Purpose almost always prompts persistence. Our best path forward will rarely be the easiest, but it will be the most fulfilling and rewarding. Press onward purposefully.
Don’t ever give up on life. Life can be so beautiful, especially after you’ve spent a lot of time with it.
-Yoko Ono
Do you do things for yourself or for the greater good? Are you only paving a smoother way for you or for all others who will come after you? Purpose provides for all people.
The one who plants trees, knowing that [they] will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life.
-Rabindranath Tagore
My overall purpose in life is to be the best humble servant and harmonious instrument that I can be, healing myself and helping others heal as fully and completely as possible.
You should accept yourself, not as a master, but as a servant, and then all your bad feelings, your anxiety, alarm, uncertainty, and dissatisfaction will be changed into calmness and peace. You will be filled inside with a clear vision of your purpose, and with a great joy.
-Leo Tolstoy
what can you do to connect with your true purpose and gifts?
when you start turning inward to heal and let go, you remove the layers of heavy conditioning and trauma that have been blocking your natural creativity from coming forward.
when your mind is lighter, it will more easily connect with its talents and genuine aspirations, and you will find a way to use those talents to serve others.
-yung pueblo
Wisdom is knowing the purpose of life, and knowing how to achieve it.
-Leo Tolstoy
Patience and tenacity of purpose are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness.
-Thomas Henry Huxley
As I pursue my purpose more placidly and patiently, I realize that these posts will pause periodically. For example, the next cycle in sixteen days will be postponed. I will be prioritizing some personal work to prepare improvements. That means the next cycle will resume in about six weeks. It is the longest break I have taken yet since starting this site, but I have sat with this decision enough to know and feel strongly that my purpose pulls me this way. I look forward to writing again next year. Be well, my friends. I love you all.
The good that ought to be the object of our earnest pursuit, is to be found only within ourselves.
-Epictetus
Maybe it is wise. Maybe it is dumb. Time will tell.