One who has a ‘why’ to live for can endure almost any ‘how’.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Life happens to people mostly accidentally. Events occurs, decision have to be made and we only react. Even if you are dedicated to a religious or philosophical creed, you take a more passive than an active role in life.
I see myself a journeyer of life. I try to figure out what the hell is going on and why and how to cope with it most of my life, often not successful but permanently gaining expierience. And maybe I figure out some tiny particles of realisation on which other people can build on and work with. I am still learning and I am not telling you that I figure out the real truth or something. Don´t believe me anything. Take it, test it, prove it, judge it. If you come to the conclusion by yourself that you have the same expierience and the same insights you will find that this is far more valuable than believing in what other people tells you. You will come to a point by your own free choice and your own expieriences.
The psychological benefits
Scientists have discovered that there a several causes for depression, self-harming behaviour, burnout and suicide tendencies. The roots of this illness of the mind are low self-esteen and acknowledment from others, the disability to anticipate a positive future and the loss of self-dedication and autonomy among other things.
The ability to anticipate paths to a possible positive future, the achieving of self-dedication and autonomy and the gaining of selfrespect and the positive appreciation of our community leads to more personal psychic and physic health, makes you a more wholesome being and gains you the appreciation of your conmunity.
Selfcommitment and dedication
In committing and dedicate ourselves to a personal journey, a higher cause and to rules we are forced to retell our personal story, our individual narrative, which defines who we are. This narrative is where we explain to ourselves where our place in the world is, who we are, which role we play and who the other people were. In commit ourselves to a creed and values and rewriting our individual narrative we not gain a healthier existence but can also develop our potential and make a positive impact on our community.
In commiting and dedicate ourselves to a personal journey we choose by our own will we make also a great step in autonomy and responsibility. We choose a creed for ourselves, we had made a decision. The decision was not made for us by a third party. We choose by ourselves and don´t get stood before already made decision for us. This is an important step. We are responsible because we choose.