Nothing Matters

 

Holocaust Survivor Victor Frankl in his book ‘Mans search for meaning’ stated: (Check my Book Review on the book) 

A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears toward a human being who affectionately waits for him, or to an unfinished work, will never be able to throw away his life. He knows the “why” for his existence, and will be able to bear almost any “how.”

Covid situation have us struck hard. Living in fear seems to be new normal. Questions like whether any hard work means anything to anyone or even to me? Or childhood lessons of speaking honestly are still relevant!!

I asked myself “Imagine this was your last day on earth and you could write down your last article with something meaningful and important to pass on, what would it be?”

Thoughts of lying on my death bed, family around me awaiting the dreaded moment, whilst I, nonchalantly uttered the last few words that would render me of value to the world. The precise words would then be immortalised in stone (or passed on as creative quotes around Instagram or simply be laughed upon by intellect group!!).

 “Nothing really matters.”

Yes, simple, no Hollywood extravaganza or grandiosity, just simple philosophy. All those things we stress about, get worried about (as if we think this will make us more capable to deal with an issue), really don’t matter. We spend years of our life deliberating and stressing over the minutia of life, who said what and how and we dissect it, ponder over it, personalise and break it apart; in the meantime, wasting so much time and energy in the process.

It doesn’t really matter.

Yes few things may have some importance such as family, a tiny collection of incredibly loyal friends, children……nothing else. When push comes to shove, it’s all clutter and excess baggage.

Meaning is derived from being of service to others, behaving as if we matter and allowing the soul to have a platform to exert its need. In complete contrast, the ego’s need to be right and to always be in certainty makes us obsessed with making things matter – are the things that in 5 years time won’t even be of importance.

I learnt that nothing really does matter, and we should stop sweating the small stuff.

Obsessing over things and people we are unable to change consumes time, energy and is the downfall of relationships both in professional and personal lives. It prevents us from feeling of calm, joy and the peace of acceptance; because sometimes in life, things are just as they are, and instead of fighting it, we ease into allowing for it to be.

Source of inspiration-

https://thriveglobal.com/stories/nothing-matters-really-it-doesnt/

Book ‘Mans search for meaning’