We naturally think about the meaning of our life, and it is a good idea to think about your life’s purpose.These questions are for meditation in this sense of “to think about, ponder, contemplate.” They are not questions with immediate, easy answers. But they are worth thinking about. Let me know how you use them, […]
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Creative people strive to work in line with their beliefs. They have a strong desire within themselves to share a piece of themselves with others. Writers have stories, characters, ideas and visions of a better world that they live with sometimes for years before they write them down. Writing is Universal Writing and reading are
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People who have suffered and who have chosen a positive attitude toward life are a model and a source of hope to fellow human beings who are hurting now. This applies to all kinds of suffering. In Man’s Search for Meaning, author Victor Frankl tells how the Jews who survived the death camps were different
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On November 1 I started a month long positive focus, where I wanted to really see how much habitual negativity I could banish from my daily routine. The first full week of my formal positive focus went smoother than I thought. Things that came easy In casual situations, like talking with a cashier, I found
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Universal Purpose Quotes “The purpose of creation is beauty. Nature in all its various aspects develops towards beauty, and therefore it is plain that the purpose of life is to evolve towards beauty.” Hazrat Inayat Khan, The Sufi Message of Hazrat Inayat Khan: the Art of Personality “The goal of your life is living in
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We have so many things pulling us away from our focus. Here are 14 reminder Focus Affirmations to get us back on purpose.
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Creative People live their lives according to principles that are both universal and individual. All creatives share some creative common values. Artists share these common big ideas that draw them to their projects. Maybe you want to be an artist but are afraid to start. If you are afraid to go for it, these common
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Negativity vs Positivity I have always thought of myself as a happy person. Always consider myself to be an optimist. I believe in the basic good of people, and of myself. But at times I have been confronted with evidence to the contrary: parents growing up, spousal arguments and good friends risking our friendship to
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A False Start on My Path When I was 21 (way back in the olden days of 1996), I graduated from undergrad school with a major in English and a dubious minor in French. I thought I was going to be an academic, or a teacher at least. Failing that I was then going to
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Elements of the Sun Archetype: the Sun is the center of everything the creative force, source of light and energy the eye of God, brings blessings, salvation, fertility the hero, active and youthful, who uses his authority for potential good the universal father/ male figure and source of energy (as opposed to the moon’s universal
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