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Significance
By Karen Vally on 16 Nov 2025
What does it mean to feel significant and why is it important?
To feel significant means that we are aware that we matter. It is one of the most basic human needs.
The disturbing fact, is that most people feel insignificant. There are several reasons for this. The most fundamental one can be attributed to the way in which most of us have been raised. Instead of being encouraged to ask ourselves, "How do I want to experience life?" we are conditioned to follow a well-trodden path of acquiring a good education, getting a good job, getting married, having children and carrying out our responsibilites.
Most of us were discouraged from taking a risk, stepping out of line or failing to conform, in case we made a mistake. Few of us were given an opportunity to learn the skills with which to overcome fear, anxiety and doubt.
If we're truly honest with ourselves, most of us spend most of our time beating ourselves up over something in the past, or worrying about the future. Few of us have cultivated the habit of consistently spending extended periods of time in the present moment.
"To feel significant requires a sense of being truly present in the moment, enabling you to make choices that truly serve your higher purpose."
"The corralling of our beliefs into accepting that we shouldn't take risks or step out of line, imprisons us into a numbing conformity."
The consequence of this, is that we sacrifice our ability to feel more alive. When we make a conscious choice to liberate ourselves from this stifling way of life, we pave the way for new possibilities, ones in which we realign ourselves and shift our focus.
"The starting place for this shift is to free yourself from the grip of certainty and predictability. "
"Significance requires aliveness, as we become alert to our power to choose differently."
"To feel significant implies that you matter and that your empowered choices can better your life and those around you."
"This new perspective frees you to find meaning and purpose in your life."
Living your life with a sense of your significance is a wonderful gift to give yourself.
To know that we matter, we need to feel valued by others and that we are adding value to someone else's life.
By whom do you feel valued?
To whose life do you add value?
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