April 3
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Today's
quotation:
What
allows us, as human beings, to psychologically survive
life on
earth,
with all of its pain, drama, and challenges,
is a sense of purpose
and meaning.
Barbara
De Angelis
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Today's
Meditation:
One really can't say enough about the positive effects
of having a healthy purpose in our lives. When we
discover or uncover a purpose that resonates with who we
are as human beings, we add a great dynamic to our lives
that can help us to see reason behind what we do, and that
can help us to overcome any obstacles or problems that
arise.
Unfortunately, many of us allow our purpose to be
determined or defined by others. How many people
stay with the first job that they get simply because it's
safe, rather than because in that role they're fulfilling
what they see to be an important purpose? How many
of us never actually define purpose in our lives, and thus
never feel the impulse of trying to better ourselves in
order to fulfill our purpose more effectively?
It wasn't until I realized consciously that my main
purpose is to be a teacher that I actually started working
towards becoming a much better teacher. Before that,
teaching was a job that I did pretty well. After
that, teaching was something that I was very good at, and
what I did became much more beneficial to my
students. It's difficult at times, and I still often
question what I do, but I know that my knowledge of
teaching as a purpose makes what I do much more enjoyable
and much more effective.
Many people want to define our purpose for us.
Parents think they know what's best for us. Managers
who like the work we do might want us to stay with
them. Friends and family and teachers and co-workers
are generous with advice. But we already know our
purpose or purposes in life-- and it's up to us to live up
to them.
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Questions to
consider:
What is your major purpose in life?
How often do you think about how you can become better at
fulfilling your main purpose?
What does a purposeless life look like? |
For further
thought:
To
have a purpose that is worthwhile, and that is steadily being
accomplished, that is one of the secrets of life that is worth
living.
Herbert
Casson
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