You will immediately find that by giving yourself a purpose you will
have greater realization of benefits within your life. Living with purpose helps to make the tough
times easier to deal with, and the good times even better.
What are some things that you may want to consider in being able to live
your life with purpose?
1. Know
Your Beliefs
Living with purpose starts with understanding your own
personal system of values and beliefs. You can’t live by the beliefs of others,
not even your parents or your friends.
You need to establish your own values and what you will use to measure
those values by. You’ll need to
understand: What is important to you?
What really matters?
When you understand your beliefs, you can start to live by sticking to
what is really important in your moral universe. You have a built-in list that
you can use to guide the way you make decisions and priorities. It is the
bedrock of integrity and how others will judge you. Living in alignment with
your beliefs will earn you respect and trust.
Of course, what you use as your “measuring stick” for your moral values
must be, of itself, reliable. You cannot
be guided through your life with a “faulty compass.”
2. Get
Clarity on Your Priorities
So to make sure you “stay the course” you need to make sure your
priorities are shaped by your purpose. Once
you know your life purpose, it becomes easier to work out what you want to do
and how to achieve your goals. This
clarity means that saying no to some things and a hearty yes to others becomes
more natural, and you’ll get ahead much faster. It’s always much better to look through a
clean sheet of glass instead of one that has been warped by time and so-called “modern”
thinking.
3. Aim
for Balance
However, with all things within our lives
we can lose our focus and become out-of-balance. We can take some things for granted and
almost forget about others all together.
Once you’re comfortable with your life purpose, some of the striving and
anxiety of life can ease off. You’ll begin to learn you don’t have to work
24/7. You will know how important it is
to stay healthy, emotionally, and physically. And you’ll find that people living with
purpose make sure to connect with the people they love, and they don’t forget
about self-care.
4. Follow
Your Passion
You’ll come to find out that you will begin to really enjoy your life
and will want to get everything out of it you possibly can. Knowing and understanding the reason for your
passion will help you find and nurture your purpose. Passion means energy and
motivation; it means being really engaged with life and focusing on getting the
most out of it. A new day is full of
opportunities and promise, and you’re ready to go for it!
5. Feel
Your Contentment
This might sound a little surprising, but living a purposeful life gives
you time to smell the roses, as the expression goes. Knowing your life purpose takes the anxious
edge off things and allows you to feel grateful for where you are now, as well
as excited for the future. You will be
able to learn to live with much or with little.
It’s not the things that are going to make you happy.
6. Live
in the Present
Perhaps the best gift of a life of purpose is that you relish every
moment. There’s no room in your life for regret because everything you do is
part of the big adventure. Challenges and setbacks become easier to ride out
because you’re not letting failure define you. Being plugged into the present
allows you to feel the abundance that’s already in your life. You will see the greater joy and compassion of
helping others and how this will bring ever greater joy to YOUR life!
As with anything within our lives we must exercise patience with others
and with ourselves as we strive to make these adjustments. There will be no greater hurdle to overcome
than that of our own make-up. That
always seems to be the major problem: We’re only human!
QUOTE TO CONSIDER
"For all things created there is a purpose
EVEN YOU!"
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