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别等待找到人生的意义

 “拥有意义”和“赋予意义”,看起来很相似,其实完全不同。

**拥有意义(Have Meaning)**是在问:

“我现在做的事情有意义吗?”

而**赋予意义(Give Meaning)**是在问:

“我怎样让现在做的事情变得更有意义?”

第二个问题更有力量。

因为它把人生的意义,重新放回我们自己手中。

一个清洁工可以说:

“我的工作就是扫地。”

也可以说:

“我让大家拥有一个干净、舒服、有尊严的工作环境。”

一个老师可以说:

“我今天只是来上一堂课。”

也可以说:

“也许我今天讲的一句话,会改变一个人的一生。”

一个销售员可以说:

“我要完成这个月的业绩。”

也可以说:

“我要帮助顾客做出一个更好的决定。”

一个父母每天为家人准备晚餐,可以觉得:

“每天都是做饭,很平凡。”

也可以说:

“我正在创造一个让家人感受到关爱的家。”

事情没有改变。

改变的是我们赋予它的意义。

如何为每天做的事情赋予意义?

我认为可以用爱的智慧(Love Intelligence LQ)的3C来思考。

Care 关爱:谁因为我做了这件事而受益?

不要只看到工作,要看到工作背后的人。

当我们知道自己的行动帮助了谁,再普通的工作也可以产生意义。

Courage 勇气:我可以多做一点什么?

意义往往来自那些“其实不一定要做,但我选择去做”的事情。

多帮助一个人,多说一句鼓励的话,多解决一个问题,多承担一点责任。

这些小小的行动,都在创造意义。

Connection 连接:我做的这件小事,与更大的目标有什么关系?

一个接待员不只是接电话。

她可能正在创造顾客对整家公司的第一印象

一个老师不只是教知识。

他可能正在影响一个人的未来。

当我们把眼前的小事,与更大的目标连接起来,平凡就开始变得不平凡。

所以,我越来越相信:

意义,不只是我们去寻找的东西。
意义,更是我们主动赋予的东西。

很多人一直在等待。

等一份更有意义的工作。

等一个更有意义的关系。

等一个更大的机会。

等到有一天,终于找到自己人生的使命。

其实,我们不一定需要等待。

因为意义不一定来自做大事

意义也可以来自:

用更大的心,做好眼前的小事。

甚至,我们可以不再只是问:

“这件事情对我的人生有什么意义?”

而是问一个更有力量的问题:

“因为我的存在,谁的人生变得更有意义?”

这时候,意义就从我们想要得到的东西,变成我们可以给予别人的礼物

这也许就是最简单的爱的智慧(LQ)

有关爱,看见别人。

有勇气,主动贡献。

有连接,把自己正在做的事情连接到更大的价值。

所以:

不要等待找到人生的意义。

为你现在正在做的每一件事,赋予意义。

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