Why are we here?

I was talking with a client the other day about that scary question: what is it we are on earth to do? “If only I could discover my reason to be here,” she said, ‘then I’d know how to live.”

It’s a useful question to ask, of course, and we probably all should ask it on a regular basis, if only to be able to discount some of the obviously unworthy answers. For example, I’m pretty sure we are not on earth to be unkind to each other, victimize others, and to pollute the planet. This seems reason