Why Thinking About Death Helps You Live a Better Life @TED #ted #shorts

When we focus on our productivity,

we highlight what we have to do to feel worthy,

rather than who we get to be, where  worthiness is our birthright

and we are human.

We're human.

Messily, magically, fantastically,

beautifully, briefly, perfectly human.

Now humans are meaning-making machines.

We can make a story out of anything and make it sound good.

So why not then make meaning out of the magic of the mundane?

And absolve ourselves of the responsibility

of trying to have some grand life purpose?

Why not just give ourselves permission to be fully human,

to be fallible,

to be messy,

to be here while we're here?