Meaning Lesson Two

Lesson Two

Meaning

If something has no value for us, we will pay little or no attention to it. It just doesn’t hold our interest. We sometimes say it is boring, but what we probably mean is that we are not interested in it. It seems meaningless to us.



Can you see the connection between what we value and what we find meaningful? If you do, you might see that when you put value into things, (and notice that I said when YOU put value into things) you are putting meaning into these things as well. If you withhold thinking something is valuable, it has little or no meaning for you.



List some things you do not value (don’t like) and notice how you see little or no meaning in these things:



Would you mind if the world did not contain these things on your list? Would you like it if the things you consider valueless and meaningless did not clutter your life?



What about those things you listed in Lesson One as valuable? Would you be upset if they could never be in your life again?



Go to each of the items on the list in Lesson One and after reading each item out loud say:

“I AM the one who puts value and meaning into this.”



Then go to the items you wrote for the list in Lesson Two. Read them out loud and say after each:

”I AM the one who withholds value and meaning from this.”



Now go back to both lists and read the items once again out loud saying after each

“I AM the maker of value and meaning in my life.”



Write in your notebook any thought, feelings or reactions you have to these exercises.