The First Step to Meaningfulness

I think we do have to reflect seriously on how human life is limited. Most of our endeavors are likely to be frustrated in the long run. In a phrase, Alistair McIntyre has used recently, we are dependent rational animals. It seems to me we can't create our own values. We are born into circumstances which we didn't create. And so the first step towards meaningfulness is humility,. if you like, acknowledging the fact of that dependency.