Create a life you love. What exactly does that mean? It is a phrase that is tossed around frequently. Experts have talked about what they think depict a life you would love to live. But what does creating a life you love really mean?
That’s a tricky question because the answer is different for every person on earth. Some may love adventure, some may love the challenge of seeking career success at the highest level, and some may love doing good for others whether that be through teaching, coaching or serving in some other way.
And what about the “love” part? If you love your life what does that mean? Does it mean you love every single day, even the days you would never want to repeat like the day you lost your job or the day a loved one passed away? It feels hard and maybe a little unrealistic to have to love those days too.
And yet we all know that we will have to live through some hard days. So how do they fit into a life you love?
These questions can stop you from even thinking about living a life you could love. The questions may make the prospect of loving your life seem complicated or impossible or unrealistic. But it is not. And as a first step toward creating a life you will love, here are some insights.
Let’s start with the loving every day question. Is that what it means to love your life? Not exactly. There will be days in any life, a life you love or a life you hate – that you don’t want to relive. Days that make you sad or angry or make you hurt.
So a life one loves means a life where you experience the fullness of every day. That means feeling and appreciating the joy of really great days and having the strength and compassion for myself to be open to processing the sadness and fear of the days you wouldn’t want to repeat. It means allowing yourself to be vulnerable in order to fully experience the highs and the lows because I have faith in the bigger picture, faith in your higher purpose even if you can’t see it in the moment. It means creating a life of fullness and joy and love, and trusting that as you do this you will have fewer bad moments and you will be able to move through them more quickly.
So how do you build a life of fullness that you can truly have gratitude for in every day. It begins by defining what it looks like. Start by creating a blueprint detailing the life you want to create.
