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Freedom grants the opportunity for greater meaning, but by itself there is nothing necessarily meaningful about it. Ultimately, the only way to achieve meaning and a sense of importance in one’s life is through a rejection of alternatives, a narrowing of freedom, a choice of commitment to one place, one belief, or (gulp) one person.
Mark Manson • The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life (Mark Manson Collection Book 1)
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In the end, we identified three key ingredients of a well-balanced life. Let’s call them the ABCs of meaning. The A is agency—autonomy, freedom, creativity, mastery; the belief that you can impact the world around you. The B is belonging—relationships, community, friends, family; the people that surround and nurture you. The C is cause—a calling, a
... See moreBruce Feiler • Life Is in the Transitions: Mastering Change at Any Age
to prove to oneself the unity of all existence, visible and unseen. By obtaining a calm and poised disposition and a generous and round character, one secured and served—embodied and lived—this unity. This approach to every moment was seen as the most transcendental of life motives—it was life’s meaning and truest purpose!
Jonathon Miller Weisberger • Rainforest Medicine: Preserving Indigenous Science and Biodiversity in the Upper Amazon
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Making sense of experience seems to be one of the
fundamental drives in human nature. This need for meaning is irrepressible and ongoing. Its ranges from the earliest beginnings of rudimentary distinctions that the baby starts to make even in utero up to the most elaborate explanations of why my spiritual path and my guru is superior to other ways... See more
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