The Meaning Of Life.

 

If you feel you must compare yourself, you only need to compare yourself with who you are today, as against who you were yesterday. Don’t compare yourself against someone else. They haven’t lived your life, with your problems, or your skills. They have their own problems and skill set to work with.

What’s the one thing in life, that you’re doing every day, which screws you up, which you hate and which you wish you could change? What number one thing do you wish to change about yourself? Because only you can change your life. 

It all starts with you. Your life is your responsibility. It doesn’t matter how lowly we feel we are in life, or for that matter, how high. There’s always one thing we can change in our lives and it begins with us. We need to assume the responsibility for where we are in life and for where we’re headed.

You might not even start with what you want to change, if that task seems too big. It might start with making your bed. If you can achieve that one small thing, you might tidy your room next. Small changes every day, will eventually lead to big changes. So if you feel the issue is too great to bear straight up; start small. 

When you feel you’re able, work on that one thing. We don't have to change everything about ourselves, we just need to make a start on one thing today and when we’ve overcome that, work on another thing tomorrow. You don’t know how much change you can make, or how much good you can do in the world, until you try and once you overcome your greatest battle, you have authority to help someone else overcome theirs. 

And that is the meaning of life. Many of us want to know; what is the meaning of life? Why are we here? Changing your life from drudgery and boredom, to one of interest and excitement, brings meaning into your life. Helping someone else change and overcome their battles, will bring not only meaning into their life, but also more meaning into your life.

Changing what you dislike about yourself, is done incrementally. One tiny step at a time. Let's say you want to stop drinking, smoking, or overeating. Start with an hour, then two, then stretch it out further each day. It might not seem like a lot right now, but in a year, two years, three years, you'll be a lot further ahead, than if you didn't start in the first place.

Don't denigrate these small steps, at this time either. If you were lifting weights, you wouldn't expect to start at 100 kg. You'd start with 5 or 10 kg and you wouldn’t belittle that start, because you know, you'll build on that, if you keep going. Quitting a bad habit is the same thing; small increments each day.

There will be times you fail, times where you have that drink/food, or whatever it is, but don't quit. Have your moment and get right back to it. Don't let your default point stay where it is. Increase in duration and your natural default point will change, as those increments become the new norm.