December 30, 2007

Living With A Purpose

No matter our age, our family background, or our financial means, we are leaders. We have a voice and we can use it on behalf of those voices that can't be heard in society, like homeless people and children. To be able to use our voices we need to be clear of what we stand for and why.

We need to be courageous and drop that which doesn't serve the world and we need to know the words of the song before we start singing. We have to make a decision not to waste any more time or energy on shallow living, petty thinking, trivial talking, thoughtless doing, useless regretting or faithless worrying.

We need to step up and be role-models to ourselves and listen to and follow that inspiring voice within. Like Mahatma Gandhi said; we must be the change that we want to see in the world. Everything starts with us.

  • What will be central in our lives?
  • Who will we live for?
  • What will we build our lives around?
  • What is our immovable core?
  • What values will move us forward?
  • How will we spend our time?
  • How will we spend our money?
  • What are we not going to spend time and money on?
  • What will signalize our lives?
  • What kinds of people do we want to be?
  • What character features do we want to develop and work on?
  • What will our life communicate to others?
  • How are we going to raise our level of consciousness?
  • How will our lives help and serve others?
  • Who do we want to help and how?
  • Where do we find a sense of belonging?
  • What is not important in our lives anymore?