I saw it more as stating the obvious to separate the wheat from the chaff. I have often problems getting stuck in tangents. Reminding myself of the simple realities alters my ways of thinking. Life is life. Simple stuff, but effective to meditate on. Life is life, nothing more, nothing less. We don't need to ascribe meaning to it that it does not have.

It's like the dark cave in Star Wars. It contains only what we bring with us.