What does it mean to live a meaningful life? Does it guarantee a happy life free from sadness and worry? Recent research suggests that although the two are certainly related, there are crucial differences between happiness and meaning.
I once had a therapist who nodded off during our session.
Another unexpectedly died between our second and third appointment. Perhaps I should have taken his fondness for rolling his own cigarettes and smoking them during our session as a warning sign.
I have a thought experiment for you. Imagine the place in your body where you feel the most pain. Maybe it's an aching lower back, a pounding headache, or tightness in your chest from stress and worry.