As we gather ourselves into a whole, a beautiful thing begins to happen. We find that our lost voices have a sweet song to sing, that our forgotten selves want to dance and laugh. Stop fighting the world and start loving it instead The original interpretation of the word 'meaning' was to recite, tell, intend, or wish. But meaning also implies significance and purpose, without which there is no direction, no mission. No story plus no purpose equals no reason to be here.
Meaninglessness can thus cause lethargy, depression, hopelessness and illness.
Finding meaning gives direction and motivation, a reason for being that stimulates creativity, optimism, strength and well-being. This is seen in the word remission, used to describe a period of recovery, when an illness or disease diminishes. A patient is described as being in remission when their symptoms abate. In other words, disease can diminish when we find a deeper meaning or purpose in our lives. Remission also means forgiveness, implying that healing can occur through accepting ourselves and our behaviour and releasing our guilt, or through accepting and forgiving another and releasing blame.