Groundhogs Day

In the film, Groundhog Day, The main character Phil struggles with two basic questions: 1. How does one make meaning of life? and 2. When does life have meaning?
                Phil struggles through the movie to try and get through each day to make only himself happy. In the beginning and middle of the movie, Phil did selfish things and improved what he was doing to try and help himself out. Every day that he only thought of himself, he awoke the next morning to the same exact day until he realized it wasn't about him. It was not until the very end of the movie that he went through the entire day doing things that would help everyone around him and not just think of himself.
            I personally think that Phil finds the meaning of life when he starts helping others. He realizes that helping others and doing nice things makes him happy too. He starts to have a positive outlook on life and wants to get out and do more. I saw this when he attended the Groundhogs day party, when in the beginning he wanted nothing to do with it. I think he realized his life had meaning when he treated everyone so nicely and made many new friends.