What We All Want in Life!

I was thinking yesterday about what it is that people want in life, and I came up with a pretty simple answer. No matter who you are or what you do, everybody ultimately just wants to feel ALIVE. Seems silly, but let me explain. As humans it isn’t enough to just exist on this earth, to go through the motions day after day of eating, sleeping and being physically alive. We WANT more, we CRAVE more! Whether it is seeking out material things, exhilarating or rewarding experiences, special relationships, or a certain lifestyle, we consciously or unconsciously seek out things that make us feel more, that make us feel alive. Everybody gets, what I’ll term as “life highs,” from different things but ultimately it should be those highs that drive our actions.

I believe that when we focus on those things rather than the things that allow us to merely exist, we begin to live a happier life. Luckily for me one of the things that makes me feel alive is helping others strive to become the best version of themselves and I’m lucky enough that people pay me to do it!

Now regardless of what your life highs are, you should try to fill your day with them as much as possible! If it is your family or a relationship, be with them as much as possible! If it is a hobby, sport, or activity, do it whenever time permits! The Dalia Lama said,

“Man is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived.”

Don’t get caught going through life worried about just existing but rather focus on those things that make you excited to get out of bed in the morning, those life highs that drive you, that make you feel ALIVE!