42!, "Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything"

Tomorrow, I will turn 42. In Douglas Adams', The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, he added a central joke which has become more famous over the years than the novel itself: "The answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything is 42.

I certainly don't have the answers to the universe or to the meaning of life. I would like to think though, that through my life experiences, I'm a bit more wise than I was a year ago.  If I had to define or determine the meaning of life, at least for my life, it would be by this prayer:

Heavenly Father, in this next year of life, let me have more compassion, empathy, kindness and love for those in need around me without having to be asked.  Give me the awareness and courage to fight for injustices against those too weak to have a voice.  Help me to be a better friend, father and husband.  Help me be a better witness and testament of your love in a world filled with so much pain.  Thank you for all that you have done for me throughout my life and for everything you have yet to do.  These things I ask in Christ's name, Amen.