Stop Searching for Your One True Purpose

Reading Time: 4 minutesOne Purpose, One Life — Who Invented That Rule? For years, I couldn’t figure out my life purpose. Everyone seemed to have one. I didn’t. That bothered me. When I was growing up, there was an assumption that everyone had a specific life purpose to discover and follow. According to this viewpoint, you were expected …

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Why You Don’t See Your Own Value (and How to Change That)

Reading Time: 5 minutesDo You Ever Wonder If What You Do Really Matters? A friend recently told me she doubted whether anything she did really mattered. I understood exactly how she felt. I write two blogs a week with the intention of helping others through my writing. But in most cases, I don’t know whether I’m helping anybody …

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The Importance of Having Purpose in Retirement

Reading Time: 4 minutesI live in a 55+ community in the Phoenix Arizona area. Almost all of our 26,000 residents are retired.  The prevailing attitude is “I’m retired, and my reward for working is to not do anything but play.” This is reflected by declining participation in the service organizations in our community. Most of the people I know …

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