In my book 'Are You Asking the Right Questions?' I explained that I thing the questions : 'What is the meaning of life?' and 'What is the purpose of life?] are meaningless.

It is my contention that life is itself void of all meaning and also has no purpose. 

Life is a blank canvas which beckons us to provide a meaning of our own choosing and to select a purpose which we are willing and capable of pursuing.

Some apparently find this point of view unusual an perhaps even disturbing. I on the other hand find it liberating and exhilarating, since it leaves us free to make of life whatever we wish within certain constraints over which we have no control.

The only reason I can conceive of as to why a person would prefer to cede their autonomy to something or someone else is because the prospect of having to shoulder the burden of personal responsibility for their life is seen by them as daunting and intimidating.