a problem of meaningfulness

Sometimes I miss what it is to just chillax with my friends - do you know what it's like to be bothered by something that you know doesn't really have an answer... and so you just kind of want to be distracted, but not by a silly distraction, but rather by something or someone quite meaningful so that the meaningfulness of that part of life will overshadow and overcome the inanswerableness of the problem?

and yet... how does meaningfulness happen? It seems like it's usually a very sudden gift, given when you least expect it by someone who has no idea that you're in

this is a bit from an e-mail I just wrote to a friend. I wonder if that's what a good friend is... someone who adds those bits of meaningfulness and helps you see what the bigger picture of life is!
How much do I need a grasp of the bigger picture so often in life - to catch hold of VISION rather than wallowing in what I feel I'm incapable of or bound to.

Other than that, life IS going well and I am thankful.
shalom