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Are you experiencing a Crisis of Meaning? (Part 2)
The process of finding meaning is highly personal, but also reflects the larger social context in which we find ourselves. As we continue to respond to society’s challenges, we grapple with the meaning of it all.
Due to constant change in the world around us, we need to continually update our own meanings, our sense of self and our place in the world. We need to be in a continual process of transformation in order to continue growing and developing our potential.
Are you experiencing a crisis of meaning? (Part 1)
It’s no stretch of the truth to say there is a crisis of meaning in today’s society. People feel more disoriented, disconnected, anxious, and pulled-every-which-way than ever before. While the pandemic has certainly exacerbated the problem of psychological and mental disorders, there are deeper, underlying causes that go back decades, and even further.
What’s going on? What are we to do?
Matching what’s important with reality
Balancing what’s important on the inside—in our hearts and minds—with our understanding of the world outside is no easy task. We might deceive ourselves as to what really matters or what’s relevant to us – or maybe we just don’t know.
We also might be deceiving ourselves about the reality of the world around us. Sometimes we put blinders on or wish things weren’t the way they are.
What about your life? What aspects of your world don’t match up?
Think you know your purpose in life? Which one?
It seems some of us have lots of purposes in life! But how can that be?
Because there are actually six dimensions to purpose. Family and career are aspects of two of those dimensions, while health and hobbies are aspects of two other dimensions of purpose.
What I’m really asking about is their intrinsic purpose, the kind that uniquely expresses who they are, a summation of their self-identity, abilities, values, and concerns. Do you know yours?
What really matters to you?
The disruption, the isolation, the inability to live what we thought were normal lives, have generated huge anxiety. The pandemic has taken away something that we thought was basic — control over our lives.
For this reason, many of us have been compelled to take a good look at our lives and ask ourselves, What really matters?
Post-Pandemic Plan for a Fresh Start
This new year is no ordinary year! With the dreadful events of 2020 hopefully behind us and the possibility of a new way forward, it’s a good time to pause, take our bearings, reset our compass, and plan for the next 10 precious years of our life.