"Living on Purpose is a Perfect Path to Peace."
Rick Warren
Rick Warren
What Drives you? Personally, there are several things that drive me in my life...My family, my livelihood, God....Before, the first 2 things were way more powerful to me. But after experiencing what it really feels like to surrender, i have been able to leave it in God's hands and just do what I know I am supposed to do, which is love openly and freely and help people attain a better quality of life....
I think it's OK to compete with ourselves and continue to better ourselves, because that just makes us better stewards...but I don't want to be confused about WHY i am becoming a better me...it's to better serve God and others...
In PDL, Rick Warren talks about the different things that many people allow their lives to be driven by:
*Guilt
*Resentment and Anger
*Fear
*Materialism
*Need for Approval
He says that knowing your purpose will give meaning to your life and simplify it. In my experience, this is true. If I continue to follow the path that is aligned with my purpose, then what others think or say about me is really none of my business....Knowing our purpose motivates us, focuses us, and prepares us for eternity!
I think it's OK to compete with ourselves and continue to better ourselves, because that just makes us better stewards...but I don't want to be confused about WHY i am becoming a better me...it's to better serve God and others...
In PDL, Rick Warren talks about the different things that many people allow their lives to be driven by:
*Guilt
*Resentment and Anger
*Fear
*Materialism
*Need for Approval
He says that knowing your purpose will give meaning to your life and simplify it. In my experience, this is true. If I continue to follow the path that is aligned with my purpose, then what others think or say about me is really none of my business....Knowing our purpose motivates us, focuses us, and prepares us for eternity!
Question to Ponder:
What would my family and friends say is the driving force in my life?
What do I want it to be?
What would my family and friends say is the driving force in my life?
What do I want it to be?
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This question is simple yet leads to profound insight. I think that I can say with great pride that my family and friends feel that...wait here comes the cliché: "making a difference," in the lives of the young people I come in contact with is my driving force.
To a certain degree this is pretty accurate. Even so, it would be only one facet of who I am. It is a personal struggle of mine regardless of my personal, professional and spiritual accomplishments, up to this point, to feel that I am worthy of the blessings the Lord bestows upon me. I have overcome many personal obstacles in my life and have grown accustomed to the constant challenges that have come at me. In retrospect, what confounds me the most is the fact that I convinced myself that I deserved those bad things in my life. As if God was keeping a score card and it was time for him to collect. I deluded myself into believing that I didn't deserve to be happy because of x, y or z. Which brings me to what I want my driving force to be. I want my driving force to be the pursuit of my owh personal happiness.
I want to be fueled by my pursuit of happiness to accomplish all I set out for myself. I want to be truly happy with who I am today. Right here and now. I am tired of allowing my little voice say..."When you lose weight...well then you'll be happy," or "When you have a significant other and get married and have children then you'll be happy." Not only has my life been propelled by resentment and anger for what I have endured, but also my ever present need for approval. I will never make everyone happy. I have never stopped to try and allow myself to be happy. I always self sabotage myself and say..."I don't deserve that...I don't deserve to be happy." I want to live my life and not simply endure my existence.
What would my family and friends say is the driving force of my life? And what would I want it to be?
Well, I think my family and friends would say that the driving force in my life is Christ!!
And I'd say that I agree with them!
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