There comes a time, usually without warning, when the questions we ask ourselves begin to change. Instead of wondering what we might accomplish next, we begin wondering what any of it means.

The shift can be subtle. We may still go to work, pay the bills, pursue our goals, and attend to the thousand little obligations that fill our days. Yet somewhere beneath those familiar routines, something has changed. The things that once seemed terribly important no longer hold quite the same appeal.

I was reminded of this recently when I thought about a movie I thoroughly enjoyed several years ago. The Shift, featuring the late Dr. Wayne Dyer, explores the movement from a life driven primarily by ambition and achievement toward one guided by meaning, purpose, and contribution.

One passage from the film has...

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