The goal of the goalie is to keep the scoring ball away

What is the meaning of life, the purposed of life? You really don't have to go to the Oracle of Delphi to find out. Having been off a number of days during the Christmas and New Year's holiday, and now being back at work, I've learned a few things—about life. It's nothing as lofty as you might think. It's very simple. Life needs a purpose, a goal in order to work effectively. Without a goal, or purpose, life is much more aimless; there is no direction. We wander, we are listless, and we wallow in self-pity. We become uncomfortable in our situation.

So where do we start? When we're in school, out goal is to finish, to graduate. We have a goal and purpose. After graduation there is another goal, to get a job and become successful, so we seek that out. It is necessary to always have purpose in order to have direction. We must always have another one at hand as we finish up our first. It fact it is possible to have several working out at one time.

That is why people seem to waste away when they're out of work for a while, either retired or downsized. They are crushed with self pity or remorse. There is no goal or purpose to guide them, period.

K.