"Making a difference is what makes a life matter."
The first key to extracting magic in life comes from Mastery. You must do something really
well to give your life meaning. Big or small doesn't matter as much as that you do
something --in your job, or a garden, a child's life, an interest or a skill--something
you're proud of in order to feel your life matters. You have to do things that matter to
feel your life matters.
Recall the times in your life when you felt most intensely alive when you heard a voice
inside you saying, "This is the real me." We often find that such times involve
a feeling that comes after mastering something, struggling to overcome and become really
good at something in spite of not knowing how it will work out, but going ahead anyway and
doing our best and trusting the rest.
Somewhere try a test of giving your best and trusting life for the rest.