Finding directions

To be healthy, functioning individuals, we need to feel good about ourselves. To feel good about ourselves, we need to feel that our time and energy is spent meaningfully. Meaning is the fuel of our minds.

The primary way we generate meaning is through relationships. We don’t just have relationships with other people, we also have relationships with our work, with our community, with groups and ideas that we identify with, activities we engage in, and so on. All of these relationships can potentially give our lives meaning and, therefore, make us feel good about ourselves.

Our relationships don’t just give our lives meaning, they also define our understanding of ourselves and about how we want live.

If you work around knowing the directions that you want to take these relationships to, you are moving towards finding meaning and purpose of your life.