What Do You Seek?

Have you ever wondered whether there is something more to life than our day-to-day living? What is it that we seek? That strive for, that we live for. Is there a deeper meaning to life that somehow evades us?  There was a popular song back in 1966 that raised this question. “What’s it all about Alfie? Is it just for the moment we live? Are we meant to take more than we give? Or are we meant to be kind?”  

Something happened to me some 50 years ago that changed my life. I was married and my wife and I were content in our marriage. We had three children, we lived in a four-bedroom home in Southern California. My wife was a stay-at-home mom and was involved in the church and the school where our young children attended. I worked in the commercial heating and air conditioning industry in the greater Los Angeles area as a foreman at the young age of 26. In my mind, we were living the American Dream. Yet, over the next couple of years I began to become aware of an emptiness inside. I had everything I could have wished for, yet there was something missing that I couldn’t name. What was going on? Why did I feel this way? In this blog I hope to tell my story — the story of one man, the story in which my wife plays a significant role. The story of our experiences, of our adventures, the struggles and the joys. Ultimately, the story of finding meaning and purpose in life I never knew existed.