Throughout history, some of the greatest thinkers on this…
Throughout history, some of the greatest thinkers on this planet have attempted to form meaningful life philosophies. Trying to answer the big questions in life is no trivial pursuit. Use your journal to help you formulate a philosophy to live by. Purpose is what brings meaning to your life, and the recognition that you are part of a larger whole. Philosophy attempts to clarify your thoughts and answer the big question, "Why am I here?" You have to be able to wonder in or-der to develop a philosophy
— from The Relationship With Yourself (Traits/Reflection) · Field Guide to Happiness: Finding Happiness in Its Natural Habitat by Barbara Ann Kipfer
In the book
Your values surface when you sit with the simple question, what matters most to me, and why — or when you examine your life through four lenses: the sweet moments full of vitality, the sad ones that broke your heart, the heroes you admire, and the story of how you would want to be remembered, because each of those points straight at a value you hold. Use that material to build something larger — an actual philosophy to live by, formed by sitting with the biggest question of all, why am I here; this is finally what it means to ask, seriously, how should I live — to search out your own true north, the moral center of everything you do. And give it silence to grow in: make a quiet space to hear your own inner voice, because to hear anything true, you first have to be still. — The Relationship With Yourself (Traits/Reflection)