"Meaning is that within which our heart finds rest"
"Purpose is a very different thing.
We work towards achieving a particular purpose,
and when that purpose is achieved,
the work ends "
"Play has no purpose.
Play has all the meaning within itself.
You do not play in order to get somewhere.
You dance in order to dance.
That is a meaningful activity
because it has all its purpose within itself."
"The goal is not to play off
purpose against meaning.
The goal is to combine purpose and meaning,
and that means to work meaningfully
and to play constructively and creatively.
That puts the two together."
"Work and play together is leisure.
To work leisurely and to play leisurely
that is the combination of the two (meaning & purpose)."
"Once in a while we are struck by an experience
where meaning suddenly takes hold of us.
Because purpose you have to take hold of,
you have to keep things under control
in order to achieve your purpose.
But meaning takes hold of you.'
David Steindl-Rast
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