What Is Your Philosophy?

What is your personal philosophy? The word philosophy literally means "the love of knowledge and/or wisdom". By personalizing it, you are asking a more focused question, "what knowlege and/or wisdom do you love?" I will stretch it some for this blog's purpose by asking "what framework of knowledge and wisdom are you building your life around?"

You have a personal philosophy whether you recognize it or not. We all do. The real question is, "how is it working for you?" It is a significant question because the lens through which you think significantly impacts your choices in life. Since your choices are your responsibility, it would seem wise to explore your foundation for making them.

It is highly possible you have never created and claimed your own philosophy. Many, if not most, have lived their lives and made their choices based upon the philosophical underpinning of someone else's philosophy. Typically, your philosophy is the philosophy built in you by your parents and family. You may have accepted theirs as your own or you may be living through some reaction to theirs as your own. Either way, it is a product of someone else's system of belief.

There comes a time in all of our lives when we have to accept responsibility for what we believe, and therefore, what we choose. You have to explore and rethink how you see life. You have to develop your own convictions about life and how you choose to live it. Living life through someone else's convictions simply is a personal car wreck waiting to happen.

So, my challenge is for you to spend some time thinking. Begin to fall in love with thoughts you embrace as your own. Build your own mindset and own it. Keep asking the questions you need to be asking about your relationship to God, to others, and to yourself. Then, continue the process for the rest of your life. Continue to ask questions. Continue to grow. Continue to create. Life will begin to look much different. It will begin to look a lot larger. At times, it will even get smaller. In either case, clarity becomes an exciting process. Engage it. Do well, my friends.