Finding Meaning
what gives our life meaning, etc..
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Finding Meaning
every human being is a storyteller, that stories are how we seek to understand the meaning of our lives
Steve Almond Tells Us
We ask too much of our lives, sometimes. We wait for a sense of meaning to stride onstage in a cape, announcing itself in love everlasting or revolutionary purpose. We want to escape the senseless things that happen to us, or find a way to resolve sense into them. We want our actions and experiences to feel victorious, purposeful in their own... See more
Rachel Barr • A Line Drawn Through Time
"Most people die at 25 and aren't buried until they're 75" - Benjamin Franklin
Why?
4 reasons and solutions:
To buying that envelope, to bumping into strangers, to stepping out, to the fire engines and the great-looking babies. And of course, to the dancing animals.
I saw this quote last week via @sambookshelf and was reminded, once again, how much the pandemic forbade our “dancing animals” — the joy one gets chatting with a... See more
instagram.comEXISTENTIAL OPENING The philosopher Andrew Taggart believes that crisis moments lead to “existential openings” that force us to grapple with the deepest questions about life.10 He argues there are two typical ways this happens. One is the “way of loss,” when things that matter are taken from us, such as loved ones, our health, or a job. The other
... See morePaul Millerd • The Pathless Path: Imagining a New Story For Work and Life
Enjoying the little things...Ideas of meaning and purpose exist on a huge scale, but they remove us from the value in the everyday. Instead of worrying about what it all “means” in the face of eternity ask: what if I only had today? This wakes you up to the preciousness of pointless and forgettable moments.