Tag: live meaningfully

"I don't believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the experience of being alive." - Joseph Campbell

Life Is More Than Survival

Life isn’t about surviving or extending the number of years we can live. No matter how long our lives or how resilient we are, death is still our fate. But it doesn’t make sense for life to be about suffering either. Experiencing and working through suffering, sure, but not merely for suffering’s sake. There’s gotta …

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"Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly." - Langston Hughes

When Your Dreams Are Hibernating

So long as you’re alive, your dreams are not dead. They may hibernate at times, but they still exist, and they’re still possible. Maybe now isn’t such an easy time. Maybe now you need to prioritize other people and more immediate events. But that doesn’t mean you can’t do something towards your goals and dreams. …

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"Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy." - Norman Vincent Peale

Prove to Yourself

You are capable of more than you allow yourself to believe. Everything you’ve ever heard, been told, seen, done, not done – it’s all been bounded. We don’t always mean to, but we tend to create boundaries around our capabilities and then live like we’re surrounded by a moat filled with lava. But that’s all …

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Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward toward success. - C. S. Lewis

Be Open to Failure

One of the reasons we hesitate to try new things is that we’re afraid to fail. Maybe we expect to fail, but we are afraid to look like a fool. We may even be a bit lazy. But there’s so much life to live. So many things to know. So many skills to develop. So …

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