Life has no meaning, except the meaning you give it!

Many years ago when I first started listening to Personal Development tapes something one of the speakers said really challenged my preconceived ideas. He said "Life has no meaning, except for the meaning you give it!"

At first I thought of this statement as a very negative one. Of course life has a meaning I said, even though I knew not everyone knew what it was. I had been taught many Christian beliefs from an early age and these beliefs were the ones I thought everyone should adopt to give meaning and purpose to their lives.

But then I thought about the statement for a long time afterwards, it really troubled me; that maybe the speaker was right and my preconceived ideas were wrong. The more I puzzled the statement through, the more I realized that the belief system I had been taught was the meaning I had given to my life, which proved both my own set of beliefs and the speaker correct at the same time.

As a Life Coach, I am aware that each person has their own unique belief system and it is not my intention to have them adopt mine. However part of the journey of discovery that I engage with my clients in, is to find out if their belief system is helping or hindering them from getting to where they want to be in their lives.

I really didn't like the idea of having different beliefs to the ones I'd been taught, beliefs that had worked for millions of others down the centuries. I didn't want to give up the security and the continuity I felt with my parents and grandparents and yet I understood the principle that if these beliefs were holding me back in my life maybe I needed to synthesize my old beliefs with some new ones that would help to propel me further than I'd been able to get before in my life.

Einstein said "We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." Maybe a Life Coach is just what you need to help you find a new perspective in your thinking to help you move on in your life? Why not call me now on 0800 085 8056 or e-mail me at "themusicianslifecoach@hotmail.co.uk" and let your own journey of discovery begin?