- While goals are chosen, a purpose is discovered.
- “Living your dreams,” means a life of movement from dream to dream, always on purpose.
- People often have trouble reaching a goal, which can interfere with living on purpose.
- People misdefine purpose as something to get to
- An actor’s purpose is “I am a joyful entertainer” instead of saying “I want to be a big actor”
- Set goals within your purpose that are clearly defined.
“The great thing in this world is not so much where we are, but in what direction we are moving.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes
What is your purpose?
If you want to make a significant improvement and advancements in your lives, change comes through involvement, and involvement means doing.
Re-source: Reassessment
- Start
listing all your positive qualities
- Compassionate? Joyful? Loving? Loyal? Happy? Tender? Caring?
- Start
listing actions you find nurturing – the positive things you like doing most.
- Giving? Sharing? Exploring? Teaching? Learning?
- What are your best qualities? And What activities do you find give you the most satisfaction?
- Consider the people you admire most. What is it you admire about them? What qualities do they embody? Those same qualities are true about you , too, so write them down.
- Start
to play around with the qualities and actions in a sentence that starts with “I
am…”
- There is usually room for only one
or two qualities and an action.
- “I am a cheerful giver,” “I am a joyful explorer,” “I am a compassionate friend.”
- There is usually room for only one
or two qualities and an action.
- A voice inside will say, “Yes, this is what I’ve always done, and this is what I’ll always be doing.”
- Keeping
your purpose to yourself is not so much secret as it is sacred.
- Consider it a beautiful plant. Keep the roots (the essence of the purpose) deep within yourself, and let the world share in its fruits.
craving and resource from “DO IT! – Let’s get of our buts” by John-Roger and Peter Mcwilliams