Let's look today at the idea of purpose and how this idea can help you as you continually move toward a better life.  

For over 40 years, Lou and Diane Tice have been developing educational programs, giving seminars, and talking to people all over the globe for a single purpose:  They wanted to do as much as they could to build a better world, and chose this way to do it. Diane still does.

Associates of The Pacific Institute have put a lot of time and energy into helping other people develop and strengthen their own clear purpose. Sometimes we call it a goal or a vision, but no matter what we call it, it has tremendous power, especially when it is very clear and we strengthen and affirm it over and over. It's kind of like the guy who says, "All my life I've wanted to be somebody. Now I see that I should have been more specific!"  

You see, a specific purpose that you care deeply about gives you tremendous energy and tremendous resources. (The RAS gets kicked into over-drive, helping us see more than we would without the goal.) There are thousands of stories, every day, about people who have accomplished amazing things out of a strong sense of purpose. Most of them are everyday heroes. You don't read about them in the papers, but they are heroes, nevertheless.

What about you? What's your purpose? If you're not sure, ask yourself some questions: What do I value? To what do I devote my time and energy? Is my purpose survival, or something more? Has it changed from what it used to be? How might it be different in the future?  

Start today to be the everyday hero of your own purposeful life!