Living a secretless life

I've wondered after listening to OneRepublic's Secrets a few times... What would it be like to live in a world where you didn't have very many secrets at all? Or even none? And the entire world respected your life enough that they'd not harm, manipulate, or screw you over in any way from that? It seems like an awesome life, although it'd require both personal integrity and integrity from others.

The meaning of life, part 2: Your values

If you want to find a meaning in your life, or if you want your life to be more enjoyable, you'll have to go through a few steps. First, you'll have to acknowledge that this is a time-consuming process; it might take you months to feel like you're actually progressing. Second, you'll need to identify your personal values early on. This is important because you'll find out what things you hold dear and what things you enjoy, and thus what you'd base your life around -- and your values might not be what you think they are.

The meaning of life, part 1: Defining it

A lot of people look for the meaning of life itself, and from my point of observation it often falls into the few categories of "Serve God," "You give your own life meaning," and "There is no meaning." I'm not sure which is the best, most accurate, or most truthful, but I'll give my view of it here.

Inherent self-worth

* This post ties in with my last post, and showcases my lack of a solid foundation of morality. I can never seem to stick with my old "right and wrong" or my new "wise or unwise" method, and I flop back and forth between the two depending on my mindset of the time. :(


I've recently come across an unhelpful mental setting I have. I've always had -- since birth, I think -- a very low self-esteem. So low, in fact, that I considered suicide multiple times throughout my life as a way to finally rid the world of my disgusting, burdening self. I'm now largely over it, yet I still have little traces that remain with me that I have to work out. One of them is a rather large trace.

So what makes something good?

I'm growing to be more and more of a relativist. Some people totally dislike that (and some of you readers might not know what that is at all), but hear me out before you blackball me!

Wikipedia says, "Relativism is the concept that points of view have no absolute truth or validity, having only relative, subjective value according to differences in perception and consideration." It's often applied to issues of morality, which is what I'm going to deal with here.