I often like to watch videos on YouTube where different people put forward their views as to what the meaning of life is and in listening to their ideas, you get to understand the different interesting views towards life that are out there.

I didn’t necessarily get the answer (I think no one has it in the first place) but I did get a very interesting way of looking at one’s life, and that is to look at it as a story that is unfolding every second.

Right from your childhood, when you first begin to realize your ‘self’ and that you are you and other people are other people, you essentially view yourself as the central character or the protagonist if you will, in your own life story.

Even as adults, we are doing the same, I guess, because each one of us is living life through our own point of view and so that makes us the hero in our story, much like how we are the heroes in a video game, because we play that game through the view point of that character.

It’s All About Perception

This line of thought led me to think about yet another thing and that is the rights and wrongs of life because if you are the hero of your life, could your idea of what is wrong and what is right be highly biased?

One thing that I have noticed about us humans is that more often than not, we tend to think that the way we perceive things is the right way to do it. Yes, sometimes we realize our mistakes too, but most of the time, we believe that the way we are thinking about something particular, is the right way.

So, that means, it all comes down to perception at the end of the day, and this sort of answers some of the bigger questions about why humanity can’t seem to get along with itself, be it a small group or a larger one such as nations!

One thinks the others are wrong and vice versa but who is to say who is actually wrong. Maybe both of them are, and maybe none of them. Well, of course, for an individual, it doesn’t matter because you are the hero…..right?

Direct Your Own Life

Moving on, let’s discuss about how we can put this psychological belief to a better use. Let’s say you had a magical power to write down how your next day would be such that it would actually be as you wrote it; what would you do?

Of course you would make it simply magical, right? Who wouldn’t! We all want to lead happy lives. Ultimately it all comes down to that. A desire to have a lasting-happiness filled life.

So, if you had the power to write the story for your hero, you would of course make it the same way. Guess what? You do have the power to write that story and as the hero of your own story, you owe it to yourself to make it the best god damn story ever written!

Just stop giving excuses. You have the paper, you have the ink and you are the hero. Heck you even are the director! Get to work and create something special. Something that would inspire the other heroes that are all trying to write their own perfect story.