Does life have purpose and / or meaning?

Is there a difference between purpose and meaning?

My thoughts are that there is no specific purpose in life but that there is individual meaning to life. The "meaning" may be what we call "feelings" or the feelings we attach to our experiences. I've heard people tell us to get rid of our egos and to become detached from our emotions. Wouldn't that eliminate "meaning" and put us in the same league as robots?

Are we getting too smart for our own good? Are we evolving our intellects to the detriment of our hearts? Or do we gain heart knowledge with each progression in head knowledge?

Is there an absolute purpose? If so, what is it?

I think of children who don't think to ask themselves whether life has purpose, and who rarely plan their day full of activities, and yet with each activity find a personal meaning (although they do not seem to intellectualize the meaning, they just go with the flow. LOL).

Please discuss....

S.

Generic Purpose = Life longing for itself....???