Living fully is possible through the appreciation of what we have, everything we live and who we are, however, the art of feeling satisfied also allows us to be entrepreneurs, explorers in better ways when we feel empowered by experience, self-love and personal safety. Few psychological states are so rewarding and powerful.
The poet TS Elliot said that the fullness so desired by the human heart is always available, but we do not see it. Moreover, we also do not know how to achieve this dimension because, in many cases, we do not understand an essential aspect: fullness flows within us only when we are emptied.
- We’re talking about letting go of the anguish of not having certain things and realizing that we have more than we think.
- Stop being afraid of losing certain dimensions.
- People or objects and discover that sometimes we are better off without many of these realities.
- Fullness is.
- After all.
- An awakening and.
- Above all.
- An awareness of who we are to live with greater balance.
It is common to say that this dimension is at a certain stage of our life cycle, which is the product of maturity, in recent years attention has focused on the decade between the ages of 50 and 60, during which human beings supposedly achieve a greater degree of psychological well-being, however, it can be said that in terms of age nothing is absolute.
Everyone reaches this peak of development and personal realization at their own time, sooner or later; some, on the other hand, never reach this peak. Let’s look at more information about that.
“To get to what you’re not, you have to go through the way you are” – T. S Elliot-
Living fully is not a state. It is not to reach the top of abraham Maslow’s needs pyramid, the place where self-realization resides, and to think that it all ends there, that we have already attained happiness; In fact, living fully is a process: it means being part of the movement of life, feeling strong and empowered for what can happen.
Therefore, we do not face a dimension of personal development that is easy to achieve or achieve, moreover, from the perspective of the social sciences, there is a constant interest in understanding how people deal with this situation in such complex times. , more than ever, what are our internal resources to achieve well-being.
Princeton University psychologist Daniel Kahneman often says that much of this research has a curious problem: people don’t know exactly what happiness is, yet in a study he conducted and published in the journal Science himself, with the title Would We Be Happier, he proved something very interesting.
In this work, Dr. Kahneman showed us that, on average, people know that money does not bring happiness, they also know that happiness is not the same as personal realization, in fact, what most people seek is exactly the latter dimension. : feel full, realized, in balance with yourself and with your own life.
Living fully is the opposite of living in a vacuum, the latter condition is lived when there is discouragement, anxiety, fear and loneliness, it is clear that, one way or another, we will always have to deal with these psychological realities, however, the person who works every day to the fullest is better able to face these situations.
So let’s figure out how to achieve and develop this dimension
We rarely ask ourselves this question: “What do we carry in our being?We often define ourselves by what we do or what we live in (am I a nurse, am I a mechanic?). However, to live fully, it would be positive to become aware of what we carry in our personality and what defines us:
I am passionate, I hope, I am optimistic, I am determined, I carry my compassion as a nurse, I carry the love for my family, I carry the satisfaction of who I am and what I have achieved?
Living fully is not a state, it is rather a process and above all an attitude. It means having a great awareness of what we carry inside and, with it, taking advantage of the present, the here and the now.
If we carry passion, we must connect with our reality to appreciate it; At the same time, if we carry affection, we must take care of ourselves, connect with the people we love in the present moment; if our interior is defined by curiosity. , learning and experience, we must take advantage of every second to continue living and feeling life.
As we see, it is about achieving harmony between who we are and what surrounds us, living fully is not repenting of what we lack or suffering for what is left, it means feeling empowered to accept what cannot be changed, having the courage to transform what can be changed and continuing to evolve without losing personal balance.