And have done so from the beginning and will do so to the end, looking for something interesting to do with our time. We can kid ourselves about meaning and purpose as a way of passing the time, but it doesn’t add much in the way of substance to the way we are living. Doing what we enjoy is ideal, hoping our health lasts as long as we do. And making our peace with how things are keeps it manageable from day to day. And the Buddha’s blessing carries us through it all: “Peaceful abiding, here, now.”