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THE INSPIRATION
Ikigai (生き甲斐) is a Japanese word meaning "a reason for being."
It broadly translates as the source of value in a person's life or the things that makes a person's life worthwhile, while also imparting a connotation of "the reason for which you wake up in the morning". Daily purpose, anyone?
Each individual's ikigai is personal to them and specific to their lives, values and beliefs. It reflects the inner self of an individual and expresses that faithfully, while simultaneously creating a mental state in which the individual feels at ease. Activities that allow one to feel ikigai are never forced on an individual; they are often spontaneous, and always undertaken willingly, giving the individual satisfaction and a sense of meaning to life. (source: wikipedia)
The Ikigai Kanji
The word ikigai compounds the following two Japanese kanji words:
- iki (生き) for "life, alive", and
- kai (甲斐) for "effect, result, fruit, worth, use, benefit"
When voiced sequentially kai becomes gai, producing ikigai (生き甲斐). More interpretations:
- A reason for living [being alive]
- A meaning for [to] life
- What [something that] makes life worth living
- A raison d'etre"
Ikigai - The Japanese secret to a long and happy life. What is your Ikigai?
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