President Obama has tried to spin the paltry new job creation numbers as 'a step in the right direction. ' But, clearly, the small growth in jobs isn't even keeping up with population growth, much less returning the workforce to a healthy level.
The problem, often not discovered until late in life, is that when you look for things in life like love, meaning, motivation, it implies they are sitting behind a tree or under a rock. The most successful people in life recognize, that in life they create their own love, they manufacture their own meaning, they generate their own motivation. For me, I am driven by two main philosophies, know more today about the world than I knew yesterday. And lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you.