It’s interesting–being asked this question a decade ago was almost rhetorical, in that nobody had an answer and accepted it that way. I think some of us today have finally figured it out.
My belief is that the meaning of life on Earth is to fully experience being human. The human experience, meaning: Learning, growing, loving, hurting, healing, and doing it all through appreciative eyes. To live means to see the world for all its color, both bright and dark. Eventually one lives to learn that the whole color palette exists for enrichment; gray, black, bleak, and dreary do the same thing for us as the pinks, yellows, sunsets, and rainbows.
Not only that, but what’s Me is You. I’ve heard it described as “we’re all made of stardust.” I think that we’re essentially all One. We all come from the same Source. Call it God(s), Universe, Love & Light, whatever name we want to use, but we come from Source and go back to Source when we “die.” (Fun fact: Energy never dies, and we are all made of energy. Therefore we never really die. It’s not woo-woo. It’s physics!) How lucky we are that our souls were given the opportunity to come to Earth and be human.
I believe Source is probably Heaven–no pain, all love. We were all a bunch of energetic mish-mash in some light-filled bliss arena, waiting for our calling card to Earth. The concept of Heaven/Source is hard for us to understand after a while of being human. We forget about the value of our energy and consciousness once we’re conditioned enough. But, today in 2026, we’re waking up to the fact that energy and consciousness is all there is; our frequencies that we emit are the most important thing we have.
I feel my heart bursting with love and gratitude for my life every day. I did have to quit my job that was literally sucking the energy out of me in order to get there, and that was/is scary; but, “life has a way of working out.” I needed to make that decision for a long time, but what made it so hard was that I had it really good there: Great boss, coworkers who became friends, and a lucrative salary. Somehow, though, I was progressively more unhappy no matter how many perks I had there.
I was convinced that I couldn’t leave because it would be stupid to let all of that go. Then I had a baby, and I’d semi-joked that she was going to save my life. After a difficult six-week NICU stay and then loving my transition to new-motherhood, the decision was made for me. Deep within my gut, my intuition said I absolutely needed to be with her and cross the line from “I need my job” to “I’ll do whatever it takes to be home with my baby.” To that end, while being home with her, I’d found my inner peace again. I started a gratitude journal and wrote down anywhere from five to twenty things I was grateful for every day.
Finding gratitude is the first step to raising your frequency. High vibrations lead you to the meaning of life. Soon, you’ll be in awe at the richness of the color green of the grass and trees; wondering who first told you dandelions were a nuisance when they add so much color to the world; feeling your cells drink in vitamin D from the sunlight on your skin; thanking your lungs for the favor of fresh air. All that and more just from existing, and there’s still all that you have in your possession to be thankful for. It’s stunningly beautiful, this life on Earth.
I know I’m fortunate to be able to stay home after maternity leave. None of my luck is lost on me. It’s added to my gratitude journal every single time I write in it. I do think that the goal in life, for everyone, regardless of circumstances, is to name those five to twenty things to be grateful for everyday. It’s finding that beauty, that excitement for living; it’s listening to your higher self/inner voice/intuition, even though it can be scary. That’s what I think the meaning of life is: Knowing that no matter the path you take, the scene around you will always mirror the scene within you, and the opportunity is there to make it like Heaven on Earth.
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