What Are We Striving For?

I woke up today and midway through planning the entirety of my goals–financially, fitness-related, weekly, semesterly, personal interest, relationally–I realized that the generation and the culture we reside in is often selfish.

We focus on the goals we think are incredible for ourselves, whether they come down to toning up and losing weight to eating healthy to achieving a certain letter grade to moving up in the company. Loving yourself is one of the most gracious blessings in the world. Loving yourself, however, will not change the world. Loving yourself should be the primary stepping stone to something all that more rewarding, which is forming an impact on someone beyond your own self. I love myself so that I can focus outwardly onto the world instead of looking inward at what I lack. If our attention is solely internal, how an we impact the external world? If all we see in our day to day lives is “me, myself, and I”, how can we continue to declare that we are striving to make a change?

As emphasized, self-love is valuable but what you do with that self love is the vision you should be looking towards. Are you solely satisfied with your “success”? If becoming who you want to be is as silly as achieving a certain body or a certain social status, perhaps it is time to rethink your value system and the purpose of your life. There is so much more than this, you are so much more than this.