The Purpose and Meaning of Life
A number of years ago, I was asked by my karate master, “What is the meaning of life?” This question took me by surprise, but I answered, “I think the purpose of life is to be happy”. He said nothing in response to my answer but he did smile.
For over sixteen years, men participating in Men Mentoring Men (M3) have been discussing that same question. The answers tend to have core elements that may shift and vary as a man’s life evolves and circumstances change but these core elements never go away.
A typical M3 meeting is a very non-typical experience for most men. Our meetings generate deep reflection and curiosity about a man’s life. No matter what the particular topic, the real content of discussion relates to what a man thinks, feels, needs, desires, imagines or creates within the structures of his life. Indeed, inherent in every meeting, social encounter, workshop, newsletter, or relationship looms the same living question, “What is the purpose and meaning of life”?