he search for the meaning of life is often hampered

by the assumption that there is a single meaning of life for

everyone everywhere. We try to find happiness and meaning

in the same thing that affect others. We follow well worn

paths and then are surprised to find that we end up the same

place as everyone else that has followed that path. Instead,

we must find the meaning of our own lives individually.

Yet there is still wisdom in those who have gone

before and the key to discover the meaning of your life often

falls in those in between places where you are following your

own path, but using the tools of others to do so.

The first of these tools is the understanding that life

is a journey, not a destination. You may never completely

understand why you exist or what you were meant to do. This

is why you must remember that your life is not made up of

the big moments, but of the small moments in between.

Find meaning in those and you will be on the path to

understanding the meaning of life.

If the meaning of life is individual, then

understanding yourself and being yourself is vital to

understanding the meaning of life. When you hide yourself

from others, you hide from yourself as well. When you fail

to follow the path that you know is right for the one that is

safer, you lose yourself.

It is our choices that show what we truly are, far

more than our abilities. You choose the meaning or

meaninglessness of your life in the decisions you make every

day. A life lived well or a life hardly lived. Understand that

the choices are yours and that the choices matter. Without

that understanding, finding meaning in your life will be

impossible.

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