24 Influential People in My Life – part1
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My Grandmother.
Sadly, my paternal grandmother is no longer alive. Indeed, she was old even when I knew her, so I did not have as long as other people to get to know her (my younger brother had even less time). Nevertheless, she did have an influence on my life at an early age.
The incident that really encapsulates the influence my grandmother had occurred when I was in my mid teens. I had at that time, started writing poetry. I had even gone as far as to have some of my poems published. I recall my father and I visiting my grandmother and showing her the book with my poems in.
It was not clear or not whether she liked the poems but that was not the point (though I would have liked her to). It was her response that was to become an influence on my life. After having the poems read to her, her eyesight was perhaps not up to reading the print, her simple response was;
“Thank goodness one of us has enough sense to do something with their life.”
Although I have not gone on to write much poetry since, that response has stayed with me. It has been a remonder to me and a driver for me to try to achieve something in life;- a legacy or a body of work that could be of use to other people.
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Three Questions to Help You Find Happiness
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This post was inspired by an article about finding true happiness I found on the Frugal Dad website. It is a simple article that holds a lot of truth in it.
The article points out what it considers 3 keys to happiness in life. These questions I pose here are based directly upon those 3 keys;
If you are looking for happiness in your life;
- Do you have something to do? A Job, a hobby, a sport, a pastime or maybe a life purpose.
- Do you have something to love? A partner, family, friends or maybe your job or social cause.
- Do you have something to hope for? Dreams, goals or ambitions that you are actively striving toward.
Finally, the original article presents us with a quote, I don’t know from where, that is very apt;
The only difference between a rut and a grave is six feet.
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How to Find Your Life Purpose
Posted by Doug | Filed under life purpose, Steve Pavlina
You’ll find a lot of talk about ‘Life Purpose’ on the net. It seems that one of the things each of us should do is find ot what our life purpose is.
Steve Pavlina on his blog offers the following steps to help find your life purpose in just 20 minutes;
- Take out a blank sheet of paper or open up a word processor where you can type (I prefer the latter because it’s faster).
- Write at the top, “What is my true purpose in life?”
- Write an answer (any answer) that pops into your head. It doesn’t have to be a complete sentence. A short phrase is fine.
- Repeat step 3 until you write the answer that makes you cry. This is your purpose.
You’ll find this here
Of course, this approach is likely to generate lots, maybe hundreds, of possible answers for some people and, for others, it may not easily generate many answers at all. I guess it all depends how ‘in tune’ you are with yourself.
Do not despair, though, Steve Pavlina has other methods to help you discover your life purpose, which you can find here.
In all these articles are part of a wider series of articles on Life purpose which can be found on Steve Pavlina’s website. These are all well worth reading and will provide you with great insights and practical tips into discovering your life purpose.
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