in search of meaning

I was recently introduced to the book Man's Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl. I have to admit that I did not manage to read the whole book.
It is a small book. It probably says more about me than about the author that I was unable to read it all the way through.
Today I met up with someone who I knew when we were children. 40 some years have skidded past since last we said hello.
One would think that catch up chit chat would be the main topic of conversation ...but no.
Straight into the Heart of the matter we went. He has arrived at that point in life which most of us face at some time. The crisis of the Soul. The search for meaning.

It is an honour and a privilege to connect with someone at a time like this. To discuss what really matters to our Hearts and Souls.

Also, it is extremely gratifying to see the willingness to make a change, despite the under-lying fear.

So many of us are trapped in our situations because making a change seems to be too overwhelming. We mistakenly believe that we require another to give us permission to make the changes. Often we need to merely step out of the box and leave it behind. And claim the life we deserve instead of the one we are living.

As a teenager, we decide what career we would like to follow, and head off to college or university to prepare for the life we envisage. We study hard, work hard and eventually begin to enjoy the fruits of that labour ...and then suddenly, some decades later, we discover that the whole of our life is being dictated by the decisions we made as a spotty-faced teenager! How on Earth did that happen, we ask ourselves?

It came about because we work and live unconsciously. It is when we become conscious and awake and aware that we start to question the validity of it all. Of the value of it all. To ourselves. To our Soul. Unless we are engaged with work that is life supportive for our Souls, we will feel unfulfilled.

It is up to us to make the change. When is the right time to do that, we ask? Well, the moment you take the step - that is the right time. The question really is - How long are you prepared to carry on, knowing that you will become more and more Soul-weary?

What is in it for you to stay put? What is in it for you to take the leap of faith and claim a life that will make your Soul sing?

What price are you prepared to pay - to stay? What price are you prepared to pay - to shift?

Do what makes your Heart and Soul sing.

What is your Big Dream? And when are you going to claim it?

Tell me .......because I care. I care.