Tag: fulfillment

• The Paradox of Growth

  As you grow, your priorities will change.

  Your relationships will change as well.

  You will enjoy and value different things than you once did.

  This is all part of the process of discovering who you are.

  What once brought you joy and satisfaction no longer will.

  But the people and experiences that do bring you joy and satisfaction will do so with more depth and richness than you previously experienced.

  This is the paradox of growth, that it brings disappointment and suffering before it brings fulfillment and meaning, but it does bring fulfillment and meaning, at least until it is time to grow again.

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  February 16, 2024

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• Bonds Of Humanity

  Do what you can to help others and you will find that your life is better for it.

  You obviously cannot give more than you have.

  Give what you can.

  Do so generously and graciously.

  If you do this consistently and without expectation for reward or recognition, you will be changed by it.

  You will find that your life has a new sense of meaning and purpose.

  Where there was once dissatisfaction, there will now be a sense of joy and contentment.

  By fulfilling the needs of others, you will find that you are fulfilled in return.

  It is not necessarily the giving, but the connection that is created between you and others when selfishness is set aside, that changes you.

  These bonds of humanity are transformative and, in many ways, they are all we really have.

  Forget about your desires and your fears for a moment.

  Open your heart and mind, and outstretch your hand.

  You have the ability to uplift others.

  By doing so, you, yourself, will be uplifted also.

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  October 31, 2023

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• Unhappy With More

  If you find yourself unhappy regardless of what you achieve, lack of achievement may not be your problem.

  Achievement is a deceptive thing.

  From the outside, achievement looks like it will bring you satisfaction, but that which drives you toward achievement is not satisfied by outcomes.

  The part of you that pursues success does not actually want success.

  It simply wants more.

  More, however, does not, in fact it cannot, bring you happiness, at least not in a lasting, meaningful way.

  The desire for more is insatiable and happiness cannot be found in the insatiable.

  While achievement may feel good for a moment, and it certainly feels better than failure, it does not address the cause for your unhappiness.

  That you must address on your own, and it most likely will not be addressed with more.

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  October 26, 2023

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• The Stream Of Life

  Wounds heal.

  Scars fade away.

  Smiles turn into tears and tears turn into smiles.

  Relationships and experiences become memories.

  Life cannot be held onto.

  It will slip right through your fingers if you try.

  But you can enjoy this moment.

  You can be here, now.

  You can do your best to get as much out of every second of your existence as possible and to pack as much as you possibly can into the ever passing stream of life.

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  July 16, 2023

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• Shared Success

  You are responsible for your own growth and progress in this life.

  No one else can do the work for you.

  However, you can only grow and progress so much on your own.

  Inevitably, you will need other people along the way.

  As you work to improve and evolve as a person, as you pursue success in whatever way you define that for yourself, you are going to need assistance, guidance, and even partnership.

  You are going to need community.

  And through community, you may discover that your own growth, your own progress, and your own success is just a small part of something bigger and more meaningful.

  Your experience of this life may be a solitary one, but the most rewarding and fulfilling experiences will mean significantly more along the way when they are shared with others.

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  May 21, 2023

  community, fulfillment, growth, meaning, progress, shared experience, shared success, success

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