to a botonist, everything is different and exciting.
If the normal person were to stop and think about his surroundings and how different they each were, he might start to apreciate the forest a little more because he would give meaning to it.
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