Meaning is the evidence of impact that reconstitutes your experience of agency. Meaning is evidence that who you are and what you do matter (directly or indirectly) to someone or something other than yourself.
If the purposes and contributions you chose never managed to touch someone or something beyond yourself, the vessel through which you have constructed your sense of purpose would become a constraint on the kinds of meaning you can experience.
Happily, having an impact on the world and those around you – whether you intend it or not – is fundamental to human existence. Why not use your agency to construct purposes that result in growth and contribution rather than stasis or extraction…
There are as many paths from agency to meaning as there are people on the Earth. Still, the same elements tend to pop up and reinforce each other along the way. They also come up over and over again in the stories we use to articulate the meaning of our lives to this point and the purposes we will pursue from this point forward.
Agency (主体性) + Purpose (志) + Growth (成長) + Connection (繋がり) + Contribution (貢献) = Meaning (意義)
In the space between you and me awaits all that will ever be.
人と人の間に全てのもと
Meaning is the evidence of impact that reconstitutes your experience of agency. Meaning is evidence that who you are and what you do matter (directly or indirectly) to someone or something other than yourself.
If the purposes and contributions that give you a sense of purpose never manage to reach someone or something beyond yourself, the container you have selected becomes a constraint on the kinds of meaning you can experience.
It is fundamental to human existence that you will have an impact on the world and those around you – whether you intend it or not. Why not use your agency to select purposes that result in more contributions than extractions…
There are as many paths from agency to meaning as there are people on the Earth. Still, the same elements tend to pop up and reinforce each other along the way. They also come up over and over again in the stories we use to articulate the meaning of our lives to this point and the purposes we will pursue from this point forward.
Agency (主体性) + Purpose (志) + Growth (成長) + Connection (繋がり) + Contribution (貢献) = Meaning (意義)
In the space between you and me awaits all that will ever be.
人と人の間に全てのもと
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