Grandparents’ Summer Camp
The grandkids (4 girls and 2 boys, 8 yrs and unde, have spent the week here at the Lake House with us.)
Sewing, crafts, games, harvesting from the garden, searching for treasures, deer bones, special rocks, blackberries and swimming in the lake. Every Friday night is a small town rodeo and two kids went to every morning and we have family movies every night. We are all happy and tired.
Life is full of giggles, jokes, questions and great ideas. For three weeks every summer (5 days each month), this is our joy. We choose and create meaning and learning, fun and gratitude in our lives.
When life has meaning, it is focused and fulfilling.
When life is meaningful, it is filled with learning.
When life is rich with learning, it matters to us.
When we have a meaningful life, we have chosen wisely.
When life is meaningless, you may feel empty and useless.
When life feels senseless, you may lose momentum, intention and direction.
When you have lost your way, you may get caught up in distracting activities.
When you are bored or have no direction, you may create inner and outer drama.
Life with purpose and meaning usually flows around all obstacles.
A meaningful life easily and gently flows past distractions, detours and delays.
Being on purpose allows shifts and changes without upset or distress.
Knowing your life matters encourages flexibility and resilience.
When we are committed to something that matters to us, we are accepting.
When committed to our mission, purpose and goals, we are allowing.
When we know what is real and important, we are understanding.
When we live in integrity with our own higher purpose, we tend our own garden.
Those who may have forgotten or have no purpose may envy or judge others’ lives.
Those who are focused on healing may get caught in an endless loop of fretting and fixing.
Those who are distracted and tempted by the world may be consumed by temporary pleasures.
Those who are fatigued with fear and worry about the future may withhold and hide.
Seek what brings you lasting joy.
Explore and experiment with what provides a focused forgetting about time.
Live one day at a time seeking for everything that you believe in and enjoy.
Look for what is inspiring, creative, fulfilling and fun for you.
When we want money, we get money and trying to get the money we want.
When we want approval, we get approval and the need to get approval.
When we want achievement, we may get some achievement and the effort to achieve.
When we simply want meaning, we find we are giving meaning to everything we see.
It may be time for you to find meaning in all your choices.
It may be your calling to choose those activities that inspire and fulfill you.
It may be your healing to set aside others’ choices for you and choose your own way.
It may be your learning to pay attention to what you say and do and dream everyday.
You are your own greatest resource to find meaning and purpose.
You have all your own answers within you.
You need not see outside confirmation, when you are true to you.
You can affirm your inner knowing and enjoy the choices you make today.
Loving you in all the ways you live and love and give.
Betty Lue
What do I really want in my life?
(Make a list of at least 20 wants. Freely write down everything that comes to mind, with no censoring or limits.)
What does your heart want for you?
What is your simplest wish for yourself?
What do you really want to have?
What do you really want to be?
What do you really want to do?
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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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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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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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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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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