Life Purpose and Values

Life Purpose(ˈpərpəs) and Values

By Steve Pavlina

It’s been years since I last updated my life purpose statement and list of values. The last time was around 2005. My life has changed tremendously(trəˈmendəslē) since then, and I’ve fallen out of sync(siNGk) with the old versions, so I invested(inˈvest) some time this week in soul(sōl) searching and introspecting(ˌintrəˈspekt) to update these items.

The new life purpose statement I created is:

to care deeply, connect playfully, love intensely(inˈtenslē), and share generously(ˈjen(ə)rəslē);
to joyfully(ˈjoifəlē) explore(ikˈsplôr), learn, grow, and prosper(ˈpräspər);
and to creatively, brilliantly(ˈbrilēəntlē), and honorably(ˈänər(ə)blē, ˈänrəblē) serve the highest good of all.
I may continue to tweak(twēk) this over time, but overall I feel it does a good job of encapsulating(enˈkaps(y)əˌlāt) what’s important to me in life.

A life purpose statement is a very personal thing, so when you read someone else’s life purpose, it won’t necessarily mean much to you, but it has a special significance(sigˈnifikəns) to the person who created it.

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