Living Well On Purpose

January 2, 2012 - Author: Joa Carter

“People who can articulate their life purpose in one sentence are 20% happier than those who can’t. People who know why they wake up in the morning live up to seven years longer than those who don’t. Take time to know your values, passions and talents–and how to share these gifts on a regular basis—and you will dependably raise your well-being”…New York Times best-selling author Dan Buettner on Longevity and Happiness

Question: What’s the purpose?

Ask this question and look at the reaction of the people around you in any given setting. Very often, people will start giving you their agenda and “how” they hope to accomplish it.

Until we have a very clear vision of our personal purpose and self-worth, we spend our time creating agendas to make life better in the future by fixing or controlling other people. What is the purpose of everything you do? If you can not answer this about anything, why are you doing it?

Some people spend their whole life looking for someone or something to grant them the power to fix or control the three issues of life…finances, health, and relationships. They never realize that they were born with a God-Given Purpose which includes all the intelligence, talents, values, and passions to Live Well…to live on Purpose.

Have you ever said that some person came into your life with the sole purpose of screwing with you? I know that I have referred to some people as “Sandpaper to my Soul” and fought with them until both of us were completely defeated.

What if you stopped fighting, stopped trying to control, stopped competing, and made peace with all the “problems” of life…finances, health, and relationships?

What if before going into “responsible for survival” mode, we went into “prayer and meditation” mode and asked, “What is the purpose of this issue in my life at this time and what is the blessing?”

What if our purpose in life is to be happy and simply enjoy life? What if everyone was given all the same materials to work with; body, purpose, talents, and desire to be happy and enjoy life? Guess what…that is the gift of life!

The difference between people who live well and those who are always in the middle of a fight in the survival mode is the power of self worth.

The fight to prove your self-worth is a never-ending battle which destroys both quality and quantity of life while consuming your time dealing with the battle’s negative effects on finance, health, and relationships.

The fight and struggle begins when one does not recognize and love the value of their own life purpose as being of the same value as every other human being. Competition and struggle over rank, superiority, grades, and the desire to make others accountable for being inferior creates anger, resentment and destructive retaliation.

The realization that we have absolutely no control over anything or anyone in our lives is very powerful. That truth sets us free to live with our own purpose. If I use force to push my own agenda on you today, you may submit to fear today. But while inducing this fear, I also created long-term anger, resentment and opportunity for retaliation against anyone you come in contact with.

Living on Purpose allows us to stand our ground peacefully with power knowing that we are equal to (neither superior or inferior) any challenge, opportunity and blessing that comes our way.

Question: What’s the purpose?

If you can truthfully answer that your purpose is to make life miserable for everyone you come in contact with so you can feel superior that is your choice which you must live with. It in direct conflict with my purpose, so I choose to avoid you.

If your purpose is to sell authority and control, sickness and disease, hardship and struggle, a disposable non-productive lifestyle that is your choice and you must live with the consequences of your choice. I choose to live in a positive, productive, life sustaining natural environment.