The Search for Meaning: Reflections on a Meaningful Life
My Nudgee journey started in 2014 as I entered the big school as a student in Year 8. It was very scary at first. I knew no one. But as I quickly found out, Nudgee was about to change my life. In meaningful life essay I'm goign to share my experience.
What makes a meaningful life? It varies for each person as we are all very unique and different from one another. Even the definition of what is meaningful will vary as it may be making an imprint/significance in their lifetime or a happy life is enough to be meaningful. Though there is so much variation among the definition, there are some essentials that could relate across the board. The recipe to having a meaningful life may contain the ingredients of: happiness, fulfillment, authenticity, living more fully in the present and having a sense of purpose.
A happy and meaningful life are associated with one another, since happiness is a feeling that can drive you toward finding this meaningful life. Depending on where you are in your life, be it a student or worker, happiness should be incorporated into it. Having the passion in your work will make it more valuable and respected for yourself as we spend most of our time at school or work. Also connections with people are made throughout your time at school/work which become a part of a meaningful life. Having happiness will help create more of these relationships and be able to give you the needed support for life.
These pillars will be strong when circumstances blow you down and your path is not filled with doubt and complaints. As you walk down the path with a more positive mindset, life becomes satisfying because life is developing. A fulfilling life comes with a healthy lifestyle because lots of energy is required to enjoy and engage in life. Fulfillment gives the process of meaningful life more important because the search has to have a satisfactory end. This satisfaction with what you have done gives a sense of accomplishment. To be able to see the optimistic side of a spectrum is one ingredient of a meaningful life.
Authenticity is also a quality that is needed for a meaningful life. If you are pretending to the life of someone else, the search for a meaningful life may go askew. Since the thoughts you have are altered due to the living life the “wrong way” because of who you should be instead of who you actually are. So having authenticity set up becomes the basis for finding your true self and deciding what does a meaningful life means to you. When you are able to fully become yourself, you can personally grow as a human being. Your ideas and beliefs will be challenged and the boundaries and limitations are pushed where more opportunities can be found. These qualities will give a stronger sense of self.
Living in the present/now is another ingredient for a meaningful life, as you are not truly living if you dwell in the past or over think the future. The past holds people from finding their full potential and hinders the search for a meaningful life. While the ones who think of only the future become too concerned on what needs to be accomplished so they can have the future they want. There is the fear of aging when thinking of the future and the fear of death that comes with this natural process. So life surrounds this fear but if aging was accepted and a positive mindset was installed, the future becomes less of a worry. The past cannot be changed and the future is a mystery, so instead do what you can do now and make it count. Living in the now, being aware of your surroundings will give life a better understanding of yourself and life.
My experiences at Nudgee will teach me how to be true to myself and always be happy and never let anyone put you down. Also to be a sign of faith - always do good things even if no one is watching. When you are on your own is a true test of character.
Last for how to live a meaningful life essay, the final ingredient is to have a sense of purpose or purposeness. This gives a direction or goal to strive towards so the end becomes satisfying. Iand t gives life context, where the knowledge you have gained through life can be put back into life. The sense of purpose is the beginning of the pathway and where happiness, fulfillment, authenticity and thriving become qualities you experience and find. A legacy may be created and left behind depending on this life path you have chosen, even having an influence on just one person can define what it is to have a meaningful life. A sense of purpose is what gets you out of bed and continue on this journey of a meaningful life.
