Before beginning a journey, it’s a good habit to have an idea of where you’re headed. We’re starting a journey of self-actualization and the following quotes give some insight into what it is, what we’re aiming for.
Read the quotes, think about them. Which ones did you like, which ones didn’t make sense? What are your thoughts about self actualization? Let me know in the comments section below!
The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination. Carl Rogers
The person in peak-experiences feels himself, more than other times, to be the responsible, active, creating center of his activities and of his perceptions. He feels more like a prime-mover, more self-determined (rather than caused, determined, helpless, dependent, passive, weak, bossed). He feels himself to be his own boss, fully responsible, fully volitional, with more “free-will” than at other times, master of his fate, an agent. ~Abraham Maslow
Instead of dedicating your life to actualize a concept of what you should be like, ACTUALIZE YOURSELF. Many people dedicate their lives to actualizing a concept of what they should be like, rather than actualizing themselves. This difference between self-actualization and self-image actualization is very important. Most people live only for their image. ~Bruce Lee
It is easy to live for others, everybody does. I call on you to live for yourself.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
Self-actualization cannot be attained if it is made an end in itself, but only as a side effect of self-transcendence. ~Viktor E. Frankl
Every living organism is fulfilled when it follows the right path for its own nature. ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
I hope these quotes got you to thinking…!
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Lauren
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