Personal fulfillment is something that is complex to define. Some people describe it as a state of satisfaction with what you are, do and have. Other people consider it to be a state where you live a full life from every point of view, where you have achieved your dreams and your goals. And it can also be defined as quality of life, where you live in the way you have always wanted.
All of these definitions are fine, and we agree with that. However, we are going to add to these definitions the project of life. We can say that you achieve personal fulfillment when your life follows a project that helps other people. When we talk about helping, we mean that your plan should not be just to get things for yourself. This can bring you joy, but rarely realization.
For this realization to be possible, and to live in a state of satisfaction and happiness, it is necessary that your life project goes beyond your personal tastes and desires. There is nothing that fills the heart and spirit more than feeling that our life is useful, that we can impact others, that we have a role in society and that our life is not only occupying a place in space, but that it has value, which is important to others.
Your life has a reason to exist and a powerful meaning when you wake up every morning and know that you have something to do, a duty to fulfill, something to work for. You will feel this satisfaction when you know that what you do is relevant to the lives of others. In this way, your days will never be the same, monotonous, boring, whose sole purpose is survival, but you wake up with joy, with enthusiasm, wanting to live that day because you know that your project is worth it, and that many people are out there. waiting for you to get up to help them.
And it is in this context where your life takes on a different meaning. I do not know if it has happened to you that you wake up every day with a heavy body, not knowing what will become of you, feeling that your work or trade does not take advantage of your talents and knowledge, and that your life is boring and unsatisfactory. It happened to me many times. In this type of life, you hate Mondays, you love Fridays, and your worst enemy is the alarm clock. And what's more, you receive a salary that lasts for 3 days. It is not a type of life that we want to live for more than 40 years that work life lasts.
Most people live in a state of constant conformism, thinking that life was made to survive and earn food. But the invitation is that you look further, that you feel that your life makes more sense than just covering some expenses. This is true satisfaction and fulfillment, when you feel that you were made for more things, that your talents can be harnessed, and that you can make an impact on society.
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I wish you the greatest blessings.
Guillermo Mendoza Vélez www.SaludMentalyEmocional.com
