[Our man in washington]

Maybe it’s because we don’t feel there’s some purpose we’re supposed to be fulfilling, and it most cases, aren’t. No guilt.

Psychiatrist and philosopher Victor Frankl said that man needed to find meaning to be happy. Was Frankl wrong in your case, or do you find meaning without feeling you need to address a larger picture?

I don't flame people for their beliefs--or lack of them. I can't prove that what I believe is correct. I'm just curious how people of different views face the big questions in life.

[gcruse]

It’s up to me to bring meaning to my life. If I choose not to, that’s alright, too. The good Dr Frankl must surely have heard of existentialism, which says there is no external purpose, no karma for individual lives. Is existentialism wrong?