Passion & Purpose: Why get up?
What is your passion/purpose? Why live life with a purpose/passion? What's Next?Determine, Record, and Pursue your Passion/Purpose. It takes action on your part to find your purpose in life and then slot into that purpose. Everyone at some time will question the big picture "Why am I here?". Find your purpose and your life will take on a whole new dimension. There will be a reason to get up in the morning - despite the circumstances!
Discussion 4/13: Passion & Purpose: Why get up?
List several reasons you get up and why they give you the motivation to get up in the morning.
What do you dream about?
"So what next? There is always something bigger."
What is your passion/purpose?
Does it matter if it does or doesn't?
Why live life with a purpose/passion?
"Life is but a brief second between two vast eternities, what will you do with that life?"
"I've seen more happy and content men on death row than in the big homes around here." ~ George Kettle
What's Next?
Determine, Record, and Pursue your Passion/Purpose
Unless you assume a God, the question of life's purpose is meaningless. ~Bertrand Russell, atheist
The purpose of your life is far greater than your own personal fulfillment, your peace of mind, or even your happiness.
Relationships, not achievements or the acquisition of things, are what matters most in life.
Busyness is a great enemy of relationships.
A Passion for Life
To live well means more than simply staying alive or being comfortable. Our pet animals enjoy that status. If life is to be experienced as our nature has prepared us, we must learn to live with passion; with a sense of focused, self-directed energy. The study of economics reminds us that life is a subjective process of learning, making choices, taking actions. The search for truth and the principled life occurs within each of us, or not at all.
To live with passion is to live an internally directed life that exhibits a fiery, creative, exploring spirit.
Your Purpose
It takes action on your part to find your purpose in life and then slot into that purpose. Everyone at some time will question the big picture "Why am I here?". Find your purpose and your life will take on a whole new dimension. There will be a reason to get up in the morning - despite the circumstances!
Your purpose is to:
- Love God
- Fulfill the plan He has for our life
The payoff is:
- Great satisfaction
- Seeing other lives changed for the better through you
- A life without regrets
- Eternal life in heaven
- Internal peace and joy despite the circumstances
- Hearing God say "Well done" when it's all over
Sources:
The Purpose Drive Life by Rick Warren
Your Purpose - Life Skills
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~austbua/future.htm
A Passion for Life
http://www.lewrockwell.com/shaffer/shaffer55.html
