Where do you find meaning?

If someone came to you looking for meaning in their life, how would you direct them? What advice would you give?

What a frightening thought!  But I might ask them if they've thought of sitting still and maybe focusing on their breath long enough to let their mind become at least a little quieter so that maybe they could hear their heart a little better.  and if it didn't work right away, I'd ask them to keep practicing that.  to keep listening for their heart's voice.  there are so many ways to do that.  for me it takes a little solitude and some practice.  walking quietly works for me too.  sometimes writing it all down, all the stuff and stuff and stuff until something pure comes out and then I immediately recognize the part that's come from my heart.  my heart has quite a strong voice now.  I only have to be quiet and listen for a few moments to hear it, but I've really been practicing listening for a long time.  and I've been asking myself if my ways of being are fear based or love based and it's gotten easier over time to be mostly love based, though I'm still not perfect.  the good news is that we can always practice and always try again and always recommit right up until the day we leave this life.  so I would advise them to just keep practicing and just keep listening for their heart voice and just keep asking them if it's fear or love that's motivating them and I might ask them if they have something to be thankful for and I might ask them if they could ask themself that question, what do I have to be thankful for, as often as they can remember to do it. 

I just reread this post and it has something about heart and voice and color.  I think character is often expressed in color.  I know it's long, but it is indeed worth the read all the way through if you have the time. 

bless.
~d

Photo is another one from The Farm Restaurant in Cortez, Colorado.  What a scrumptious place.