WEEK THIRTY-TWO:
INSIDE OUT
"Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself."
- Og Mandino
.The needs of each and every individual can be summarized as the need for identity, the need for security, and the need for competence. Basically, the need for recognition and self-discovery, the need for a secure future (financial or otherwise), and the need to matter and make a difference respectively.
There's nothing wrong with needing these things in our lives, but the problem is we often look for them outside of ourselves first. We are insecure, so we seek approval from others. We consciously or unconsciously copy someone else's identity and keep our true selves hidden. We feel that nothing that we do matters. Life was meant to be lived from the inside out, not from the outside in, so we must seek happiness within before it can manifest on the outside