Meaning is derived from our personal principles, our values, the stuff in life we want to be about.
Biotechnology companies patent genes, the very stuff of life, while scientists worry that this risks compromising basic research.
Or sadly, was it a year of tragedies that caused us to reevaluate what the big stuff in life really is?
True, some passengers try to stuff their life's belongings into overhead bins.
To outsiders this may sound pretty dull, but to insiders it is the very stuff of working life.
As most readers know, I profile makers, artisans, inventors, tinkerers, in addition to the stuff that makes life as a business owner easier.
The period before fame arrives is the time when most artists collect the raw life stuff that will form the core of their work.
It is these seemingly mundane issues, he argues, that are the stuff of daily life rather than the political dramas that preoccupy the media.
The work we do -- the value we create -- is for the rest of what we want: the stuff that makes life fun, meaningful, and purposeful.
Dr. THOMMES: A little bit outside of my area, I think, where we can sort of just deal with the stuff that the life stands on after it's created.
"If you think about stuff in your life and you start thinking about it again, and again, and again, and you kind of spiral away in this continuous rumination about what's happening to you and to the world -- people who do that are at risk for depression, " he said.
You're making music and you know, everyone's asking you questions about your life and stuff.
Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus write about a meaningful life with less stuff.
Victorian undertakers aside, this really is life and death stuff.
Professor SAPOLSKY: I think you get to a time in life where by definition stuff's turning to quicksand and wherever you can get some solid footing of the familiar suddenly becomes real comforting.
As in life, in Star Trek stuff happens, things fall apart, breakdowns occur, and warp engines fail.
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It also gives your TV a social life, letting you watch crazy stuff your friends are sharing on Facebook and Twitter.
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Stuff that's intended to spend its life in the company of halibut tends to be purely functional, lacking any aerodynamic design appeal.
If critics gripe that the corporate behemoth just wants to sell more soda and chips, it can note that the ads were brought to life by snackers who love the stuff.
This is the stuff of entrepreneurial greatness, indeed of a great life in any field.
With this tax gimmick stuff apparently you have experienced some sort of late in life baptism.
Having multiple touchstones of success, not just money and stuff, helps keep the rough patches in business and life in proper perspective.
"There are some things that the bank might be able to do automatically, where the bank itself has applied charges to your account but there's so much other stuff - the way in which it impacted on our real life - that unless you make some notes and write it down and actually claim, no-one else is going to know about it", Mr Cresswell explained.
She doesn't sugarcoat the very real challenges that come with age physical limitations, loss of loved ones, illness but there's good stuff, too, like wisdom, courage and a rich inner life that gets better as we age.
The closely observed chapters of "Robinson Crusoe" have the stuff of news, inviting scholars to wonder about the novel's real-life inspiration.
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