I don't care who you are. Everyone has some sort of love for*themselves. *The very fact that a person is still alive and hasn't chosen to end life, that is all the evidence needed for proof of self-worth. *The key to a healthy amount of self-esteem, however, is giving your own life enough value to consider no other option besides living life and enjoying it. *This is where an existential perspective comes in handy. *All too often, people who have already psychologically passed through the illusory security blanket of religion will fall into a state of nihilism. *If we are honest with ourselves and unafraid to authentically look into the abyss of the potential meaninglessness of life then it is very easy to allow oneself to be overcome be a sense of powerlessness.
But if that person who unwaveringly looked into the darkness of his or her psyche, then one can only hope that they continued on through and made sure to keep going down the rabbit hole until they reach the end. *At some point along this path, the question of the meaning to life will be asked.
Man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather must recognize that it is he who is asked."* *-- Viktor Frankl
There is no exterior supreme being that gives meaning to and control's each person's life. *If there is a higher being somewhere, I would like to think the supremeness of it would also be located within the deepest recesses of each and every person's heart. * This point-of-view*annihilates*feelings of helplessness and instead instills a sense of power through responsibility within the individual.
It is your ultimate responsibility to define the meaning to your life. *Whether that be through loving someone else, a career, children, sports, poetry, art, music, inventing things....doesn't matter. *What matters is the fact that you recognize that you have a job to do while on this earth. *Through losing yourself in this job, you transcend yourself and all your petty problems. *An*artist*may be depressed for 95% of his life, but when he has lost himself in the performing of his art, that experience is what makes his entire life worth living to him. *With self-transcendence also comes a healthy mind psychologically. *
Can we construct our lives in the same manner with which an artist would construct his work of art?
Back to self-worth. *Everyone has a baseline of self-worth/esteem/love. *These obviously will vary to different degrees*depending upon life circumstances, but it is important to*remember*that there should always be a minimum amount of self-respect.
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But if that person who unwaveringly looked into the darkness of his or her psyche, then one can only hope that they continued on through and made sure to keep going down the rabbit hole until they reach the end. *At some point along this path, the question of the meaning to life will be asked.
Man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather must recognize that it is he who is asked."* *-- Viktor Frankl
There is no exterior supreme being that gives meaning to and control's each person's life. *If there is a higher being somewhere, I would like to think the supremeness of it would also be located within the deepest recesses of each and every person's heart. * This point-of-view*annihilates*feelings of helplessness and instead instills a sense of power through responsibility within the individual.
It is your ultimate responsibility to define the meaning to your life. *Whether that be through loving someone else, a career, children, sports, poetry, art, music, inventing things....doesn't matter. *What matters is the fact that you recognize that you have a job to do while on this earth. *Through losing yourself in this job, you transcend yourself and all your petty problems. *An*artist*may be depressed for 95% of his life, but when he has lost himself in the performing of his art, that experience is what makes his entire life worth living to him. *With self-transcendence also comes a healthy mind psychologically. *
Can we construct our lives in the same manner with which an artist would construct his work of art?
Back to self-worth. *Everyone has a baseline of self-worth/esteem/love. *These obviously will vary to different degrees*depending upon life circumstances, but it is important to*remember*that there should always be a minimum amount of self-respect.
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