{"id":29752,"date":"2026-06-30T07:47:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T11:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=29752"},"modified":"2026-07-02T14:39:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T18:39:36","slug":"what-is-the-meaning-of-life-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2026\/06\/30\/what-is-the-meaning-of-life-8\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the meaning of life? :)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AW62926-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"312\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AW62926-2.jpg\" alt=\"What is the meaning of life? :)\" class=\"wp-image-29748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AW62926-2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AW62926-2-288x300.jpg 288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">What is the meaning of life? \ud83d\ude42<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This question is a popular one, so it&#8217;s a great service to others that you asked! I wish I had an answer. It&#8217;s different for everyone. Perhaps rephrase the question: how can I find my purpose and meaning? Father Himes (1947-2022), a beloved professor of theology at BC, said to ask yourself three key questions: What brings me joy? What am I good at? To whom can I be of service? Your life&#8217;s meaning is where those three intersect. (bit.ly\/himes-3key)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This question is a popular one, so it&#8217;s a great service to others that you asked! I wish I had an answer. It&#8217;s different for everyone. Perhaps rephrase the question: how can I find my purpose and meaning? Father Himes (1947-2022), a beloved professor of theology at BC, said to ask yourself three key questions: &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2026\/06\/30\/what-is-the-meaning-of-life-8\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;What is the meaning of life? :)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29752"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29759,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29752\/revisions\/29759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}