Those PILLARS in Life

 

Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung was famous for many things besides having founded the school of analytical psychology.  BUT amongst all things, I'd like to leverage on the PILLARS IN LIFE Carl Jung has advocated from the very start:

Our HEALTH - One thing WHERE Carl Jung did set expectations is that good HEALTH is intended NOT to raise happiness BUT rather to lower unhappiness.  Of course, it's a bonus if one becomes happier.  Bottomline is,  it is way beyond debate that the state of our HEALTH tops things all.  You can be blessed with everything in life BUT if your HEALTH is in dire straits, you have a more serious concern to tackle, probably diluting any other happiness in life😡😡😡

Our RELATIONSHIPs - The intertwined notions that close relationships are at the heart of our well-being and experts opine that cultivating them will [likely] reliably increase our HAPPINESS.  Oh, the experts infused the value of successful marriages because it has taken a serious beating the past decades, their research evidences are piling up that being wed makes the majority of people much HAPPIER than they otherwise would be💥💥💥

Our REASONABLE standard of living - Parallel to the paramount importance of our health, income and employment seem tied more towards eliminating unhappiness than raising happiness.  In fact, experts opine that unemployment is the most common source of misery.  WHAT happens next, depressive symptoms typically rise WHEN one gets unemployed.  True, this just CAN'T be explained simply by the lack of material and social resources that typically accompanies joblessness.  BUT can we take a step farther if we can endeavor to upgrade 'satisfactory work' to 'meaningful work', hoping that positive gains in happiness can come into play💚💛💜

Our OUTLOOK - Carl Jung strongly espoused that a good life requires a way of understanding WHY things happen the way they do, being able to zoom our from the tedious travails of our daily life and then putting events in life into perspective.  Thing is, we are counselled NOT to fall prey to seeking just pure happiness BUT instead seek lifelong progress toward that state of 'happierness'.  NOT to be verbose, we often hear this lesson:  THE END DOES NOT JUSTIFY THE MEANS❎❎❎

Our takeaway:  To simplify an often complicated life, the very basic PILLARS in LIFE can all be counted within the fingers of just one of our hands.  And akin to those concrete foundations of built structures, we need to put in place these PILLARS in LIFE in a fashion that they will become the key factors for us to reinforce our resilience in life, WHEN storms hit us, WHEN floods tend to drown us.  Verily true, let us invest time and efforts to put up our PILLARS in LIFE😀😀😀