Dr. Michael C. Melvin - Purpose Driven Life: Living The Legendary Life

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Introduction

Have you ever wondered whether finding meaning in life is actually important? Or is it just something made up by people?

May be you get the sense that you should be further along in life. Yet experience an overwhelming sense that youll never get anywhere from where you are now.

If youve ever wondered whether personal development works, it does. To lead a content and successful life, its imperative to find meaning in your life.

This is something that distinguishes you from others. The meaning you find in your life may not be the same as those around you. But thats fine. Your distinct meaning is what sets you apart.

Once you find the meaning in your life, you can become the best of your being. In addition to that, you will be able to polish your personality.

Chapter 1: What Is Life Purpose?

Most people have no idea what theyd like to pursue or do with their lives. And this is not just high school graduates full of aspiring, wonderful dreams. In fact, its most adults; even after finishing school, getting a job and making steady money. Theres still room for clearly defining what their life purpose is.

In fact, its a conflict that often begins in adult life. Seemingly simple questions like What do I want to do with my life?, What am I passionate about ? and How can I make my life better? are all questions that pop into adult minds looking for ways to identify what they would like to do with their lives.

In other words, they still havent been able to identify their life purpose. But is this really as complicated as it seems? Well, yes and no.

To put it simply, everyone exists on earth for an unspecified duration of time. People do different things during that time with some being important and others not so much. Among these things, its the important things which give life its meaning and a sense of fulfilment. The unimportant ones are just a way to kill time.

To make matters a little more complicated, ignorance towards their true selves is something that most people live with for a long time. They set up their lives based on others expectations and norms and in doing so may never be able to discover their true selves.

Others who set out on the path to self-discovery find out that the journey is neither easy nor pleasant. In fact, there are plenty of hurdles along the way. When you set out to find your life purpose, it means that you hold yourself, your set of beliefs and values and your likes and interests as top priority.

You look for things that make you truly happy, or rather fulfilled. This also means that on the way, you are going to displease others since you no longer want to live your life by their dictates.

Yes, this journey can include confusion, conflict, some fear, quite a bit of misunderstanding and a lot of doubt along the way. And last but not least, itll also involve re-visiting many choices that you have made in life earlier. Think of it as spring cleaning of the mind that will ultimately lead you to your lifes true purpose.

Life purpose is a lot of things, but foremost, its the first step to

living your life the most conscious way .

Heres one way to look at it- you may be very busy with a lot of chores and tasks every day. But if you dont have a purpose intended for those tasks, then every effort you make will mean very little in the end. So basically, the end goal may have nothing to do with your purpose.

This means that you could pursue you current goals for the next so many years and then come to realize that this wasnt what you wanted in the first place.

On the contrary, if you have a life purpose, then thats how you learn to lead a conscious life. Your efforts get directed towards something and you enjoy every minute of it. And although this doesnt imply that your problems disappear, at least now you know why youre trying to find a way around those problems.