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**Ann** · 02-19-2006, 03:35 AM

You are reading from the book Touchstones.

He who has a why to live can bear with almost any how.
--Friedrich Nietzsche

Our sense of purpose in life is not fixed in concrete. It changes from youth through all the stages of life. Often in the transitions to a new growth stage we are most confused. In the chaotic life created by our own addictive or codependent thinking, all meaning collapses around us. At these times we wonder, "What is the point?" "Does anything really matter?"

We receive a why for our existence by participating in the whole of this world. We are sons, or fathers, or husbands, or brothers, or friends to very specific people - and to the rest of our community, extending to all of creation. Our sense of purpose may change when life circumstances change. We get married, for instance, and then say, "Now what?" Or a child is born, or a parent dies, or we become disabled. Each time we may be confronted again with the questions. Being open to contact with our world, keeping our barriers down so we stay in touch, restores our awareness of purpose.

May I continue to respond to the changing phases in life - and be open to the renewal of purpose, which is here for me.

equus · 02-19-2006, 08:29 AM

Oooooo... A thinky, something to ponder on in quiet moments!

It'd be good to maybe have a 'why' for each day - to settle on it before all the hows show up!

Grimnar · 02-20-2006, 10:43 AM

"Renewal of purpose".... I like that phrase.

02-19-2006, 03:35 AM	#1 (permalink)
Ann Forum Leader Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: By The Lake Posts: 25,199	Why and How You are reading from the book Touchstones. He who has a why to live can bear with almost any how. --Friedrich Nietzsche Our sense of purpose in life is not fixed in concrete. It changes from youth through all the stages of life. Often in the transitions to a new growth stage we are most confused. In the chaotic life created by our own addictive or codependent thinking, all meaning collapses around us. At these times we wonder, "What is the point?" "Does anything really matter?" We receive a why for our existence by participating in the whole of this world. We are sons, or fathers, or husbands, or brothers, or friends to very specific people - and to the rest of our community, extending to all of creation. Our sense of purpose may change when life circumstances change. We get married, for instance, and then say, "Now what?" Or a child is born, or a parent dies, or we become disabled. Each time we may be confronted again with the questions. Being open to contact with our world, keeping our barriers down so we stay in touch, restores our awareness of purpose. May I continue to respond to the changing phases in life - and be open to the renewal of purpose, which is here for me. __________________ “Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” ~Winnie the Pooh~

02-20-2006, 10:43 AM	#3 (permalink)
Grimnar I bite. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: USA Posts: 498	"Renewal of purpose".... I like that phrase. __________________ Sometimes, perhaps most of the time, surviving in life is about not doing what we want to do but rather doing what we need to do.

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02-19-2006, 08:29 AM	#2 (permalink)
equus Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: uk Posts: 3,055	Oooooo... A thinky, something to ponder on in quiet moments! It'd be good to maybe have a 'why' for each day - to settle on it before all the hows show up!

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