What makes a life worth living? Is it a good job? Fame? A happy family? Most people don't have a good answer. A life worth living isn't dependent on specific factors, however. A life worth living should instead be called THE Life Worth Living.

The Life Worth Living is all about transformation. A transformation of being from a state of selfishness to one of selflessness. But what does a transformation of being really look like?

To answer that question, we have to consider the three types of transformation. The first is the transformation of condition. A transformation of condition is what happens when a thirsty man drinks. It solves an immediate need–nothing more.

Next is the transformation of circumstance. A transformation of circumstance is what a person experiences when he wins the lottery. Transformations of circumstance can be helpful, but they are purely external.

Neither of these types of transformation make any change to who you are. They do not change the person at the core.

The third type of transformation, however, is the transformation of being. This is the type of transformation Scrooge experiences when he awakes on Christmas morning an entirely new man.

This is the type of transformation we all must experience to find The Life Worth Living.

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