Thrill + Will + Skill = Fulfill

The Core formula of Thrill, Will and Skill (TWS) can be tremendously useful for anyone who begins to sense that something is missing. What’s missing is when one is living a life that’s MIA, missing in action, or better put, one who is missing because of “in-Action.

This is one kind of lost soul, one who is living a life of quiet desperation. This is someone that needs a purpose, a fire in the belly, a reason to get up in the morning.  A good reason. One of their choosing and no one else’s.

This is where the main formula helps. Thrill, will and skill all come into play in developing good choices. Ask yourself whether the choices you make, small ones or large ones, serve the purpose, meaning and goals in your life.

Simply lean into, with relaxed effort, the path that feels right and serves all aspects and relationships in your life.

And align what even seems like the opposing forces and energies so it all serves your higher purposes. Even negative experiences can unlock previously dormant energies as you learn how to fight for your life without fighting life.

When one has stopped “stretching" or expanding or exploring new aspects of life, or never had to, no firing on all cylinders, no passion or the thrill is gone, it can spell danger. Life can become a mundane, routine and mediocre existence.

It’s easy to see how conditions can be present that are devoid of stimulation, raw but healthy emotions, and they become a dead man or woman walking kind of existence. A going through the motions habituated approach to life takes over.

Do we live a life serving the needs of the child within us that will always be with us in some ways, or grow into an adult that cares for that inner child, while expanding into new horizons, with new and refined abilities that challenge and satisfy the adult, while taking the child along for the thrill ride.

It is not a passive existence but with curiosity and openness, the capacity and desire to explore new challenges, skills and creativity are enhanced, without the drama and struggle to succeed at all costs, to the point of exhaustion, distraction or destroying our health and well=being.

Fulfillment, by the way, doesn’t always mean happiness.  Life is full of struggles, unfortunate turns of events but if your life has meaning and purpose, there is a fulfillment in it despite our human frailties, losses, grievances and emotional ups and downs. Happiness, on the other hand, which often goes hand in hand with fulfillment and satisfaction, is a bi-product of a life well lived, a life of purpose and meaning