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Individuals create meaning from telling their life stories to other people in a certain way.
Psychologist Dan McAdam has been studying the concept of life stories and meaning for over 30 years. He believes that a person's narrative identity, or the story that they create about themselves, is constructed by focusing on the most significant events that have taken place in their life and interpreting them in numerous ways.
From his research, McAdam found that those who tell redemptive stories about their lives, or stories that transition from bad to good, often tend to live more meaningful lives.
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Buddhists tend to illustrate this outlook on death with the example of a cloud. If you think about the life cycle of a cloud, it doesn't perish when it disappears from the sky. The cloud simply changes shape into rain, which transforms into grass, and grass into cows and milk, and then the milk i...
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By focusing on your relationships with others, you can begin to make your life more meaningful. This doesn't only apply to intimate or profound relationships. Even the relationship that's formed when you smile at a stranger on the street is vital to fostering a wider sense of belonging in society...
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"Stories help us make sense of the world and our place in it, and understand why things happen the way they do."
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The last time you went out for dinner, were people busy texting and Instagramming on their phones? If the answer is yes, that's no surprise - people are so preoccupied with technology nowadays that they've forgotten the importance of connecting with those around them.
Individualism contradi...
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Purpose is found through self-reflection and helping others.
Have you ever considered what your purpose in life is?
Before you panic about the gravity of such a question, you should realize that purpose as a concept doesn't need to be so intense.
When you think about y...
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Through storytelling, we create coherence and fresh interpretations.
You may think of yourself as a more reserved person who doesn't really enjoy being the center of attention in conversations. But guess what: You're still a natural storyteller. In fact, everyone's a storyteller - each pers...
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you will learn about The Four Pillars Of Meaning and why they're important .
Purpose in creating these Stashes:
✓ to help p...
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In order to start your journey toward living a more meaningful life, you should maintain these four pillars of meaning: belonging, purpose, storytelling and transcendence
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Have you ever looked up at the stars at night and realized that you are just a tiny part of a large whole? Well, then you've experienced transcendence.
Transcendence can help dissolve the barriers between yourself and the world around you.
This is the fourth pillar of meaning, and it'...
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