A life that is built upon finding enjoyment, recreation, fun is sometimes wasted. Seeking only pleasure leads to accomplishing little of lasting value.
On the other hand spending all our waking hours trying to accomplish something we think is of lasting importance can lead to a life of frustration and dullness even boredom.
The secret is in finding those things which build lasting value and that we enjoy enough that we would do them whether they built lasting value or not.
But in truth any enjoyment we may have lasts for only a moment, and any purpose we have for our lives lasts little longer except for a very few who have their name listed in history books - but then what real value is there in having your name appear on a piece of paper when no one remembers the you that is behind the facts.
So where is joy; where is purpose. The only real and lasting joy is to be found by living in God's presence and the only real purpose is in being a child of God. Meaning and joy live together in God, our Father and Friend.
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