How many people can honestly put their hand up and say they do not want to develop in any particular area? Becoming wiser and more skilled is a natural function of life. You can recognise your own desire for growth every time you take an interest in something. Your attention is grabbed in such a way that it primes your brain to make use of information that you’re likely to use again in the future. Once we have exhausted our perceived usefulness at one level we want to be promoted to the next. The biggest advantage you have today over yesterday is that you are one day wiser and one day more experienced.
Just as we grow physically it is also vital that we growth mentally and emotionally. Generally speaking, the older we get the more philosophical we can be about our experience of life, this is product of growth. The way in which we measure our growth is by assessing the internal feeling we get as to how satisfied we are about how far we’ve come in life.
QUESTION: What are you currently doing to influence your own sense of personal growth?
Growth can happen naturally in the course of day to day experience, but you life becomes a lot more fulfilled when you play a more active part in developing your own sense of satisfaction about it. Spend 30 minutes everyday nourishing your soul. Read personal development books, meditate, write down you big life goals and carefully plan their achievement. Why not start conversations with your family and friends by asking them what they value in live, what makes them happy, what lessons life has taught them so far, where they want to be heading?
If you’re not growing you’re dying, so do the things that will let you be the fullest most positive expression of your true self.
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"If you’re not growing you’re dying".
I think this is my favorite quote, as growth, expansion and evolution are the strongest force for me. I am forever looking for ways to enrich my life and the lives of others.
It was interesting and shocking almost when I realized it's my greatest value side by side with love. And as there is no love without growth, love dies just like everything else when it is not nurtured and deepened. I suppose that this makes growth the most significant need for me.
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Thank you for giving me some new ideas about how to be "curious"! :)
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