Meaning is imaginary. Use is real. Think not what your resources can do for you, but what you can do for them. Life exists because of its ability to make structure from decay. See “Life as anti-entropy” by Schroedinger.

Priests, capitalists and witch doctors always want us to serve their gods, but gods are supposed to be our servants as we serve the dirt (or anything else) below us.

We can’t have existentialism without a place for our children’s existence.

“The opposite of consumption is not frugality; it’s generosity.” — Raj Patel

Otherwise, I recommend that you get to know Lucretious better “On The Nature of Things” (yeah…not doing the translation). Maybe start with “The Swerve”.