"What is my life purpose?" is a question that most of us have pondered at some point in our lives. If you take the time to cruise around the websites that are owned by successful business entrepreneurs including wannabe's you will notice a common refrain that goes something like this: "And you too my friend can have your cake and get to eat it as well. In other words, you can be, do and have to your heart's content"
Like a man with a mission, I give my unabashed thumbs up, to the above call to action. The dictates of my conscience tells me to fulfill my life purpose like there is no tomorrow. In other words, be , do and have to my heart's content. However one nagging question is begging for an answer. Are the calls to be, do and have all of equal value or should I be giving some priority somewhere?
What if world travel became my life passion and I was driven to just have lots and lots of cool experiences and this is what I lived for?
Or what if, acquiring lots of money that enabled me to buy lots of fine quality things and this became a key passion of mine?
What if, my monetary riches opened the door to a position of power and influence and this became a consuming passion of mine?
Or instead, what if becoming a person of great character became central in my life and in doing so, it open doors to meeting really quality people that became life long friends and this became really important in my life?
The more I think about my life purpose the more I realize that the things that human beings value the most are the things that are internal or intangible that money or power per se cannot acquire. Is there anything greater than love, trust, respect, compassion, generosity or good health?
Considering your life purpose, if you spend decades of your life accumulating money and things, it could all be lost in a moments notice. The economy could crash, technology could overtake you or your physical body, at any moment could be rendered unfit to pursue what you love to do.
But, the investment made to create the decent human being you have become can never be taken away. The quality of the inner person is priceless. Don't ever forget that people will truly come to love you for the quality of person that you are, not for what you have got or what you can do.
Like a man with a mission, I give my unabashed thumbs up, to the above call to action. The dictates of my conscience tells me to fulfill my life purpose like there is no tomorrow. In other words, be , do and have to my heart's content. However one nagging question is begging for an answer. Are the calls to be, do and have all of equal value or should I be giving some priority somewhere?
What if world travel became my life passion and I was driven to just have lots and lots of cool experiences and this is what I lived for?
Or what if, acquiring lots of money that enabled me to buy lots of fine quality things and this became a key passion of mine?
What if, my monetary riches opened the door to a position of power and influence and this became a consuming passion of mine?
Or instead, what if becoming a person of great character became central in my life and in doing so, it open doors to meeting really quality people that became life long friends and this became really important in my life?
The more I think about my life purpose the more I realize that the things that human beings value the most are the things that are internal or intangible that money or power per se cannot acquire. Is there anything greater than love, trust, respect, compassion, generosity or good health?
Considering your life purpose, if you spend decades of your life accumulating money and things, it could all be lost in a moments notice. The economy could crash, technology could overtake you or your physical body, at any moment could be rendered unfit to pursue what you love to do.
But, the investment made to create the decent human being you have become can never be taken away. The quality of the inner person is priceless. Don't ever forget that people will truly come to love you for the quality of person that you are, not for what you have got or what you can do.
About the Author:
Paul Saver is a Personal Development Expert and Life Coach. Get instant access to your FREE copy of his Guide To Discovering Your Own Unique Life Purpose by heading over to his blog at PaulSaver.com By doing so you can go beyond any fears, phobia's and self limiting beliefs so that you can truly come to enjoy what you do every single day of your life.
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