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Don't aim for happiness and success
Don't aim at success - the more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. Success, like happiness, cannot be pursued
They are the byproduct of following a cause that is much greater than ourselves or the byproduct of following habits, processes, systems or routines.
Instead, listen to what your conscience commands you to do and go on to carry it out to the best of your knowledge.
Then you will live to see that in the long run - in the long run, I say! - success will follow you precisely because you had forgotten to think of it."
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Tragic optimism
When you’re optimistic even in the face of the TRAGIC TRIAD and saying yes to life in spite of everything and learning how to turn life’s negative aspects into something positive or constructive then you know what it means to be Tragically Optimistic.
The Tragic...
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Three Schools of Psychology
E Viktor Frankl’s logotherapy is a school of psychology that suggests that meaning in life is the primary motivation of life (Will to meaning).
According to Freudian psychoanalysis, Man wants pleasure (will to pleasure).
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Happiness is a bad compass for life
Pleasure or Happiness seems to be a bad compass for life. They're a side effect of a moral venture. But As an aim, they're only for toddlers or narcissists because when you’re suffering you’re gonna need something that is more robust than happiness to overcome th...
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3 Ways To Discover The Meaning Of Life
So according to him, you can discover the meaning of life in three different ways.
No.1)By finding a work that not only excites you but also adds to the community.
When you turn your passion into a profession and inspire others to do the same, you find immens...
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Responsibility Gives Meaning
Here’s another way to look at this. Maybe it is not you who is asking the question, maybe it is life that is asking you "What sort of meaning are you going to give this life."
And You will not find the answer in some abstract philosophy because the meaning of life is not so...
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Super Meaning
All this is still a conjecture because we can never be sure about the ultimate meaning of life as humans are still not at the terminal point of evolution in the big game of the cosmos.
The ultimate meaning of life is beyond our comprehension and surpasses the finite intellectual capacities ...
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Meaning of love
Love enables us to see potential in the beloved person which is not yet actualized but yet ought to be actualized. No one can fully become aware of the very essence of another human being unless one loves the other. Driven by love one encourages the other to actualize the potenti...
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What Is The Meaning Of Life?
Have you ever wondered what is the meaning of life? It’s hard to define the meaning of life in a general way that everyone can relate to. But I found a book that almost nailed it. Man's Search for Meaning by E viktor frankl.
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Three Biggest Teachers of Life
Pain encourages us to turn human suffering into achievement and human accomplishment.
Guilt propels us to seize an opportunity to change ourselves for the better.
Death being life’s most transitory moment teache...
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We all are buffeted by this question time after time, What is the meaning of this life?
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