I am sure every man DESIRES to fullfill his potential. There is unlimited potential for us to GROW. Life without suffering is good but imagine life without suffering and without a chance to fulfill our potential is boring. Buddha achieved enlightenment and he fullfilled his potential to be a GREAT teacher."A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write,
if he is to be at peace with himself. What a man can be, he must be.
This is the need we may call self-actualization ... It refers to man's
desire for fulfillment, namely to the tendency for him to become
actually in what he is potentially: to become everything that one
is capable of becoming ..."
Life is about maximizing our happiness, isn't it? The goal of eternal existence is to be happy by conscious control of ourselves. So, it looks like self-actualization is also a path of happiness, a path of spirituality?
Some of the interesting quotes of self-actalization
- Malcolm S ForbesThe biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy.
- Greer GarsonStarting out to make money is the greatest mistkake in life. Do whay you fell you have a flair of doing and if you are good enough at it, the money will come.
- Raphi Waldo EmersonEnthuasiasm is one of the most powerful enegines of success. When you do a thing, do it with all your might. Put your whole soul into it. Stamp it with your own personality. Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and faithful and you will accopolish your object. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthuasiasm.