3. What are reasons to live?

What are reasons to live?

I can absolutely understand the idea of it being a journey just feels brutally exhausting and discouraging, but it's more than a journey, it's about finding little things that mean something to you that build into understanding of yourself and what is really important to you. Do you know what makes you happy or brings you joy?

For me, I have no fucking clue what I want to do with my life. I feel like I'm never going to find work that really means something. I'm not better, or smarter, or more needed than anyone else. I can be replaced. I don't know why I'm here on this earth and half the time I feel it doesn't even matter anyway.

But, I love sitting and watching as the rain falls. I love the smell after the rain. I love waking up in a quiet house before anyone else and drinking coffee while reading a book. I love how it feels when my dog snuggles up to me and falls asleep. I love how it feels to be when my husband rolls over in his sleep and pulls me closer.

I think these are part of the journey to finding meaning in life. It's not in the big things, because those can suck and fall short of your expectations and plans, and hardly anything ever lives up to your hopes and expectations, at least in my experience. It's finding the little things in life that mean something to you.

Why? I think it's because no one will experience it like you, and that's so amazing and wonderful. If you feel similar to someone else, you can share in their pain while still having your own unique perspective.

I honestly hope that you can find something that brings you joy, because it will being meaning into your life.

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