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by Marc Allen.

What is your purpose in life? Many people have trouble with that word, purpose; it seems so serious, so heavy. You can substitute the word mission if you wish. Or vocation, which comes from the Latin word for calling. What is your calling? This is a...

by Steve Bhaerman.

There's an old riddle, "What makes God laugh?" And the answer of course is, "Hearing our plans." Well, if you're like me you've had the Creator in stitches lately, although you might not necessarily be chuckling along with the Cosmic Laugh Track.  Fortunately, I've...

I just saw the movie "Pay It Forward" which I had missed when it first came out in the movie theatres. Paying it forward... What a powerful concept! Everyone should see this film or at least be exposed to the concept. In case you don't get a chance to see the movie, let me share the premise with you...

by Laurie Beth Jones. I stood before 250 business leaders and asked them:. "What percentage of people would you estimate are in the wrong jobs?" Their almost unanimous response was "seventy percent."; Perhaps you are one of those people.  I believe that Heaven will consist of every person doing what s/he most loves. To me, Hell would be an eternity of people having to do work they hate.

by Dhyani Ywahoo. The first priority in life is to be true to the creative principle within yourself. Second is the responsibility to your parents, your family, and your friends -- to see the best within them -- to call forth the best within others.

by Marie T. Russell. We tend to take life seriously -- all the problems, challenges, crises -- all of these seem to be like life and death situations, and in some cases they are. Yet as Shakespeare told us years ago, all the world is a stage, and we are all players or actors upon this earth.

by Marie T. Russell.

What do you want? This is a question that is asked of us throughout our lives. Yet, it is a question that we sometimes avoid answering and simply go with whatever seems easier or less painful at the moment.

by Marie T. Russell. I strongly believe everyone's basic need is to be loved. From the baby to the elderly, everyone wants love. As I look around me, especially if I look at what's happening in the world events, I realize that this basic need has somewhat become distorted. The need for love has been translated by some as the need for attention.

by James Hillman.

Our experience of aging is so embedded in numbers of years left to live, as given by longevity tables, that we can hardly believe that for centuries the old were regarded as stable depositories of customs and legends, guardians of local values, experts in skills and crafts, and valued voices in communal council.