1. Why am I here?
This question gets to the core of your life mission. Every experience, every contact and every gift or talent that you have exists to support you in accomplishing your mission in life. If you are alive, you are here for a purpose. What will be the most important mark you make on the world?
2. What would I like to learn?
The most interesting people are those with a diversity of perspectives and experiences. Life is a learning journey. The more we learn, the more we grow ... and the richer and deeper our life experience. Make a list of things you'd like to learn and make plans to learn them. Be willing to try something new, something that takes you outside of your comfort zone.
3. What brings me joy?
Often it is the simple things that bring us the most joy. Make alist of the things that bring you joy, then begin incorporating those things into your life on a daily basis. Don't wait for a special occasion to purposefully make your life joyful. You deserve joy every day.
4. What am I most afraid of?
Fear can be our enemy, if we allow it to be. Fear also can be a great teacher and a catalyst for change. For example, fear that you will fail can motivate you to be creative and work hard so that you succeed. On the other hand, fear can keep you from living your highest potential if your fear paralyzes you from moving forward in your life. Once you identify your fear, you can begin determining ways to reduce the risk that your fear presents. Once you make the decision to overcome your fear, you find your fears are often more perception than reality. As a result, you fear less in your life than ever before.
5. What is one step I can take today to move closer to my ideal life?
Taking a step towards your dreams will generate excitement for the possibilities available to you. Write a vision of your ideal life and then move towards it one step at a time. Celebrate your steps along the way. Consider that following rules and tradition is not a prerequisite to success. Open your mind to creating your own opportunities.
5 comments:
sorry, my space bar is not working very well.
Karen this is great advice. Whenever I find myself letting too much of the world troubles into my daily life, I start making entries into my "joy journal". It is an exercise to refocus my attention on the positive. Then it is easier to move forward in hope. My "joy journal" is just a list of the small daily things that give me happiness. Anything from being employed to motorist allowed me into the right lane to didn't eat that chocolate bar to spectacular view of Mt. Rainier...Get it? I like your post.
Me too!
Mom
Hey! This sqaure for leaving a comment is still here on my blog - I wonder why it's not on Brian's blog? I can't comment there!
OK now I fixed it...much better, except you can't see the color. OH Well. I got this from a friend. So, Don't think I wrote it. I need to work on all these things, too! I am starting by writing down what I want my life to look like, etc.
This is good. I like how you fixed it up, Karen - much easier to read.
And your comment her is good, too, Michelle.
I especially like #2. And #3 where it say "You deserve joy every day". I have a friend, Mary, who has made it her life to do something nice for someone every single day. And she does! It makes the person feel so good that she does the nice thing for, and makes her feel good herself. She's giving and getting joy every single day! Now she's in her 80's and still does that!
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