[coldtea]

>Look beyond meaning for worth and value.

Then what gave your life "worth" and "value" would be what gave it meaning.

You're pretty much saying the same thing, but with different semantics for meaning.

Meaning doesn't necessarily mean to "some big end goal". People use it for anything that they feel makes their life worth it ("gives it meaning"). So "being of help to others" to "enjoying family life and friendships" or "expressing myself through playing the piano" to "religion" can all be said to imply meaning.

[TedDoesntTalk]

I guess we don't agree on the semantics of meaning. For example, the "meaning of life" is not the same as "value of life" or "worth of life".

[IIsi50MHz]

As with many words, 'meaning' is multiply overloaded, and whichever concept (or concepts) come to mind is heavily dependent on the established or assumed context.

I would normally feel a sense of ambiguity when somebody wrote of "giving their life meaning" (but less so when spoken, because they might emphasise '_/meanin/_'), but would not feel much about the phrase "the meaning of life", nor "life, the universe, and everything!".