Health Benefits of Meaning and Purpose
A rich sense of life purpose and meaning has other benefits. Recent research shows that people who feel that their life has meaning experience substantially higher sense of well-being and even physical health. For example, many people gain a great deal of psychological benefit from understanding what their lives are about and how they fit within the world around them. His research demonstrated that people who have a sense of life meaning and purpose feel in general more happy as well as more satisfied on a daily level, and also feel less depressed, anxious, and are less likely to engage in risky behaviors. |
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