My Mission, My North Star

How loss and grief led me to discovering my true purpose and passion in life.

Photo by Johannes Plenio

The meaning of life is to give life meaning. That is a unique proposition for every person, but I believe that Love is at the heart of every person’s perspective of a meaningful life (for them). Everything comes down to love; love, or the lack of it. (Fred Rogers)

For much of my life, I had what I now call small-m meanings that I aspired to, worked towards, and achieved. Some were about personal meaning and fulfillment, like manifesting Apple approaching me with a job offer to come work for them in Cupertino. Others were contributions, like making Modernizr to give back to (and modernize) the web industry and its 5+ billion users. And then there were meaningful relationships, from nesting partners to special friendships and chosen family and more.

But at the end of 2017, at the end of my Year of Loss, I found my capital-M Meaning: Love First, a vision to spread Love and Harmony across all of humanity for the next 1000 years. And during that Vision of Love First e…