Are You Living On Purpose?

Mark Twain

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

Are you living your life on purpose, or are you going to be disappointed by the things you didn’t get to do? Being a former obsessive compulsive and now recovering perfectionist, I have learned that 100 years from now no one will remember whether my house was clean, or my kids were perfect or my life, but what they will remember are the little things that I did that touched someone. So make it your goal to sail from the harbor and catch the wind and move forward on purpose.

Great site and reading for more information: The Purpose Driven Life

Elizabeth McElrath
SonshineTravel.net - Health and Wellness Coach
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Our Deepest Fear

by Marianne Williamson from A Return To Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

Do you fear your power? Do you hide your power instead of stepping into it? Do you play big or small? Why? What are your belief systems surrounding being powerful and playing big? What do you imagine the consequences would be if you started to let your own light shine?

Further resources:

My friend and teacher Jenn Givler has devoted much time and effort to this very subject of hiding own’s power. Read all about it on her blog. Start here with a quiz to see if you are indeed hiding your power.

Hiding your power? Take this quiz and find out.

Katherine Reschke
ICoachMoms.com - Work at Home Moms Coach
608-838-2708 (CST) - Katherine [at] ICoachMoms.com
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Our Midday Motivation Message which is part of our Start Your Day Off “Write” (by blogging) campaign launches today (07/12/07) with our Verbal Networking host and founding partner, Katherine Reschke, WAHM (Work at Home Mom) Coach, at 1:00 PM (EST).

Tomorrow (07/12/07) it’s with our Verbal Networking host and founding partner, Elizabeth McElrath, Travel Agent - Health & Wellness Caoch, at 1:00 PM (EST).

Please come join us and add your comments, both written and verbal, to the conversation.