Dipeno: The fear that nothing in life has meaning is really a fear that comes from an completely external source, like a fer outside of this life. Meaning comes from things that we value, the goals that we have, the relationships that we have," he says. Dipeno: I'm not convinced by this criticism of leves at all. And i think somebody on their death bed, he makes it seem like they're incapable of remembering or understanding the degree to which their long term activities gave their life meaning.