Thursday, March 15, 2007

Time to Enjoy

More light. More light. More light.
More time to enjoy the beauty of spring.
More time to enjoy the birds that sing.
More time to know the ones we love.

We have an extra hour of daylight.
What do you with your time?

What you choose becomes your gift to yourself.
What you choose demonstrates how you value your worth.
What you choose is a living testimony to your life purpose.
What you choose reflects how happy and fulfilled you are.

With gratitude and joy, life is enhanced.
With judgment and fear, life is diminished.
With forgiveness and love, life is improved.
With complaints and criticism, life is depressed.

Live for the purpose of enjoying and you find joy.
Live for the purpose of accomplishing and you find success.
Live for the purpose of giving and find gifts.
Live for the purpose of freedom and you find infinite possibility.

What are you choosing. How are you using your time?
Where you are spending your time, energy and money demonstrates what you value.

Loving you in realizing and realigning you,
Betty Lue

Purpose Exercise

To bring your purpose to life, you need to make a declaration of your values and describe the things,
people, attitudes and objectives that are important to you. This is a quick exercise to help you uncover your purpose.
List 5 answers under each set of questions.

What do I love to do?
What makes me the happiest?
What is my secret ambition?
What has given me the most satisfaction in the past?
What excites me about life?
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3 _________________________________________
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5 _________________________________________

What am I good at?
What have others told me I was good at?
In what areas of life have I excelled?
What are some of my strengths?
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2 _________________________________________
3 _________________________________________
4 _________________________________________
5 _________________________________________

What is important to me?
What would I be willing to sacrifice for?
What do I stand for?
What would I commit myself for regardless of the obstacles?
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2 _________________________________________
3 _________________________________________
4 _________________________________________
5 _________________________________________

What was I born to do?
Where in life can I make a difference?
What unique opportunities have been placed in my path?
What specifically does God want me to do?
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2 _________________________________________
3 _________________________________________
4 _________________________________________
5 _________________________________________

Based on the answers above, develop a short paragraph outlining your purpose. Take the three top priorities from the four areas to which you just committed answers. Construct a statement that explains what you are beginning to sense in your purpose. This can be a work in progress. What is important is to commit to something in writing. Your purpose can be anything you want it to be and it can include anything that is important to you.

My Purpose Statement:
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