What is the Meaning of Life?

Recently I was watching a children’s television show on YouTube with my kids, when the host asked, “What is the meaning of Life?” His response was typical: “I don’t know,” but what he said next made me laugh: “I don’t know, but I could really go for a smoothie right now!” It’s funny to think about, but isn’t that how many of us respond to the big questions of life? I don’t have the answer but a smoothie sure sounds good right about now!

We end up numbing ourselves with immediate pleasures when we really need to do is search for the truth. We mask our deep longings for meaning in…