— KES. PROJECTIONS. 48892.1

The surprising answer, for many of us, is… No.

Either the thought simply hasn’t crossed our minds to question the meaning of life—which, admittedly, is rare. Or we’ve asked those deeper questions, found them too unsettling (or flatly unanswerable); and we’ve made the conscious decision not to ask them anymore. Period.

There’s something to be said for the latter view. Why bother delving into such questions if no final answer is forthcoming? Or if it only makes us cranky and confused? Or worse, if we end up deciding that life is meaningless after all? Better to take things as they come, embracing both the joys and sorrows, living fully in the moment.

In fact, even for those who find a reflective approach more fulfilling, not asking the deeper questions can be a good thing. Because we find our answers to Who We Are only by actively being Who We Are. We decide what we’re doing here by first doing something. We discover our purpose by feeling that something we’ve done has meaning.

In other words, if we would spend our time being, doing and feeling instead of asking, the answers would take care of themselves soon enough.

It is good to ask, but better to be. Before I can reflect on my life, I must give myself experiences to reflect on. Today I will stop talking and start doing.

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The above meditation is taken from Going Boldly on Your Inner Voyage © 1999-2004, IF Books.

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