Personal Philosophy About Life: Live On Your Own Terms

You must know who you are to be able to make the best of yourself. The woman in the mirror is not who you are but the one speaking to your consciousness from deep within. Be familiar with yourself and have it easier living true to your conviction. A truly fulfilled man or woman is not one who bests others in the affairs of human endeavors but one who is at peace with himself and God. But how can one be at peace with himself when he doesn’t yet know himself? Some are very lucky to discover themselves early in their childhood. Some discovered themselves at adulthood. Some discovered themselves in midlife and even some in their old age.

Most people however never get to discover or know who they are. Once you know who you are, you will understand not everything or everyone is meant for you even when they seem so or appear logical. Everyone is uniquely created with an operating manual. Discover yours and stop wasting your time reading others’ manual to operate yourself.

People tend to define themselves by their fame, job, or bloodlines but that is far from it. When you discover yourself, you attain mastery over drudgery and learn what to ignore and what to hold close irrespective of what everyone else thinks. A man or woman who has discovered himself lives above the misery of rat race the majority of humans suffer. In order to know yourself, you must exercise your ability by doing things for the rest of the world by which you get to realize what works or doesn’t work for you and what makes or doesn’t make you happy. Knowing your green and red lines in life are key to the quality and quantity of life you lead. So what is it that draws your enthusiasm and inflames your passion? What keeps you crazy without knowing it?

What generates that feeling that wouldn’t let go of you and keeps you fired and self-assured all week because you did? Who are the people who make you happy when they are happy? Who are the people whose sadness is your sadness? Who are the people that are kindred spirit with you? What is it that will get you fulfillment among the many options before you? A honest answer is key to your quality of life. Once you know yourself, start doing what will make you be at peace with yourself and conviction. Of course being at peace with one’s conviction is being at peace with God which is the climax of a spiritually good life. Start living true to yourself and purpose. You must do things because you want to not just because you want to impress others. Where are the boys and girls you denied yourself a lot to please in high school? Where are the people of yester years before whom you were ashamed to be yourself?

The earlier you start living on your own terms the best.