Escape “Reality” with Escape Pod
Today’s post is of a personal nature. I have a confession. I love science fiction and fantasy, and have for close to 50 years, ever since my next-door-neighbor, Mrs. Crabtree, the children’s librarian, took pity on my mom, and brought me home a stack of books to keep me from driving my mom completely bonkers…
Power Tool Continues: Creating a New On Purpose Pattern
Column four is where the fun really begins, because you have the opportunity to create new patterns that are consistent with your life purpose. Before starting this next step, be sure you are awake and present to your Created Life Purpose. The idea is not to simply write down a pattern that is the opposite…
Power Tool Continues; Making the Connection & Taking Responsibility
Next, in the second column, identify the source of each pattern. We know that it is based in either fear, a sense of lack, or a need to struggle to survive, but see if you can be more specific—a fear of what, a lack of what, why do you feel you need to struggle? Your…
Power Tool Continues: Identifying Your Off-Purpose Patterns
Take a sheet of paper lengthwise and make five columns. Label each column from left to right with these five headings: · Off-Purpose Pattern · Connection to Inherited Purpose · Taking Responsibility for Inherited Purpose Actions · Creating a New On-Purpose Pattern · Implementation Action Now, in the first column start a list of the…
Replacing Off-Purpose Patterns with On-Purpose Patterns
Watch your thoughts, they become words Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habits. Watch your habits, they become character. Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny. –Frank Outlaw Since I’ve been combining some of the Power Tools for Living On Purpose with the intention to create a breakthrough in…
TESTING THE PURPOSEFUL PACT
I’ve spent the last several days contemplating what would be a valuable Purposeful Pact to take in my own life, and I’ve found just the pondering process to be valuable. One thought I had was to resume a more regular schedule of meditation. And as I’ve considered it, I’ve found myself meditating more often, even…
What Truly Satisfies the Soul
Today, I’d like to share a thought from one of my favorite New Thought authors, Alan Cohen, from his book, A Deep Breath of Life: “We must put aside lesser pursuits in favor of what truly satisfies our soul. When all is said and done, we will remember our moments of love and kindness, and…
PURPOSEFUL PACTS: A New Power Tool for Living On Purpose
Do you ever run across issues in your life that just seems to persist and no matter what you do they seem to just keep cropping up to trip you up? Perhaps the newest Power Tool for Living On Purpose could be of assistance. I call it the Purposeful Pact. According to the dictionary, a…
A Lesson from my Cat – R.B.
R. B. came into our home as a stray we rescued from the Millhouse Lodge a couple doors down from our home and offices. He was pretty wild when we first brought him into the house, thus the name R. B. for “Rocket Bullet.” A couple weeks ago we began to notice a little weight…
From Confusion to Clarity about Your True Life Purpose
The first how-to manual to take individuals from confusion to clarity about life’s greatest question, Life On Purpose: Six Passages to an Inspired Life(EliteBooks, 2007), an award winning finalist in the Self-Help: Motivational division of the Best Books 2007 Awards sponsored by USA News. "A gentle and heartfelt guide to the fundamentals of living a…
Isn’t it Time You Knew Your Purpose?
