Always grow

I have a few philosophies of life, or beliefs as you may call them. Things I live by, but not by choice. I rather do that inherently, it feels natural and like a "must" to me. Maybe some of these beliefs are actually paradigms left from childhood, planted deep inside of my system? It's something that just occurred to me while writing this...
What if these are indoctrinated beliefs and they aren't natural at all? Wow, this is something I can still go deep on, maybe during meditation or by asking my body.

Anyways, one of these philosophies of life is to always grow. Always learn. This gives my life purpose. It makes me feel like I'm getting closer to finding out what I'm here for. I know not everyone has these thoughts, but for me, this was always crucial to everything I start in life. It must make sense on a deeper level, help someone if possible.
Meanwhile I think that by freeing oneself, by being truly happy, one also contributes greatly to society.

Good moods are contagious, as unfortunately are bad ones.

I for myself would rather make someone smile than cry :-)

For this painting I don't have steps to show (it was finished rather fast actually), but I took a photo of the piece: