What Meaning Has Your Life?

My wife and I were talking about the meaning of our lives this morning.

It got me thinking about writing about the topic to see what connects with you.

Perhaps it is the phase of life we are in now.

This week, February 4th and 5th, are our birthdays.

I will be seventy-five years young.

When we were married, I was forty and never had thoughts of what the mature years might look or feel like.

My parents instilled a strong work ethic in me.

I was given positive feedback when I did well.

Never would the act of sitting around doing nothing be the ethic to be supported.

At a younger age, I was fired up in my corporate career. If there was work to be done, I would do it. My objective after university was to climb the corporate ladder as fast as possible.

This rigorous schedule gave my life meaning.

Let me tell you, I was committed to it. There was no option.

I thought my life had meaning because I was doing the things I had been taught to do.

If you are like me, you have been trained to attach yourself to some outcome usually dictated by someone else.

As a good child, or as a good adult, the old story goes that when the goal is defined, you are supposed to go after it, notwithstanding your inner knowing of whether it suits you or not.

When I don't have a project, I am not focused and tend to procrastinate.

Our discussion this morning was about the pure meaning of our lives without the context of something to do.

The idea is about being in our own body, mind, and soul with a heart-centred sense of meaning.

As a human being, I can say we all have value.

However, that rings somewhat hollow in the face-of old structures, out-dated ideas, and stale ways of approaching life.

Perhaps it is my age speaking, but my perspective is changing about the historical methods of living my life.

What meaning can I bring to the wholeness called me?

What meaning can you bring to your life by just being you?

I don't have a definitive answer to this conversation, but here's what I've come up with so far:

1.  Physical Health - without health, I don't have the life I want. So, a health focus is meaningful.

2.  Mental Health - with a continuous mental workout, I have better thinking.

3.  Spiritual - I need a connection, knowledge, and experience of a Higher Power in my life, so I read, study, meditate and contemplate to deepen this connection. 

The meaning of my life rests in knowing what is right for me.

Letting go of old structures and methods can be a hurdle.

Letting in new ways of bringing meaning to your life can be soul-fulfilling.

I'd love to hear how you bring meaning to your life.

Namaste