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Gratitude, ambition and under-achieving

baran on November 02, 2023

Ever since a child, my parents always told me to be grateful for what we have and that we're lucky and there are people with a lot less than we hav...
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Marcos Domingues

Hi baran, thanks for sharing this.
Being grateful is a way of maintaining ‘good vibes’. Imagine the other side and what would your feeling be?
Everyone has a reason to live, even if they don't consciously know it. There is an internal force that makes each person get out of bed. Some because they love their family and want to do their best. Others because they have a cause, for example, they seek more justice for the world or they want to be the writer of the year. To those who don't know what they want in life I say: - "your reason is the search for a reason, think that you are now an explorer in search of treasure". But there are those who are content with what they have, so being grateful and enjoying their luck is the best they can do, and that's okay. Each person's soul is evolving, each person lives a moment that, observed from that point of view, has a meaning, but for others it may not make any sense at all. 'Know thyself'.

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baran

Hi Marcos, thanks for your insight. I love your quote about searching for purpose, completely agree.

Everyone has different wants and needs and I guess all that we can do is spend each day striving to fulfil our wants and needs.