Healthy Aging 2 – Exploring Positive Approach To Aging
To promote healthy aging, it is essential to view aging as a manageable experience and reject society’s negative perception of it. Adhering to dysfunctional and toxic beliefs about aging can lead to a highly debilitating experience. Therefore, it is crucial to distinguish between age and aging. Age refers to a mere number, while aging is a dynamic process influenced by our actions and their quality.
Are you growing? Growth is a fundamental aspect of healthy aging that extends beyond specific ages. Mentally, you continue to expand your knowledge through reading and studying. Emotionally, you develop emotional intelligence, becoming more aware of your emotions, regulating them, and maintaining important qualities like joy, curiosity, playfulness, compassion, and passion. Relationally, you engage with others, offering support, mentorship, and care. Physically, you keep your body active through cardiovascular exercise, strength training, and stretching, experiencing the endorphins associated with maintaining fitness.
Aging is an active process, and its quality depends on cultivating healthy habits that nourish all dimensions of your being. This entails taking personal responsibility, relinquishing excuses, and utilizing creativity to remain engaged in the game of life.
Influencing Aging
If you have been influenced by the toxic idea that aging is something that happens to you and you have no control over it due to genetics or other factors, it’s important to unlearn those beliefs. Take charge of your own perception of aging and reframe it positively. By doing so, you transform the aging experience into something manageable. If you encounter any challenges related to aging, examine the assumptions and frames that shape your thinking and feelings. Remember, you are not the problem; the problem lies in the frame you adopt. Addressing and reshaping this frame is vital for your well-being.
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Exploring the Possibility of Healthy Aging
Exploring the Possibility of Healthy Aging
The process of aging, often associated with older individuals, is in fact an inherent part of every human’s life journey. Regardless of our age, we undergo aging each passing day. Aging is an undeniable and natural phenomenon, presenting itself as the most favorable alternative to the alternative. Throughout our existence, we continue to age, and the key lies in the quality of this aging experience. Are we embracing healthy aging? Are we nurturing vitality and energy as we age? These questions become pivotal as we strive to uncover the possibilities of healthy aging.
Embracing Healthy Aging
Personally, I aspire to achieve and embrace healthy aging to the fullest extent. How about you? My aspiration is to age gracefully and maintain dignity, avoiding the path of becoming a cantankerous individual. Instead, I seek to age while preserving a sense of energy and vitality in all aspects of my being—mentally, emotionally, and physically. This is what I define as healthy aging: progressing in years while preserving a youthful attitude, mindset, and behavior.
Nonetheless, healthy aging transcends mere chronological age. We have all encountered young individuals who exude the wisdom, disposition, and actions of older individuals. Personally, I am acquainted with younger friends and colleagues who surpass me in their eagerness to learn, engage in active pursuits, and take risks. I often humorously suggest that while they grow older in years, they possess the potential to grow younger in spirit. Some acknowledge this perspective with a smile, while others genuinely inquire, “How?”
Age and Aging
It is crucial to distinguish between age and aging. Chronological age progresses steadily as we add one year to our lives with each revolution around the sun. However, the rate at which we age is highly variable, predominantly influenced by our attitude, lifestyle choices (active, inactive, passive), commitment to mental and emotional growth, the nature of our intentions, and health habits such as nutrition, exercise, and sleep. The empowering news is that we can exert significant control over the process of aging.
Harnessing Resources for Healthy Aging
If we perceive aging as an active process rather than a passive imposition (in terms of the number of years we have existed on this planet), we unlock a myriad of resources within Neuro-Semantics that facilitate healthy aging. This series of articles aims to explore these resources comprehensively. Drawing upon the principles of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), which asserts that every subjective experience possesses a structure, we can interview and model individuals who have successfully and healthily aged. By replicating their successful variables, we pave the way for our own healthy aging journey.
Beyond Longevity
It is vital to acknowledge that healthy aging surpasses mere longevity. While the length of one’s life in terms of years holds significance, it truly matters only if those extended years are fulfilling and enriching. Certain individuals may live for an extended period but endure pain, distress, and misery, devoid of any quality of life. Their existence becomes an anticipation of death rather than an exploration of life’s possibilities. Surely, this is not the type of longevity anyone would desire. Instead, we yearn to follow Spock’s salutation: “Live long and prosper.” Our ambition is to lead long lives filled with energy, vitality, meaningful engagement, and joyful mindfulness, contributing significantly to the tapestry of life.
The Possibility of Healthy Aging
Returning to the central query posed in the title, “Is healthy aging possible?” I firmly believe it is. As long as one is alive, possesses cognitive faculties, and wields the power of will, choices can be made to engage in activities that promote healthy aging. Naturally, the earlier one embarks on this journey, the better. Delaying the pursuit until the later stages will reduce your chances for a quality life in the later years.
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Creative Ideas
Creative Ideas
I believe that creative ideas are essential to solving problems and achieving progress. Throughout my career, I’ve seen first hand how the power of the human mind can be harnessed to generate innovative solutions that challenge established ways of thinking.
The Creator
Creativity is not something that is limited to artists, musicians, or other “creative types.” Therefore it is a fundamental human ability that can be applied to any task, field or pursuit. The key in creativity is to approach problems with an open mind and a willingness to apply lateral thinking.
One of the most important qualities of creative thinking is the ability to question assumptions. This means challenging the status quo and asking why things are the way they are. By questioning assumptions, we can begin to uncover new possibilities and explore alternative approaches to problem-solving.
Patterns And Perspectives
Another important aspect of creative thinking is the ability to see connections between seemingly unrelated ideas. This requires a broad knowledge base and an openness to learning from a variety of sources. By drawing on diverse perspectives and disciplines, we gain new insights that can help us solve complex problems.
So at the heart of creative thinking is the willingness to take risks and embrace uncertainty. This requires a certain degree of courage, as well as a willingness to not fear failure. Only by taking risks and trying new things that we can discover truly innovative solutions.
Curiosity
One of the keys to unlocking creativity is to cultivate a sense of curiosity and wonder. This means approaching problems with a childlike sense of awe and a willingness to explore new ideas. By embracing a spirit of curiosity, we can tap into the natural curiosity of our minds and discover new ways of seeing the world.
Another important aspect of creative thinking is the ability to envision possibilities beyond the constraints of the present. And this requires a sense of imagination and a willingness to think and envision in terms of what could be for the future, rather than what is (from the past). By imagining new possibilities, we can begin to shape a better future for ourselves and for future generations.
Furthermore, the key to creative thinking is to cultivate a mindset of openness and receptivity. This means approaching problems with a willingness to perceive creative views while listen to others, to consider alternative viewpoints, and to be open to new ideas. By fostering a spirit of openness, we hold relentless defenselessness can unlock our full creative energy and potential to achieve truly transformative results.
Finally, I believe that creative thinking is essential to solving problems and achieving progress in all areas of human endeavor. By questioning assumptions, seeing connections, taking risks, embracing uncertainty, cultivating curiosity, envisioning possibilities, and fostering openness, we can tap into our natural creativity and generate innovative solutions that challenge established ways of thinking. So let us embrace the power of our imaginations, and let us work together to create a better future for ourselves and for all of humanity.
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Neuro-Semantics is a field of study that focuses on how our thoughts, emotions, and behaviors are interconnected. It proposes that by changing our internal dialogue, we can change the way we perceive and interact with the world, ultimately improving our performance and well-being. The Coaching Centre in Australia provides Neuro-Semantic training for individuals to learn how to operate at a higher level of performance.
Neuro-Semantics is a field of study that explores the relationship between our thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. It is based on the idea that our thoughts and language create our experience of reality, and that by changing our internal dialogue, we can change the way we perceive and interact with the world.
Neuro-Semantics draws on principles from fields such as cognitive psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, and philosophy to create a comprehensive model of human experience. It proposes that our beliefs, values, and emotions are all interconnected, and that we can use our language and mental processes to change these internal states.
One of the key concepts in Neuro-Semantics is the idea of meta-states, which are higher-level states of consciousness that encompass and influence our lower-level states such as emotions, beliefs, and values. By becoming aware of these meta-states and learning how to control them, we can gain greater control over our thoughts and emotions, and ultimately improve our performance and well-being.
Overall, Neuro-Semantics provides a framework for understanding the complex relationship between our thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, and offers practical tools and techniques for improving our mental and emotional states.
Definition
Performing (neurology) great meanings (semantics) and creating more robust meanings for our performances.
“Semantic factors” refers to the various elements that contribute to an individual’s ability to operate at a higher level of performance. These factors can include emotions, beliefs, values, mental models, paradigms, and frames of reference. Understanding and effectively utilizing these semantic factors can help individuals improve their performance and achieve their goals.
Emotions
When something holds personal meaning to an individual, it triggers a physiological response that is commonly known as an “emotion.” This meaning can be based on an individual’s values, ideas, beliefs, understandings, paradigms, mental models, frames of reference, or other factors. In other words, emotions are a way of experiencing the meaning we assign to things in our lives. When something means something to you—you feel it in your body. The meanings show up as “emotions.”
Meaning-Making
“Meaning-making” in Neuro-Semantic refers to the process of evaluating experiences, events, words, and other factors to create meaning in our lives. This meaning is constructed based on an individual’s interpretation and understanding of these factors. Neuro-Semantic proposes that this process of meaning-making creates a “World or Matrix of Meaning” that an individual constructs and inherits, which shapes their perceptions and behaviors in the world. Therefore, by understanding and effectively utilizing this model of meaning-making, individuals can improve their mental and emotional states and their ability to perform at a higher level.
Matrix as Frames of Meaning
“Matrix as Frames of Meaning” in Neuro-Semantic refers to the frames of reference and meaning that individuals construct as they move through life. These frames of reference and meaning are interrelated and create a “Matrix of Frames” that individuals live and operate from. This matrix influences an individual’s perceptions, beliefs, and behaviors and shapes their experiences and interactions with the world. Therefore, by understanding and effectively utilizing this matrix, individuals can improve their mental and emotional states and their ability to perform at a higher level.
In Neuro-Semantics, “semantic reactions” refer to the reactions or responses that individuals have to certain experiences or stimuli, which indicate their underlying semantic structures. These structures are composed of an individual’s beliefs, values, ideas, and mental models, which are interconnected and influence their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. By identifying and understanding these semantic structures, individuals can better manage their reactions and responses and ultimately improve their mental and emotional states.
Generative Neuro-Semantics
Generative Neuro-Semantic is a process in which individuals create new and more comprehensive experiences by combining various mental and emotional states. By building up these new “gestalt” states, which are more than just the sum of their individual parts, individuals can achieve higher levels of performance and well-being. This process involves intentionally accessing and integrating different internal states, such as beliefs, values, and emotions, in order to create more meaningful and impactful experiences.
Systemic
The meta-state structure of Neuro-Semantic involves a different kind of thinking as it shifts from linear to non-linear thinking. Systemic thinking involves reflexivity, recursiveness, and spiral thinking. It means following feedback and feed forward loops around the loops of the fluid Matrix.
Neuro-Semantics offers practical tools and techniques for improving our mental and emotional states, and supports individuals in building new gestalt states for new experiences.
It involves systemic thinking, which follows feedback and feed forward loops around the fluid matrix. The Coaching Centre provides support for those who want to learn more about Neuro-Semantics and operate at a higher level of performance.
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A metacoach is a type of coach who specializes in teaching individuals how to coach themselves effectively. This approach is based on the principles of Neuro-Semantics, which is a field of study that focuses on how the brain processes and interprets information. A metacoach typically works with clients to help them develop self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and other skills that are necessary for effective self-coaching. They also facilitate clients for how to use specific techniques, such as reframing, to change their thought patterns and improve their overall well-being.
What skills does a metacoach use?
The art and science of facilitation to enable another person or group to move to a desired position.
A coach typically uses a variety of skills to help clients develop the ability to coach themselves effectively. Some of these skills include:
A metacoach must be able to truly listen to a client’s concerns and goals in order to understand their perspective and help them identify areas of improvement.
Empathy:
A metacoach must be able to understand and relate to a client’s emotions, thoughts and experiences through deep level of connection and support to enable a client acknowledge their own unique characteristics to validate.
Questioning:
A metacoach uses powerful and effective questions to help clients gain insight, clarify their thoughts and feelings, and identify potential solutions.
Goal setting:
A metacoach helps clients set and achieve specific, measurable, and time-bound goals.
Reframing:
A metacoach teaches clients how to reframe negative thoughts and feelings in a more positive light, which can help them change their perspective and improve their overall well-being.
Self-awareness and emotional intelligence: A metacoach helps clients develop self-awareness and emotional intelligence, which are essential skills for effective self-coaching.
Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) techniques:
A metacoach may use techniques from the field of NLP to help clients change the way they think and communicate.
Resourceful state induction:
A metacoach helps clients to access and utilize their resources, and to get into a resourceful state of mind, which is essential for change.
Meta-model:
A metacoach uses the meta-model language patterns for specificity to help clients to understand the structure of their thinking and language and to become more precise and clear in their thinking and communication.
Meta-programs:
A metacoach uses meta-programs to help clients understand their unconscious patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving and to change those that are limiting their ability to achieve their goals.
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The 2nd part to the series we learn there are homework assignments. You learned about assignments in Self Leadership when we say, “Give your client the list of Cognitive Distortions and ask them to familiarize with them.” After that, all you have to do is ask a discovery question, “What distortions did you catch yourself using in telling about that event?” Or, “Did I just hear you personalize?” This holds true for many things that you can task your client to do. Give them a handout on the specific meta-program which is over-driving a client. Give them a handout on a pattern that you’ve used with them and ask them to do it several more times.
Instead of telling, offer your feedback about how you are experiencing your client right now … in real time. “As you talk about X, my sense is that you really miss him and maybe you wish you could ask for forgiveness, I may not be getting that right, what do you think?” Offering your perspective as yours and make sure you offer it tentatively. This is one of the great gifts within the coaching relationship. Here you can “tell” that is, say what you feel like you need to say, without telling. You own it as yours.
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Telling is not coaching, we simply do not tell our clients what to think, feel, say, or do. We do not give advice and we do not intrude into their life assuming that we know what is best for them. Rather than telling, we use the coaching methodology to facilitate our clients discovering their own values and visions in life so that they can make their own choices and become fully self-determining. Our aim is to coach ourselves out of business!
Sometimes a client just does not know what he needs to know in order to make a decision or even carry on a conversation.Sometimes she is just mis-informed or deceived or just wrong. Then what? As a Meta-Coach you are not to tell, and “telling” is a level 1 skill, so it really takes away from effective coaching. Given that, now what?
Actually there’s lots of solutions to this. Firstly we recommend that you introduce and offer a menu list. In that way, you don’t have to tell. Instead, you are presenting a list of possibilities (a menu list should have at least three and ideally five to seven items). Typically a menu list “primes the pump” of creativity and mindfulness so that your client is off and running with her own solutions which is the whole purpose of menu lists.
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Do you feel stuck in life? Not sure how to move forward? Do your goals feel like they’re just out of reach, no matter how hard you try? If so, you may want to consider reaching out to a life coach.
A life coach is someone who helps people achieve their desired goals by providing support, guidance and encouragement. They can help create a plan of action that will enable you to reach your fullest potential and become the best version of yourself. This can include everything from career advice to emotional support and personal growth.
Let’s explore what a life coach is, the types of coaches available and who may benefit from working with one.
What Do Life Coaches Do?
Life coaches work with individuals by helping them identify areas of their lives where they need assistance or would like to make improvements. The goal is to provide support and guidance while also helping people identify and take steps towards achieving their desired outcomes. For example, if someone wants to start a business but feels overwhelmed at the thought of taking that first step, a life coach can help them break down their goals and develop an action plan that will take them from where they are now to where they want to be in the future.
Types Of Life Coaches
There are many different types of coaches out there, specialising in areas such as:
Career Coaching
Health Coaching
Relationship Coaching
Financial coaching
Lifestyle Coaching
Spirituality Coaching
And more!
When selecting a coach, it’s important to find one whose area of expertise aligns with your specific needs or goals.
Improving your self-actualization is often the focus of a life coach. This is working towards gaining your highest level of personal development in different aspects of your life. At The Coaching Centre, we can help you focus on what you need to achieve this higher level of personal satisfaction and happiness.
Who Should Use A Life Coach?
Anyone looking for support or guidance in improving an aspect of their lives can benefit from working with a life coach. Whether you are looking for advice on how best to manage your finances or need help finding ways to reduce stress in your relationships – having someone experienced in those areas can be invaluable for getting you through tough times or helping you realise new possibilities.
How To Pick The Right Life Coach For You
If you are considering working with a life coach, there are several factors to keep in mind when making your decision. The first is to find someone whose approach and style you feel comfortable with. You will likely be sharing a lot of personal information with your coach, so it’s important that you feel open and able to be honest and authentic.
Another important consideration is to find someone with experience in your particular area of need. For example, you may need help changing unhealthy habits related to diet and exercise, so it would be beneficial to work with a health coach who has expertise in those areas.
Finally, it’s important to ensure that the coach you work with is qualified, has a genuine interest in your success and will be committed to helping you achieve your goals.
No matter what type of challenge you’re facing in life, working with a qualified life coach can provide the necessary support needed for success. With guidance from an experienced professional by your side, you can gain clarity on what steps you should take next as well as the confidence needed to carry out those plans successfully—leaving room for growth and transformation along the way.
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If you know NLP, then you have heard about George Miller’s famous paper. It was published in 1956 and, in part, launched the Cognitive Psychology Movement. Now that’s a really influential paper! “The Magic Number 7+/- 2” also played a big role in the formative ideas of NLP as it identified how many ‘things’ we can hold in consciousness at a time. Even today 7+/-2 still maintains a near magical role in psychology.
If that’s a magic number, what we want to zoom-in on here, and highlight, is a magic word, the magical word of-meta. And no, not Facebook’s new name! In NLP the word meta goes back way, way before that! we’re rather referring to the word which Bateson introduced as a way to model and understand cultures, schizophrenia, learning, and much more. And because Bateson introduced the word and used it so prolifically, the early NLP community did so also.
Now unknown to most NLP people
Before they invented the name “NLP” in 1976, in the years from 1972 to 1976, the pre-NLP people were called “the Meta People.” Frank Pucelik then established “The Meta Institute” in 1978 in San Diego and later in Oklahoma. Even today, Frank has “Meta International” as a NLP Association in Ukraine, Russia, and other former Soviet countries.
But while they claimed the name, the early NLP people didn’t give much attention to meta as a concept. While they used the name to name lots of things- meta-position, meta-level, meta-tactics, meta-representational system (language), etc., for the most part they looked down on meta.
How can we say that?
Because in the 1980 book, Neuro-Linguistic Programming, meta was pretty much reduced to a tiny little place in the Strategy Model, the little “m” after a representational step-a tiny superscript. This little meta didn’t seem to get any respect! In reading a strategy, it reads like an after-thought, and that’s all.
But little meta was given a great big boost when Michael Hall discovered a whole new domain of meta. The discovery of the Meta-States Model in 1994, meta was finally treated to the respect it deserved. It was then noted that big meta provided the doorway to Logical Levels, to one’s “Model of the World,” to the hidden and unconscious structures that govern all human “programming,” and much more. The big meta within Meta-States led to the re-modeling of all of the major models in NLP.
That’s what Bob Bodenhamer and Michael did in the late 1990s as we used big meta to take a fresh look at the Meta-Model, Sub-Modalities, Meta-Programs, Time-Lines, etc. Over those years, Michael kept attempting to map out the territory of meta. About 1998 Michael did that, along with Bob, and they came up with the four Meta-Domains of NLP. After that, in 2002 Michel constructed the Matrix Model with seven meta-dimensions.
Neuro-Semantics
At that same time, in Neuro-Semantics, we took big meta and designed the entire Meta-Coaching System from it. More recently (2022) Michael decided to return to the field of psychotherapy and again, using big meta, designed Meta-Therapy. Now in writing that book as well as the previous book, Thinking as a Modeler (2019), Michael found him self talking about the meta place. This came out of researching being, and Maslow’s B-values, in the Self-Actualization books. Then as he wrote, Inside Out and Inspiring the Heart (2022), and mentioning the meta place again and again, he got wondering:
• What is this meta place, really?
• What is in the meta place?
• Is it possible to describe the landscape of the meta place?
Meta is magical because it lies at the heart of being human.
It is the source of creativity and the place where all of your potentials emerge. It is the place where we do coaching and where we do therapy. And because of that, that’s where coaches and therapists take their clients-if they are skilled. Actually, everything really important to we humans occurs in the meta place. It is in the meta place that you will find the inner game and your “model of the world.”
Michael wrote an introductory chapter about the meta place in the new book, Meta-Therapy. Upon finishing that book, he kept thinking about the meta place and the more he thought, the more facets of meta opened up. “he could write a whole book on meta” he said to his wife, Geraldine. She looked at him in a way that said, “Do it!” So that’s what he’s now doing. On a recent day at the coffee shop, he shared a diagram of the meta place with her, and she got more excited about it than he did.”This puts everything in NLP and Neuro-Semantics in place and makes it make more sense.” And, hoping that others will have that same response, he’s still in pursuit of the meta place and describing its landscape. And why? Because meta is such a magic idea.
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~ By Shawn Dwyer and Michael Hall~
If you have a set of values that define for you what’s important and what’s significant, at the same time you have a definition of the good life. Now how important is that? It’s very, very important. Why? Because most people (yes, I know this is an over-generalization) do not have a clearly articulated description of “the good life.” They certainly want it. They long for it. And they strive for it. But if you asked them to express it or write it down-they would not be able to do that with any level of specificity.
How do we experience the Good Life?
Part of the reason lies in the fact that there are so many voices in today’s world seducing us into their version of “the good life.” Look at any advertisement for just about anything-and the central message is, “Buy this, experience this, achieve this, and you will have ‘the good life.’”It seems that the great life for most is defined almost exclusively in terms of materialism-what you have or what you experience. The good life are the brand named clothes, jewelery, cars, homes, vacations, and on and on.
Now obviously, the good life starts with material things-food, water, shelter, safety, money, etc. You have to have material things to survive, to be safe, to have friends, work, etc. Therefore the truly crucial factors for the good life are intangible. At the lowest levels, it is being loved and respected, engaged in significant job or task, using your best talents and capacities, knowing that you count, etc. Higher than that are the being values-truth, beauty, justice, contribution, order, making a difference, etc. While the good life includes the D-level needs as survival values, it mostly thrives in the B-level needs-the growth values.
Reflections of Being for a Good Life
So as you live your life day by day and as you come to the end of your days, the question becomes, “Has my life been well-lived?” Ask that question, and your check-list changes from all of the things you have done and things you have accumulated to a check-list of the things that you have experienced an contributed.
Have I made a difference? Is the world better off because of the way I lived?
Have I loved, cared, and spread compassion to the people in my life?
Did I experience challenge and used my gifts as fully as I could?
Have I learned and shared my learnings and wisdom with others?
With all of the value-confusion in today’s world, it’s important to know what the good life is and how to live it.
Have I overcome limitations and risen above my circumstances?
Did I suffered loss or hurt and found the resources within to become resilient?
Have I assisted others to develop a champion attitude without expecting anything in return or having an ulterior motive?
Abraham Maslow wrote about the good life in his books about Being Psychology and Self-Actualisation. He spoke about it as “the value life” and considered it the spiritual life, that is, a the life that genuinely and healthily activates your inner spirit.
“If you don’t have a value life, you may not be neurotic, but you suffer from a cognitive and spiritual sickness, for to a certain extent your relationship with reality is distorted and disturbed.” (1971, p. 194) “To live the spiritual life, you don’t need to sit on top of a pillar for ten years. Being able to live in the B-values somehow makes the body and all its appetites holy.” (Ibid. p. 195)
It is living from the inside-out. That means when you are living the good life, you are self-governing, self-regulating, make your own choices about life, being self-determining. You are living for those highest values-the being values: beautify, goodness, joy, aliveness, uniqueness, respect, contribution, integration, etc.
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