I regularly asked myself what I truly want in my life. What’s my goal? What’s my purpose in life? Unfortunately, many do not think about what they truly want to do, feel, experience, have and achieve. This understanding inspired me to find a powerful answer to the question: How do I want my life to look, and what do I want to be to others? And one day, last year, I realized I knew the answer…

The day I die – I hope that’s a day in the far, far future – I want to be able to summarize my entire life in just one magical word: ‘Wow!’ The love of my life: Wow! My children: Wow! The friendships I had: Wow! The career I worked on with dedication and joy: Wow! The things I learned and passed on in life: Wow! The most beautiful spots on earth I had the opportunity to visit: Wow! What I managed to do for others: Wow!

Whatever you do, ask yourself if it makes you happy – this is what I call the ‘Happiness test’. Whenever the answer is ‘no’, think twice and reconsider. Are there any aspects of your life not ‘Wow!’ at the moment, ask yourself what has to be done to make them ‘Wow!’. Sometimes, the answer is easier than you might think!

Since I realize that I have the desire to make my life ‘Wow!’, I am truly a happier person. I started to evaluate situations differently and changed my approach to a variety of issues. I took some distance from some people, and meanwhile got to know some truly amazing people who easily qualify for the term ‘Wow!’

There is a lot of ‘Wow!’ in my life at the moment, because that is what I set as a goal. All I can be in return is thankful!

Do you have a ‘Wow!’-story? Do not hesitate to leave a comment!