Man's Search for Meaning

I was staring at the ceiling in the middle of the night

Feeling like I lost the strength to keep up with the fight

When the world is spinning faster than my hands can ever hold

And the story of my life is doing what it is told

We all hit a wall when the plans fall apart

Leaving nothing but the beating of a heavy broken heart

You cannot control the storm that is raging outside

Or the rising of the water and the turning of the tide

I used to think that happiness was just a lucky draw

A perfect little picture without a single flaw

But then I learned the secret in the middle of the pain

You can build a fire even standing in the rain

Between stimulus and response there is a space

In that space is our power to choose our grace

In our response lies our growth and our freedom

We are the rulers of our own inner kingdom

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing

The last of the human freedoms to let the soul sing

To choose ones attitude in any given set of circumstances

We are the ones who are taking the chances

This is man's search for meaning

Finding the solid ground when the whole world is leaning

When we are no longer able to change a situation

We are challenged to change ourselves in the revelation

He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how

I am stepping in the fire and I am making the vow

I will find my purpose in the dark and the cold

This is the greatest story that will ever be told

It is not about asking what we expect from life

It is about what life expects from us through the strife

Every single morning is a question we must face

Answering with action and stepping into place

What is to give light must endure the burning

Keeping the wheels of the heavy heart turning

I am taking the suffering and making it a tool

I am breaking the mold and rewriting the rule

Nobody can save you from the weight of the stone

But you get to choose how you carry it alone

Turn the tragedy into a human triumph

Stand like a mountain and roar like a lion

The meaning of life is whatever you choose to build

Look at the empty canvas waiting to be filled

This is man's search for meaning

Finding the solid ground when the whole world is leaning

When we are no longer able to change a situation

We are challenged to change ourselves in the revelation

He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how

I am stepping in the fire and I am making the vow

I will find my purpose in the dark and the cold

This is the greatest story that will ever be told

I found my why

I can bear the how

Look at the horizon we are reaching it now

Between the stimulus and the response

I found my freedom

I found my meaning