By request, here's today's totally uplifting Thought of the Day:

Do you crave meaning? Then go get some! Life has no intrinsic meaning. If you find that depressing, you aren't considering how liberating that is, and how amazingly customizable that makes our lives. You get to give *your life* whatever meaning *you* think best. Choosing to spend it searching for the perfect cherry blossom--yay, samurai movies!--is just as valid as choosing to spend it working your butt off to build a multinational charity. There is no grand arbitrator to say that your chosen meaning is unworthy, though some people will think they hold that title, and yes, some paths have more value to your society than others. If those things matter to you, bear them in mind. However, you have permission to take meaning where you find it. Not all paths will yield the same results, of course, but that's freedom for you.