Not Finding; Creating

     Having such great technology in the palm of my hand in the form of a smartphone has been in many ways both a blessing and curse. In it's most cursed versions, my phone has sucked the life out of me by distracting me from the world around me. I enjoy social media and the occasional game of Mario Kart on my phone; it's relaxing. Relaxation is an important part of finding peace in your life, but I can admit that I have gone beyond relaxation and legitimately wasted time on my phone.

     However, having a smart phone has helped me by being able to get daily doses of positivity in my life. I receive a daily piece of scripture that helps me in my walk with faith and I receive a daily affirmation from a new application that I downloaded this week.

    Today's affirmation was a quote from George Bernard Shaw, "Life isn't about finding yourself.         Life is about creating yourself".

     I found this quote to be fairly thought-provoking because of its implications. So many of us take time off of work or school in order to "find ourselves". We often take on new hobbies in an attempt to "find ourselves". If you accept Shaw's perspective though, we should really be working towards creating ourselves. If a person is actually working on creating versus finding themselves, they take on a role of ownership over their place in the world. I think we "find ourselves" because it implies that we have lost something, which is something we may not have control over. If we create ourselves, then we are the ones who must take action.

     I like the idea that we are creating our lives instead of having to find them. I want to be a product of effort, not chance. I want to make something great instead of stumbling upon mediocrity.

Just a thought,