Gallup studies show there are two powerful undercurrents at work in our society. One, there is an intensified search for meaning in life, two, there is an intensified search for meaningful relationships rising from loneliness in a fragmented society. A third powerful undercurrent emerges from a study by Columbia University and the National Institutes of Health. Behind obsession with pleasure and a false facade of empty relationships, contemporary life is hollow in a culture of divorce, immorality, abandonment, materialism, selfishness, self-centeredness, pride, vanity, ego, and self, self, self. Deep unmet needs drive a subliminal and fruitless search in American lives.
Truth is always elusive to the intellectual vanity of the self-centered.
Hunger and thirst for meaning, meaningful relationships, and loving family relationships must end in the discovery of love. If it does not find the meaning of love the endless search continues forever. Love is always measured in a sacrificial expression of self, time, forgiveness and patience. Life was better when this understanding and quality of character dominated our culture. Families were more secure in their mission and destiny.