I mean, not what anyone thinks you are, or what you have, or what you do. What I mean is the arrival at the place where you have peace and serenity despite people and circumstances. What did it take for you to get to that level of understanding?
2006-12-24 10:46:52 · 12 answers · asked by S D 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I've come to a point in my life where I'm searching for a higher meaning of life and my life's purpose. I know a lot of people might say that God has helped them; I'll take that. But I would really like some detail in whatever you say.
2006-12-24 10:52:05 · update #1
Yes, just this last year. I stopped caring what people thought about me, and what I cared about, and started living my life like there was no tomorrow. I fell in love, I began to appreciate my life, my kids, and all the things I took forgranted. I found strength and faith and assurance. It took me almost 28 years to get here, but I am most certainly complete.
2006-12-24 10:51:20 · answer #1 · answered by sweetie_baby 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Just went through it but it would take a book to explain.
Basically, make sure the people in your life are there because you want them there as opposed to needing them.
There's few things worse than 'using' people (even if you don't know your doing it).
It took me being in a relationship where I was being used and the combination of being financially indepedent to ''see'' the big picture.
If I "needed" her then I would have never called her out and the truth would have never came out.
Since it did, I have nothing but "peace of mind" because I now learned to trust and follow my intuition. I don't know if there's a greater feeling than being able to trust your own self to make the right decisions in life.
Secondly, after seeing the extremes of how fake people can be I was forced to reevaluate friendships, family and myself. I know now that I need to keep negative people out of my life and that for me my true happiness lies in being the best dad I can possibly be.
I was being fake with myself because I put my dreams (music) and myself above others and my kids and I can honestly tell you I had been miserable for the past 12 years.
Now when people ask me how the music is going my answer is that I'm not too worried about it because I'm being a man for the first time in my life.
There is a whole lot more that has went into me finding myself but like I said it would take a book.
In the end I would much rather remain unknown to most everyone and known by few for being the best dad I can be as well as someone who helped others the best I could than to be famous and have it come from me putting my kids second.
Hope this little bit helps.
john
2006-12-24 12:28:26 · answer #2 · answered by J S 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but it was quite shattering. I wouldn't know how to begin, it seemed as if I had trained my entire life for that awakening. Every book I'd read, every song I'd heard, every movie, every quote had spoken truth to me during the course of my life, but it never clicked until that time...it seemed to begin with a confession... I had been experimenting with a hybrid of neurolinguistic programming, accelerated learning, hypnosis and hemisphere synchronization technology, along with various religious and occult ideas.....each insight I grasped seemed to take me deeper and deeper......I was able to review my life and see how I had created everything I had experienced...events I thought were senseless and meaningless, events I thought I was a victim of...anyway I did find myself, and you will have to find your own way. Good luck.
2006-12-24 11:02:04 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I tend to be an over achiever. I found that I was always trying to be somewhere other than where I was, or someone other than who I was. It felt worthy because I convinced myself that it was all in the name of improvement. Then one day I smiled, took a deep breath and savored where I was and who I was. I still achieve, just not as frantically.
2006-12-24 10:56:24 · answer #4 · answered by Grace St. Andrew 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it was during my sophomore year of high school. I began to smile more, feel more love in my heart, and enjoy life. I know it was God working in my life that caused this fabulous awakening of who I should really be.
2006-12-24 10:53:48 · answer #5 · answered by Lov'n IT! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Man, I'm still searching for me, I seem to be hidden like a treasure chest
2006-12-24 11:00:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
When I did acid in the 70s.
2006-12-24 10:51:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
When I drinkk cool champagne
2006-12-24 10:54:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I discover myself anew, every day!
Blessed Be
2006-12-24 10:54:18 · answer #9 · answered by Celestian Vega 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'm 29 yrs old and I'm still looking.
2006-12-24 10:50:00 · answer #10 · answered by daweeney 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋