“The purpose of life, as far as I can tell… is to find a mode of being that’s so meaningful that the fact that life is suffering is no longer relevant.”
Quote by Jordan Peterson from his book: Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief
REFLECTION:
Examine your mode of being.
How meaningful is it?
Are you living a life of purpose?
As the saying goes: Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. Living a life of meaning can alter our view of suffering.
“We all know how sudden and brilliant a stained glass window can be: Dirty and opaque one moment and breathtaking as soon as the sun floods it and we can see it from the inside. We are the same: sacred windows in the making. So to place ourselves in the light and to see each other from the inside are the most important skills we can learn.”
From THE BOOK OF AWAKENING Having The Life You Want By Being Present To The One You Have by Mark Nepo
REFLECTION:
Do you place yourself in the light?
How can you let your light shine?
How can you see others from the inside… from the light?
What hurts more? To love with all the messiness or to be scarred by the pain of love and withdraw, isolate… separate?
Self reflection
REFLECTION:
How do you respond to conflict in relationships? Do you engage or withdraw?
Is there a relationship you have withdrawn from because of being hurt? Is it possible to re-engage? How will you do that?