Once Upon a Time you had Meaning
Once Upon a Time Once upon a time, you had meaning. And the reason you knew you had meaning was because you had a Mom and a Dad who told you so, a God who loved you, and a community who needed you. Once upon a time, if something happened to you, a significant number of people would mourn your death. Not only because you were a good person and a good friend, but also because the community would suffer without your presence and skills. Now, for the vast majority of people, you can barely count on one hand the number of people whose life would be truly altered by your passing. For the most part, no one cares about you anymore. Your skills are ubiquitous, you have no true community, and God doesn’t exist. So what, you may ask, is exactly the point?? We have created a society that now offers almost none of the things that make people truly happy. Family, community, spiritual belonging; these are the foundational and primal b...