Actually the nihilists are on to something - I'm not sure I completely subscribe to 100% of it, but think of it this way....meaning is only something we attach to things. It helps us (try as we may) to make sense of why things happen...but...it only means something to you (or me, or the next person). The Buddhist monks of Tibet or Yogi's in India say similar things about the meaninglessness of it all. I've recently began to grasp that (and I'm 46...took me a while). When you realize how meaningless it all is, it helps with attachment to things (and people). Anyway... a perspective I guess. Peace.