Creating Meaning

More and more I realize that most of the time meaning is created rather then found. By this I mean that people are searching for meaning in their lives all the time and never finding it, yet people who arent searching find meaning in mostly unexpected events. They assign meaning to events and circumstances and thereby find meaning in everything that happens to them.
I hear and read many stories during the course of any day. One I just read involved a woman who had breast cancer and recovered from it and is now running a non-profit she started up to help cancer patients better cope through laughter. She also commits half of her funds to cancer research. She had a corporate marketing job and made a conscience decision to make this more meaningful and thereby more important in her life. We all prioritize, its just sad to see those people who dont see their own priorities.
Here is a new blog for you all as well. Occupational Adventure Its fairly good and worth checking out.
When I say Im becoming clearer on my life's purpose and meaning Im saying that I am understanding the priorities I had all along and how I can create new priorities in my life. In other words, how I can assign meaning to the things I do and how I live. I live and I do a thing because it means something to me. It doesnt matter whether it matters a lot or a little as long as it means "something". And that something is what we are all trying to find, but I believe more and more everyday that you have to create that "something" or you will have nothing.