Defining Your Purpose:
"When
you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project,
all your thoughts break their bonds; your mind transcends limitations,
your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself
in a new, great and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and
talents become alive, and you discover yourself to be a greater person
by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be."
—Patanjali (c. 1st to 3rd century BC)
"Work
is love made visible." —Khalil Gibran
"There
is magic in believing in our capabilities at the moment, believing
in our future potential, believing that we are worthy beings with
a purpose for being alive." —Anonymous
Creating
your Purpose:
"Until
one is committed, there is hesitancy
the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness.
Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation).
there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which
kills countless ideas and splendid plans:
That moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence
moves too.
All
sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have
occurred.
A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in ones
favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material
assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his
way.
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it.
Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
Begin it now."— Goethe
Sustaining
Your Purpose:
How
We Can Be Inspired by Geese
When you see geese flying in a "V" formation, you might
be interested in knowing what scientists have discovered about why
they fly that way.
1. FACT: As each bird flaps its wings it creates an uplift for the
bird immediately following. By flying in a "V" formation,
the whole flock adds at least 71 percent greater flying range than
if each bird flew on its own.
TRUTH: People who share a common direction and sense of community
can get where they are going quicker and easier because they are traveling
on the trust of one another.
2. FACT: Whenever a goose falls out of formation, it suddenly feels
the drag and resistance of trying to go it alone and quickly gets
back into formation to take advantage of the lifting power of the
bird immediately in front.
TRUTH: There is strength and power and safety in numbers when traveling
in the same direction with whom we share a common goal.
3. FACT: When the lead goose gets tired, he rotates back in the wing
and another goose flies point.
TRUTH: It pays to take turns doing hard jobs.
4. FACT: The geese honk from behind to encourage those up front to
keep up their speed.
TRUTH: We all need to be remembered with active support and praise.
5. FACT: When a goose gets sick or is wounded and falls out, two geese
fall out of formation and follow him down to help and protect him.
They stay with him until the crisis resolves, and then they launch
out on their own or with another formation to catch up with their
group.
TRUTH: We must stand by each other in times of need.We Are Fortunate
That There Are More Geese In Life Than Turkeys.
Let's Remember To Uphold Each Other In Friendship And Give Each Other
A Big "Honk" More Often!!!
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