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Stop Asking, “What is the Meaning of Life?”
Instead, ask a different question.
What is the meaning of life?
Humans have probably been pondering this question since the moment we could ask it.
Why are we here?
What is our purpose?
What does it all mean?
Aren’t we all, in one way or another, seeking the answers to these very questions? And aren’t we seeking them because we feel like something is missing? Like there is a void inside of us that needs to be filled?
We often use words like meaning and fulfillment to describe the state of mind in which that void has been filled. It’s here, in this semi-mythical space, that we imagine we’d feel a deep sense of wholeness, completeness, and peace — like life is continually unfolding in the right direction.
But, what if we are confused about how to fill this void? What if life’s meaning and fulfillment cannot be obtained intellectually or through any worldly achievement? What if it’s not a formula to be discovered or an equation to be solved? What if we’re asking all the wrong questions and looking in all the wrong places?
Instead of asking, what is the meaning OF life?, what if we asked, what is the meaning IN life?
