New Delhi, Aug. 23 -- What makes a life meaningful? Is it the pursuit of one great passion, or is it the ability to remain curious about everything around us? A quote attributed to English writer and politician Horace Walpole offers an interesting answer: perhaps it is a combination of both.

"The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well."

The thought captures the value of having something that commands our deepest attention while still leaving room for curiosity about the wider world.

The first part of the quote - "to be interested in one thing profoundly" - can be understood as an invitation to find something that genuinely matters to us and pursue it with commitment.

That could b...