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YOUR LIFE + PROGRESSIVE CHANGE = MEANINGFUL LIVING
Human life is meant for a change, a change for higher things in life. This is the essence of human life. It could only attain its meaning if it is in constant change for the better. An individual feels his life to be meaningful and precious if in every moment of it, he is able to contribute something for the good of his own existence and for humanity.
And seemingly, our daily duties offer no newness of experience for us to treasure upon. Question such as this will spontaneously come out: "what’s the meaning of my life? Even people who are imprisoned by the clutches of vices, would come to a point where they would find no value in life. And if, they are not immediately helped, that would even result to suicidal tendencies. This is just of the many outward expressions of a person who finds his life dragging and boring. These people find their situations hopeless and their life, stagnant. For them life is meaningless, and there is no reason why it should continue to exist.. Human life’s meaning is best found when it is in constant change to progression.
In routinary activities, we apparently cannot exert our creativity. We cannot do something different and seemingly, we cannot find any new experience. Yet, it is not true. On the other hand, as I mention above, behind every pattern of life, there exist the dynamic activity that goes on within us, and which we are unaware of.
Now, consider the physical changes that happen to man. It is very observable that an individual who practices piano consistently becomes more and more skillful in playing the piano each day. Yet he may be physically feeling the monotony of his life. This kind of progress, as I may call it, is a spontaneous dynamic activity. It works in the person under the chain of the everyday habits and is achieved through practices, good habits, routine and fulfilling the daily duties entrusted to him.
Thus, our human life will have its meaning if we discover its capacity to go beyond our present situation.