Hungry for Meaning

From a fellow writer who is finding her new voice and purpose more every day, this is a quote she uses in her email signature … "Our souls are not hungry for fame, comfort, wealth or power.  Those rewards create almost as many problems as they solve.  Our souls are hungry for meaning, for the sense that we have figured out how to live so that our lives matter, so that the world will at least be a little bit different for our having passed through it." – Harold Kushner

Now THAT is a powerful statement, one that should resonate with us all …

First of all, life is in fact about our souls. Not fame or comfort. Not wealth or power. Those are important to many people, but they are secular and fleeting, and they can be lost. Or taken away from you, as happened to our family when we left Cuba behind and started our lives over in America. They are not the things that matter, in the end. And never forget … it is in fact about the end.

Second, it is an inherent truth that we are hungry for meaning. We want our lives to matter, and it is heroic to have that inborn perspective. But only if we recognize and accept that responsibility. Some people are very visible heroes but all people can be palpable heroes, if only they choose to. Some people are what I call “loud and proud” but most of the real heroes in life are hidden in the wings, not on stage but there just outside the periphery, helping others play their parts.

Third, we CAN make the world a little different. It is in our power, if only in the corner of the world that we influence or live in. And isn’t that the most important corner for each of us? In our industry which is based on sponsoring people, we say “each one, reach one” … isn’t that what we should all be looking to do, every chance we get.

Don’t just pass through. Think more and you will know how best to make a difference … God will lead you.