"Much greater than" Factor

Again it has started from a philosophical discussion with one of my childhood friend when she put her opinion on my whatsapp status. The status was "Someday we will find what we are looking for or may not be. May be we will find something much greater than that".
To be honest, I didn't had that much broader thought(but I was having something related to my surrounding situation) while putting as status but may be my friend would have thought on that and tried to find out the ultimate end result.
According to her "finding oneself" is the greatest thing.
It is actually an important factor to know ourselves and I agree to her but I was having some other factors as well. She was emphasizing on self realization and I was trying to convey her that it would vary with individuals.
Now I want to elaborate why i kept that status. When I read that quote , I put me and my husband in 'We' place ( probably my friend considered herself at that place).
Last month I lost my mother in law all of sudden and it was miserable thing of our life. My husband was attached to her like anything and he just got shattered after this incident. I really don't want to remember that night but one sentence from my husband left me stunned for whole of my life. He hugged me tight while mourning and said 'You really do know what my mother was meant to me. She just broke all my dreams which I wanted to do for her'. So here we come to status quote now, we were also having some plans for parents like everyone else. He wanted to take his parents on Europe tour which eventually would not be possible with both mom and dad. But by accepting this fact he should move on and may be make a plan for his Dad in better way. It would not be same as we will expect with dad but definitely all that love, care and affection given to him along with that Europe tour will make my husband satisfied. It's something he doesn't want to do for himself directly but it will make him feel at better place with satisfaction. And this much better place( where me and my husband can find little satisfaction on papa's face) i was meant to in that quote.
We would have really small but worthy "something much greater" when life has made u change your plan and you can't even revert back .
So thinking about each common individual what would be that "something much greater" factor?
What would be that factor for a farmer who lost everything because of drought?
What would be that factor for very successful person who has everything he dreamed of after self realization?
What would be that factor for an orphan who has been abandoned ?
What would be that factor for rich spoiled brat who will eventually be a rich man only?
It's about all that factor which actually put us feel better than now and can't be summarized in a paragraph. It's not about me or myself everytime. It's about circumstances, good or bad phase of life, your perspective towards life and your arena of expectations from life.