For epochs, their exact nature was a mystery - until an improbable revolutionary illuminated that they are, in fact, part algae. Lichens - which are not to be confused with mosses - are some of Earth’s oldest life-forms: emissaries of the ocean gone terrestrial. (Available as a print, as a backpack, and as stationery cards, benefitting The Nature Conservancy.) Sometimes, it is the humblest life-forms that best intimate the majesty of life itself. “We forget that each one of us in his personal life repeats that miracle.”īecause of this delicate interconnectedness of life across time, space, and being, any littlest fragment of the universe can become a lens on the miraculous whole. “We forget that nature itself is one vast miracle transcending the reality of night and nothingness,” the great naturalist Loren Eiseley wrote a century later as he considered the meaning of life. J Health Psychol, 20(5), 473-482.“When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe,” the great naturalist John Muir wrote in the middle of the nineteenth century. A reason to stay healthy: The role of meaning in life in relation to physical activity and healthy eating among adolescents. The partner’s insecure attachment, depression and psychological well-being as predictors of diurnal cortisol patterns for breast cancer survivors and their spouses. Higher scores indicate a stronger presence of/search for meaning in one’s life.ġ. Total score: Items are summed yielding a range from 5 to 35 for each subscale. Response options: 7-point Likert scale ranging from 1, “absolutely untrue” to 7, “absolutely true” Number of items: 10, 5 for Presence and 5 for SearchĮxample of statement/item: “I understand my life’s meaning.”
Main positive psychological well-being construct measured: Meaning in lifeĪvailable subscales: Presence of meaning in life and Search for meaning in lifeĭescription: The Meaning in Life Questionnaire (MLQ) measures the presence of meaning in life, that is the subjective sense that one’s life is meaningful, and the search for meaning in life, reflecting one’s drive and orientation toward finding such meaning. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 53(1), 80-93.
The Meaning in Life Questionnaire: Assessing the presence of and search for meaning in life.
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