Your Life is a Prayer
Each morning, one of my favorite spiritual practices is to read from a selection of inspirational books that I find feed my soul. I think of it as breakfast for my mind and spirit. Recently, I ran across this sentence, “Our life is a prayer.” Such a simply statement, right? Well, if your life is…
Inquiring Minds Want to Know – 3 Purposeful Pondering Questions
Beth Dargi of www.encouragingcoach.com/wordpress asked me 3 insightful questions during the blog tour. They are: 1) When I coach, I often help people simplify their life to make room for helping them find meaning and purpose, in your book you mention that simplicity is a by product of finding your purpose. How do you use…
THE PROPHECY OF THE EAGLE AND THE CONDOR
(I recently read about this inspiring prophecy in Lynne Twist’s transformational book, The Soul of Money. (www.soulofmoney.org/) Being moved to tears when I first read it, I felt compelled to share it with you. It goes like this: THE PROPHECY OF THE EAGLE AND THE CONDOR Among the Achuar indigenous people there is a long-told…
THERE IS NO SAFE PLACE — REALLY?
As I was preparing to write this week’s ezine a bit earlier than usual, because of my travel plans, I listened to Ben Stein’s opinion piece on the TV show, Sunday Morning. His conclusion, in the aftermath of this past week’s shooting in Virginia, was that there is no place that is safe. Wow, I…
Is It Possible to Live Life to the Fullest?
Does ‘Live Life to the Fullest’ Bother Anyone Else? New York Sun reporter Someone gets cancer and it seems like immediately the nicest people in the world (often strangers) are advising him or her, “Live life to the fullest.” Only problem is: What could be harder than that? Don’t yogis spend their whole lives trying…
Purposeful Pampering
For those of you who have been considering coming to the Living and Working On Purpose Mountain Retreat in April, don’t miss today’s special offering at the end of this purposeful pondering, which is all about the value of ‘purposeful pampering.’ You see, later today, Life On Purpose will close its doors for a week…
Qualities & Attributes of a Perfect God
As I’ve been reading both Rick Warren’s book, Purpose Driven Life, and Brother Lawrence’s “Practicing the Presence of God,” I realized that the constant reference to God in masculine terms seems to get in my way of developing a deep sense of connection to the Divine Source of All. It may be due to my…
Permission Granted
I know this may sound strange, but there are times in working with my coaching clients that one of the most powerful things I can do is to grant them permission. This came strikingly clear to me just the other day, on a day when I found myself ‘off,’ as in off purpose, low on…
Hiding Out Vs. Showing Up
Recently I had the opportunity to conduct a Sunday On Purpose at the Unity Center in Greenville, South Carolina. Like most of these events, this one included my giving the message during the morning service, followed by a potluck lunch and a Living On Purpose workshop. Except this Sunday was different from all the others…
WHAT WILL YOUR LEGACY BE?
Living the Fulfilled Life also includes considering what you are prepared to leave behind. What do you want to be known for when you’re ‘gone?’ When you’re no longer in the business you’re in, when you’re no longer in the ‘limelight’, what will people remember you for? Consider this example, which comes from CBS’s Sunday…
Isn’t it Time You Knew Your Purpose?
