Published For You in Live Enlighten — September 1, 2021
5 Ways to Live Life to the Fullest
Life is a tremendous opportunity to grow, so we need to design ourselves to have a life worth living. That is to live life to the fullest.
The life, you and I have is a tremendous opportunity to grow. Fulfillment of life comes based on our growth.
There are people who feel that they have got stuck in life. What they have is a lack of fulfillment. Fulfillment comes only if we are constantly expanding. In spiritual science too, there is an understanding of constant expansion. This constant expansion is regarded as becoming infinitive.
Remember life is a tremendous opportunity to grow, so we need to design ourselves to have a life worth living. That is to live life to the fullest. Here are a few simple ways to live life to the fullest. There are also so many other unique ways in your life, that you need to discover which will leave you with a life of fulfillment.
1. Valuing Your Life
This is one of the most significant factors that you should keep in mind in order to have a life worth living. If you want a life that you need to live to the fullest, then you must value your life.
There are people who are always complaining about their own lives. They complain about almost all the things that they have in life and also about what they haven’t got in life. That’s how they devalue their lives.
Valuing your life means becoming grateful about the life that you have now, irrespective of whatever bad things that have happened or happening in life. There are always ways to see life in a positive way and also feel gratitude for what you have in life.
Valuing means you have to understand the value that your life holds for you. If you constantly make your life a mess, by complaining or viewing life negatively then that means you have to shift your focus to those that give you fulfillment and happiness.
If you think that there is nothing in your life that you value or you don’t like to value your life, then understand that that thought itself is hindering you from discovering the value of your life. Change that by just shifting your focus. Ask yourself empowering questions like What all things, people or events give you your fulfillment? WhatcCan I do to make my life fulfilled? What do I have in life that is so valuable? Ask yourself these kinds of questions, and you will find life-empowering answers to them.
2. Becoming Positive
You may have heard a lot about this advice, be positive, be positive, and you may even wonder is this possible or is this good for me. Let me tell you this, the reason that this advice is been given again and again is that people don’t consciously make such an effort to become positive. There are lots of people out there who understood the importance of becoming positive in life and changed their lives to dramatic heights. So, being positive is very important.
There are lots of beliefs that you have gathered throughout your life which are actually hindering your progress. These beliefs are to be understood and should be changed to empowering beliefs, that is beliefs that actually help you in your progress. But these are beliefs which are embedded sub-consciously and it takes a little effort to change your belief system.
Becoming positive is actually a way to change your belief system positively. When you become positive in life, then you start to represent things, events, people in a positive way to yourself. You will represent yourself positively. Then you will be happy in life. What that does to you is, when you are consistently in positivity and happiness, then your negative belief system, the beliefs that hinder your progress will slowly change. When you are positive you will see that your life is progressing and you are happy with your life. Be positive right now, don’t wait for a positive day, and remember you make the world positive when you are positive.
3. Do Creative Things
Always do something creative, whether it is writing, making art or playing music. Creativity is one of the things that we usually miss in life. It is a little different from having a hobby. A hobby is something which we are familiar with. Creativity is creating something new. It is also about trying new things in your life. You have to have the feeling of growth and creativity helps in that.
One of the things that I usually like is thinking about new knowledge. Instead of always reading and thinking about the contents that I already know, I take some time to actually understand new knowledge. This is a simple thing, but it really works great for me. You have to have a creative session every day. Each and every day do something new or create something simple.
The simplest things usually will become extraordinary in your life. There’s no need to invest a lot of time for creativity. You can have a little time for that after your works are over. You can also have a creative session when you are relaxing. Instead of sitting in front of T.V. for relaxing you can do something creative. Your energy will increase rather than diminish. Your sense of growth will also increase tremendously.
4. Be Proactive
Proactivity is a concept worthy to be part of your life. It is opposite to that of reactive. Being a proactive person enables you to have a life that is in your control. You know what a reactive person is. Everyone has been reactive at some point in life. You may be a reactive person but shifting that to proactivity is fundamental in taking charge of life and creating a fulfilled life. Reactive people are driven by external stimuli. If the external circumstances are favorable for them then they will have a good and positive life for that day. If the conditions are unfavorable, or even thinking that they are in unfavorable conditions, their life will be dull or angry or depressing according to what conditions they are meeting.
Rather than being reactive, that is reacting to every stimulus that you are getting from external situations, be proactive. Proactive people are driven by values. They will not react to their conditions rather they will respond to the situations according to their values. Having an empowering value hierarchy is important. Then your responses will be highly proactive. Take responsibility for your actions, respond to situations according to your values. Don’t let external situations take charge of your emotions.
5. The Growth Mindset
This is one of the fundamental beliefs that you should have in your life if you want to have a fulfilled life. Fulfillment comes when you feel like you are constantly growing. The growth of your life is really important.
Some people usually tend to believe that they have got stuck in life. They may think that this is all there is to their lives. That is such a disempowering belief. That belief is a fixed mindset. Thinking that life is fixed. Instead, you have to have the growth mindset. That is to have ever-expanding beliefs about life.
You have to constantly grow in your life. Do things that help you grow in life. Always think that there are so much more to explore in life and never settle, you must grow and expand always. Having a growth mindset will change how you view life. You will be more passionate about doing things, you will be more vibrant in your physical activities. There will be shifts in your thought pattern and you should constantly try to improve your life. The mindset will help you in taking responsibility of your life and you will achieve more than what you thought that you could achieve.
