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Pic Courtesy: career coaching in London<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u2018Ikigai\u2019 (ee-key-guy<\/em>)\u00a0is a small word with a profound meaning. Translated from Japanese, \u2018ikigai\u2019 means\u00a0reason to live<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n It is a fascinating concept, and has many quotes related to acceptance and living in the moment, nature and beauty, health and longevity, movement, happiness, purpose, and passion.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/span>Ikigai can be defined as \u2018a sense of being alive now, an individual\u2019s consciousness as a motive to live.\u2019<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n – Aikihiro Hasegawa<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Acceptance & Living in the Moment Quotes<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n There is no future, no past. There is only the present.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n -Hector Garcia Puigcerver<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Stop regretting the past and fearing the future. Today is all you have. Make the most of it. Make it worth remembering.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n -Hector Garcia Puigcerver<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n We don\u2019t create our feelings; they simply come to us, and we have to accept them. The trick is, to welcome them.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n -Hector Garcia Puigcerver<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n A happy man is too satisfied with the present to dwell on the future.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n -Hector Garcia Puigcerver<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Nature & Beauty<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n -Frances Hodgson Burnett<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n In Japanese culture, there\u2019s a belief that only imperfect objects, like a cracked teacup, can truly be beautiful. This is called wabi-sabi. Try to let go of the quest for perfection, and instead accept the beauty that lies in all of life\u2019s imperfections. The result will be extra energy, less stress and a longer life.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n -Blinkist<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Only things that are imperfect, incomplete, and ephemeral can truly be beautiful, because only those things resemble the natural world.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n -Hector Garcia Puigcerver<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not Man the less, but Nature more.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n -Lord Byron<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Health & Longevity<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n -William Penn<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Just possibly, ikigai makes a Peter Pan of all of us. And that is not necessarily a bad thing. Let us all be twelve years old! Youthfulness of mind is important in ikigai, but so is commitment and passion, however seemingly insignificant your goal.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n -Ken Mogi<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Movement and Flow in Ikigai<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Only staying active will make you want to live a hundred years.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n -Japanese Proverb<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Keep going; don\u2019t change your path.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n -Hector Garcia Puigcerver<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Whatever you do, don\u2019t retire!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n -Hector Garcia Puigcerver<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n As soon as you take these first small steps, your anxiety will disappear and you will achieve a pleasant flow in the activity you\u2019re doing.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n -Hector Garcia Puigcerver<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The happiest people are not the ones who achieve the most. They are the ones who spend more time than others in a state of flow.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n -Hector Garcia Puigcerver<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Can someone really retire if he is passionate about what he does?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n -Hector Garcia Puigcerver<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Happiness <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n If you can make the process of making the effort your primary source of happiness, then you have succeeded in the most important challenge of your life.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n -Ken Mogi<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Savor this moment as if it were your last breath. You can live only one day at a time, and no one can be certain that they will wake up the next morning. So let\u2019s not postpone happiness. The best moment in your life is always this one.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n -Garcia and Miralles<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ikigai translated into English as \u2018life purpose\u2019 sounds quite formidable, but ikigai need not be the one overriding purpose of a person\u2019s life. In fact, the word life aligns more with daily life. In other words, ikigai can be about the joy a person finds living day-to-day, without which their life as a whole would not be a happy one.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/span>-Akihiro Hasegawa<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n -Joseph Addison<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ikigai is the action we take in pursuit of happiness.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n -Yukari Mitsuhashi<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Community & Family<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Find your own ikigai by asking yourself how you want to serve your community. If you are undecided, remember your dreams from when you were younger, maybe in your youth.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n -Tsutomu Hotta<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Young people often say, \u2018My life has no ikigai.\u2019 This is obvious. People who isolate themselves can\u2019t have ikigai \u2013 meaning or purpose. Meaning and purpose is only found in interpersonal relationships.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n -Tatsuz\u014d Ishikawa<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cTreat everyone like a brother, even if you\u2019ve never met them before.\u201d It turns out that one of the secrets to happiness of Ogimi\u2019s residents is feeling like part of a community.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n -Hector Garcia Puigcerver<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n A man is like a forest; individual and yet connected and dependent on others for growth.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n -Ken Mogi<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Purpose, Meaning, & Passion<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n The purpose of life is a life of purpose.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n -Robert Byrne<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Above all, he has to find his purpose, his reason for getting out of bed, his ikigai.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n -Hector Garcia Puigcerver<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n What is the one thing you\u2019d like to change the most in the world? \u2212 Currently, what is it that makes you very happy and joyful in life? \u2212 What makes you wake up in the morning and go through your day?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n -Alan Daron<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Our ikigai is different for all of us, but one thing we have in common is that we are all searching for meaning. When we spend our days feeling connected to what is meaningful to us, we live more fully; when we lose the connection, we feel despair.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n -Hector Garcia Puigcerver<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Once you discover your ikigai, pursuing it and nurturing it every day will bring meaning to your life.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n -Francesc Miralles<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ikigai gives your life a purpose while giving you the grit to carry on.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n -Ken Mogi<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bottom line<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em>\u201cWe don\u2019t create the meaning of our life, we discover it!\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Question<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Have you discovered your IKIGAI?<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Suggestions and value additions are most welcome<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Ple<\/span><\/strong>ase share your IKIGAI in the comments column. It may help someone else discover theirs.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n