So big topic for today,
Let's ask the biggest possible question,
What is the meaning of life?
How can we live life and not know what the meaning is?
I believe that the meaning of life is joy and happiness.
And growth.
Every single day,
Finding joy.
As if you just came onto this earth for the first time.
And imagine that moment where you first open your eyes and you're like,
Wow,
It's such an amazing world.
There's so much I can do.
There's so much I can see.
Finding joy with pleasure drinking your tea.
Finding joy in your connection with other people.
It's finding joy in rest,
Finding joy in work,
Finding joy in your own body,
Your own personality and how you are.
Just find that basic joy of existing.
So then the second question becomes,
How do we get there?
Two things.
The first prerequisite,
Compassion in your heart for imperfect beings,
Or we can say love.
For imperfect beings.
There's this great phrase from Byron Katie that your job is unconditional love.
The universe's job is to push your buttons.
So every imperfect being have space in your heart for them as they are,
Yourself and every person you meet.
And that will make for a life of joy and growth.
And the second part of that is awareness.
Mindfulness.
This is why I recommend doing a breath-focused meditation at least for 5-10 minutes every single day.
Being aware of your breath in the moment,
You connect to the present moment,
And everything happens in the present moment.
Your mindfulness,
The quality of your attention,
Is the quality of your relationships.
If you're a parent,
It's the quality of how you are as a parent.
It's the quality of your work.
Attention to detail,
The quality of your creativity.
Everything is in the present,
So I hope you're in the present also.
The goal is path to happiness,
And I do think that the goal of a human life is happiness.
What other goal could there be?
The more happiness you feel,
The more happiness you spread.
The more happiness you experience,
The more happiness you create.
So may you create happiness,
May you find joy,
May you spread that joy to every other person,
And may you grow in a way that you yourself are amazed by the journey you've had.
And I'll see you soon.
