Welcome to the Our Moral Compass Podcast. Each daily reading focuses on a different quote on how we can best apply it to our own moral compass and one of the five areas in Social Emotional Learning: Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Social Awareness, Relationship Skills and Responsible Decision Making. Thank you for listening and we hope you consider subscribing to the podcast for future episodes.
What Helps Us Fight For Our Happiness
“Self-knowledge is no guarantee of happiness, but it is on the side of happiness and can supply the courage to fight for it.”
-Simone De Beauvoir
One of our greatest challenges in our lives is really knowing who we are because if we don’t truly know ourselves or understand ourselves for that matter, then how can we understand others? Now knowing ourselves is only one side of that social awareness coin. It’s loving ourselves for who we are and being happy in our own skin is the other. In today’s quote French writer, political activist and feminist Simone de Beauvoir essentially said that self knowledge is no guarantee to us achieving happiness but rather it is something that is in happinesses’ corner which can give us the courage we need to fight for it.
When we dig deep and really self reflect we are able assess our own strengths and limitations. In a way we know where we stand as far as our place in this world. We know what brings us happiness and what does not. We learn to utilize the tools of self awareness in helping us recognize our own emotions, thoughts and values and how they influence our behavior. Knowing all of this about ourselves we can act more accordingly and plan for using the courage within all of us to fight for that happiness that we all righteously deserve. We cannot make others happy if we cannot do the same for ourselves.
What does this quote mean to you and how can you apply today’s message towards improving your self awareness?
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