Why Earning Money Is Not Your Real Purpose (And How To Know What Is)

This is part 3 of a 7-part series on how to discover your real purpose in life.

“It is never too late to be who you might have been.” – George Eliot

When you were a kid, had you ever been told by your parents, teachers, peers or other people what you should do in life? It might be to earn a lot of money, to be successful, to be respectable, to be a filial child, to contribute to the society, to serve a higher entity, etc.

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Whatever it was, what role did you play in identifying it? The likelihood was somehow, somewhere, people who were not you took the onus of deciding how you should lead your life on your behalf, without including you in the jury. Presumably, your role was to live out the purpose, not to question it. (more…)

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Published Dec 16 2008
Filed: Awareness & Growth, Money & Wealth, Purpose & Meaning
Tags: false purpose, imposed purpose, liberating purpose, meaning of life, real purpose