“The Bushmen in the Kalahari Desert talk about the two ‘hungers.’ There is
the Great Hunger and there is the Little Hunger. The Little Hunger wants
food for the belly; but the Great Hunger, the greatest hunger of all, is
the hunger for meaning… There is ultimately only one thing that makes
human beings deeply and profoundly bitter, and that is to have thrust upon
them a life without meaning.
There is nothing wrong in searching for happiness. But of far more comfort
to the soul is something greater than happiness or unhappiness, and that is
meaning. Because meaning transfigures all. Once what you are doing has for
you meaning, it is irrelevant whether you’re happy or unhappy. You are
content – you are not alone in your Spirit – you belong.” – Laurens van der
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