Dawn: note to self

Dawn. I was sitting by the lake and looking at the orange glow over the water’s horizon. The question about the meaning of life played across my mind. Then it came to me.

The meaning of life is created—not discovered. Like all the other important things in life, such as mathematics, philosophy, poetry, love, and the beauty of a spring dawn, the meaning of life is created from passion. I am sure that I have read and heard this many times during my life, but I was not listening.

I never learn anything unless I recreate it for myself. I wish I was better at doing that.