What gives meaning to my life may lie beneath the surface. Today I will look not with my eyes but with my senses, to understand and experience what gives my life depth and importance. It is, at times, the promise of a hidden well that gives meaning to the surrounding atmosphere, the knowledge of a source of life that makes the day feel worthwhile and
guides my mind closer to the mystery. Though I never hope to solve the mystery of life, sensing it will give my life a feeling of fullness. I am not here to explain but to experience life. Understanding comes more from direct experience than from collecting bits of knowledge.

I sense life’s hidden meaning.

The desert is beautiful, the little prince added. And that was true. I have always loved the desert. One sits down on a desert sand dune, seeing nothing, hearing nothing. Yet through the silence something throbs, and gleams. . . . “What makes the desert beautiful,