What Is YOUR Dream?

Do YOU want a dream life... a dream lifestyle... a dream partner... a dream career?

So what is YOUR dream?

A dream... it has a visual connotation.

It's a picture... or series of pictures... that you 'see' in YOUR mind.

So can YOU show me YOUR pictures of YOUR dream (or something closely resembling what YOU see in YOUR mind)?

Can you SEE it, FEEL it, TOUCH it?

Here's a tip, create a noticeboard with pictures that closely align with the picture that YOU have in YOUR mind of YOUR dream.

Here's a pic/plan from our 'dream noticeboard' of a very simple 'retirement' cottage that my wife and I both envisage building for our mature years on this planet.



This same noticeboard has taken our family to Miami and Disneyworld, Orlando Florida, USA, and to a number of winter skiing trips and/or trips through most of Europe - with Paris being our family favourite city on every visit... all dreams visualised on this board.



So what does YOUR dream look like?

Pin it up.


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Discover YOUR Life Purpose.. Or Let It Discover YOU?

After a week of contemplating simple thoughts on discovering our life's purpose, I'm wondering if we shouldn't sweat it (if we haven't got it yet) and just by taking action to enjoy each day on this planet with a cheery, optimistic outlook maybe our Life Purpose will find us..?

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. — Mark Twain

Strange is our situation here upon earth. Each of us comes for a short visit, not knowing why, yet sometimes seeming to divine a purpose. From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know - that man is here for the sake of other men. — Albert Einstein

The Dilemma

To laugh is to risk appearing a fool.
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.
To reach out for another is to risk involvement.
To expose feelings is to risk rejection.
To place your dreams before a crowd is to risk ridicule.
To love is to risk not being loved in return.
To go forward in the face of overwhelming odds is to risk failure.
But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
The person who risks nothing does nothing, has nothing, is nothing.
He may avoid suffering and sorrows, but he cannot learn, feel, change, grow, or love.
Chained by his certitudes, he is a slave - he has forfeited his freedom.
Only a person who takes risks is FREE

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The PURPOSE Of Life Is To...

It is often interesting to catch a glimpse of what others believe the purpose of life to be:

The adventure of life is to learn. The purpose of life is to grow. The nature of life is to change. The challenge of life is to overcome. The essence of life is to care. The opportunity of life is to serve. The secret of life is to dare. The spice of life is to befriend. The beauty of life is to give.— William Arthur Ward

The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience. -Eleanor Roosevelt -US diplomat & reformer (1884 - 1962)

To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone. ~ Reba McEntire

Give us Lord, a bit o' sun,
A bit o' work and a bit o' fun;
Give us all in the struggle and sputter
Our daily bread and a bit o' butter.
~ From an inn in Lancaster, England

Does the experience of others ring true for you?

Wikipedia has a fascinating philosophical insight into different scientific and religious views as to 'The Meaning of Life'


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A Business Cue For Developing YOUR Life Purpose

Most people spend more time developing a PURPOSE for their many business initiatives than they do on their own life purpose.

So let's take a cue from the simple generic process of developing a purpose for YOUR business.

1. VISION - a 'visual' interpretation/description of the long-term future impact that YOU expect YOUR business will have on the world... so why not create a vision/visual for YOUR Life's Purpose too.

2. AIM or MISSION Statement - a prominent explanation statement to all concerning what the customer can expect when dealing with YOUR business... so why not let people know what they can expect from YOU - a personal mission statement - as YOU deal with others in living to YOUR Life's Purpose.

3. OBJECTIVES - a description of the medium-term achievements that YOU'd like to to see YOUR business reaching... so what medium-term achievements do YOU set as objectives for YOUR personal life? Take a look at S.M.A.R.T Objectives for more of a clue as to how you can get smart about achieving YOUR business/life objectives.

A Business Purpose needs to be crisp, concise and crystal-clear so that everyone in the organisation can work towards achieving the long-term vision for the business.

Imagine YOUR Life Purpose being written in crisp, concise and crystal-clear format for others to recognise how they can help YOU to achieve your long-term vision for YOUR life.


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7 Steps For Creating YOUR Life Purpose

What if we can develop a little 7-step acronym to help us create a template for our own Life's Purpose?

This will be a work in progress (please add YOUR input) on this post until complete... so let's begin with some first ideas:

P- make it Personal - YOUR Life Purpose should give meaning to YOUR life... should make YOU feel good about what YOU do in life... should help YOU to enjoy YOUR life. So make it personal to YOU.

U - make it Uplifting - ask yourself whether YOUR life is to be lived by making a positive impact to the world, by making a difference to others, by adding something of value to society... or whether YOUR life is to be lived by taking away from society, negatively impacting others, by bringing grief to the world. Will YOU add value to or take away from the world in your lifetime?

R - take personal Responsibility - acknowledge that YOU and YOU alone will be responsible for living to YOUR life's purpose. YOU and YOU alone will take the decisions to respond positively to the big crises that will affect YOUR life. YOU and YOU alone will have to ensure that the many problems that will impact YOUR journey - YOUR Life Purpose - do not deflect YOU from YOUR chosen course. Whether YOU believe your appearance on this planet to be a random act of nature, or whether YOU believe that a 'Supreme Creator' has given YOU the freedom to choose YOUR destiny - then you must accept YOUR personal responsibility to take the decisions that YOU alone will stand by.

P - live YOUR life (purpose) with Passion - openly experience and enjoy YOUR life journey - explore, discover, laugh, love, cry, grieve - and show others YOUR strong , deep feelings, YOUR eager desire and commitment, to living up to YOUR Life Purpose. Wear YOUR heart on YOUR sleeve.

O - live YOUR life (purpose) with an Optimistic outlook - let's be real... life is tough, it will present YOU with problems, it will trip YOU up at times... to paraphrase William Arthur Ward - quote:

The real optimist is aware of problems, but recognises solutions;
knows about the difficulties but accentuates the positives;
is exposed to the worst, but expects the best;
has reason to complain, but prefers to smile.

S - be Sincere - understand that YOUR Life Purpose will conflict with the value systems of others who have their own purposes in life - good or bad. Be true to YOURself and YOUR Life Purpose and be sincere (see sincere - dictionary definition) to others - genuine; real; without deceit, pretense or hypocrisy; truthful; honest; straightforward - so that they may know why you react or respond to them as you do. Know that this will cause conflict with some. If they cannot respect YOUR values in living towards YOUR Life Purpose as you respect theirs, and YOU cannot bring yourself to compromise your values to move closer to theirs (or vice versa)... move on by... to continue YOUR journey.

E- live YOUR life (purpose) with Enthusiasm - most believe that this is the only life YOU can be sure of on this planet. YOU can live it with zest, gusto, an energy that demonstrates how enthusiastic YOU really are in living up to YOUR Life's Purpose.

Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait. The grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas. - Henry Ford

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Are YOU Living To YOUR Life's Purpose?

Another GREAT question to contemplate.

How do YOU know if YOU are living to YOUR life's purpose?

Let's think about this.

Are YOU happy?

Are YOU happy with YOUR life?

Are YOU happy with YOUR progress in life?

Can YOU describe (in writing) YOUR life's purpose?

If YES... YOU must be very close to living to YOUR life's purpose... if not right on track!

If NO... YOU may well have some more exploring to do.

Don't stop now... explore!

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Is This YOUR Purpose On This Planet?

Now here's an interesting question.

Is our purpose in life to ensure that little creatures get their fair turn at having a GREAT life?

Is our purpose in life to ensure that these little ones can achieve their PURPOSE in life?



Perhaps this is just part of our overall purpose in life.
What would YOU like YOUR life PURPOSE to be?
Are YOU living to YOUR life's purpose?

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