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Do These Three Things to Connect With Your Purpose in Life
At the core of the human spirit is a need for meaning and purpose. These less-common practices will help guide you to the center of yours.
It's easy to get caught up in the pursuit of goals or of successes: a better body, a financial goal, a holiday, a new car, an award to win, or the new modern craving — more Instagram followers. (You know you want them.)
There’s a deeper craving at the human soul that is stronger our drive for success. It’s the craving for meaning. No matter what achievements we win or material wealth we have, none of it necessarily fills in the need we have for meaning and purpose. In this way, meaning and purpose is our important need of all.
Filling your inner cup with meaning and purpose matters more than anything. The pleasure of material successes wears off. You always need more of it to feel good. It’s easy to get stuck always comparing yourself to others. It’s painfully natural to never feel good enough, no matter how much you have.
But an inner wellspring of meaning and purpose keeps you connected, inspired, and alive as life moves in and out of all its phases of having more, having less. The quest and yearning for meaning is a good thing — a healthy…
