What does that word mean to you?
Today I was lucky enough to have a discussion on the subject with some amazing women.
I was asked what my definition of fulfillment is. I don't think I have ever really thought about it.
I am constantly trying to reach something I have never fully defined. Um, Hello?
I think it is a very individual thing. So I'm curious. What is your definition of fulfillment?
9 comments:
good question...
So glad you guys all came. That was so "fulfilling" to me!
I've never really thought about that either...I guess I think there are different types of fulfillment and different levels. I can feel great about myself in some areas and totally lacking in others.
It's when my toilets are clean, my kids are healthy and happy, I've managed to write a decent scene in my YA novel, and I feel at least a tinge of spirituality during the day. Hmmm, maybe I shouldn't have put toilets first.
I'm laughing at Elizabeth's last sentence!
So this is a really good question. Fulfillment for me is when I send my kids off to college and on missions watch them marry in the temple and raise a family. And if none of that stuff happens then fulfillment will be standing before the Lord saying I did my best. I don't think as long as I'm living I will not have completely fulfilled.
But now to throw my whole thought out, I feel fulfilled when I finish reading the Book of Morman... Hmm I'm sure there are more times than that when I fill fulfilled.
Wait a second, fulfillment doesn't just mean busy?
A crooked smile on my face
Mud between my toes
little hands tucked inside of mine
sore muscles in my legs
A spark of understanding in another's eyes
the last lines of a good novel
All of this at once might be overload
Everyone being happy, spiritually and physically fed. Everyone getting along. Yeah, I'm never fullfilled. My life is just full :)
Skiing last night with Sam and Sydney, I just thought: Is this Me? Are these big children really mine? I never pictured myself having a great time with my own partially-grown-up kids, where we are on the same level, loving the same kind of fun.
So I'd say fulfillment is life after diapers.
(But before the teen angst years.)
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