The Difference Between "Fun" and "Meaning"

So on Tuesday, I replied to this Tweet someone I follow on Twitter had posted: "The difference between fun and meaning."

Here is why response:

"Fun" is enjoyable but often fleeting. "Meaning" is significant and impactful, with long-lasting, perhaps permanent, effects. Meaningful activities are fun - or not. Fun's glow is short and dependent on the person experiencing it. Meaning is universal and stretches into eternity.

Twelve hours later, I was livng those words.

The experience wasn't fun. But it was impactful with long-lasting, perhaps permanent effects. The experience was also universal and one that will stretch into eternity, although not immediately.

Fun is fine. Meaning is more.

But both are important.