“If you feel like you don’t fit in this world, it is because you are here to help create a new one.”
~ Jocelyn Dahner
~ Jocelyn Dahner
It’s Okay to Have No Purpose Beyond Being and Enjoying This Moment
It’s Okay to Have No Purpose Beyond Being and Enjoying This Moment by Bernadette Harris, Tiny Buddha August 15, 2022 I was sitting on my yoga mat with my legs stretched out in front of me. I bent forward into a fold, puffing and clenching my jaw as I extended my fingertips toward...
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The most meaningful things that happen to us in life have no clear point.
You can’t cash in on the beauty of a sunset. There’s no “purpose” to stargazing. Listening to a song that transports you out of time and space doesn’t pay the bills.
Moments like these are born from joy and wonder, and they are what give our lives meaning. It’s time we gave ourselves permission to feel them.
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May apply to life acceptance (an adaptive relationship to reality) as well:
"Give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others."
~ Christian D. Larson, posted by HBas
"Give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others."
~ Christian D. Larson, posted by HBas
Existential OCD: An Obsession with Why - Impulse
OCD is a commonly misunderstood disease. In the eyes of the general population, it’s often perceived as an illness based on neurosis or personality quirks. Society sees OCD sufferers as particular people who keep their homes tidy, color code their soup cans, and wash their hands…a lot.
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Existential thinking, in itself, is not necessarily a sign of OCD; surely most anyone, at one time or another, has questioned the meaning of life or their purpose in the grand scheme of things. Drunken nights with friends and college philosophy classes are ripe with conversations on this subject matter.
But Existential OCD isn’t marked by curiosity or interest; it’s marked by anxiety and fear. It’s not enough for the sufferer to benignly ponder the inner workings of the universe, they must spend hours going over and over the same questions and engage in rituals in an attempt to assuage their angst-causing doubts. The inability of the sufferer to solve the riddles of the world and know with certainty the who, what, and why of life causes an endless cycle of worry.
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