Centering Oneself

To base one's own life on the significance it has to others or to see it only in terms of someone else's definition is to build a false edifice.  It is an outer layer, built from outside, with no central core.  Ideally, the individual should be able to set aside what others might think is life's meaning or significance, or what anyone else considers essential to it.  He should be able to own the center of his own self and there make the decisions about his being.