“I am pretty sure that you will not find your way to real Happiness with your thoughts. Only actions — preferably choices different from the ones you’ve taken in the past — will help you climb out of the hole of selfishness in which you reside …

You’re going to simply have to get up one morning (maybe today) and decide to get out there and DO SOMETHING about finding some Purpose in your existence. And if you do so, I´m pretty sure that something Meaning-full will indeed cross your path.

That first step, though, is a real doozy — if for no other reason than your ego wants you to stay in bed. It wants you be safe — which it equates with experiencing pleasure and hoarding security and maintaining non-change; things that may come to you temporarily, but that always disappear as quickly as they come. And when they disappear, the ego naturally yearns for those “good times” to return. And it is this yearning that causes all of your suffering.

Fun and comfort and wealth might feel really good for a few fleeting moments, and yet they don’t make for a truly Good Life. They don’t bring lasting Peace, they don’t bring deep-seated Joy, and they certainly don’t give you a sense of personal Worth.

So even if you are tempted to stay in bed, I say get up and get to it.

Even though you are tempted to strive for ‘success’, I say strive for service.

Even though you are tempted to primarily take care of yourself and your friends, I say choose simply to Care …

… for everyone.” ~ anonymous

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