What is Your Purpose?
By: May McCarthy

I had a chance recently to be with a group of travelers overseas for a week.  It was very clear to me that many of these travelers were quite comfortable with themselves and confident about living their purpose in life.  Everything that they did had this underlying current of joy and meaning and they appeared to me to have a lot more fun on the trip. There are a number of famous people and organizations who clearly define their purpose and have something to advise the rest of us about identifying our purpose.  Some of my favorite examples include:

• Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.  - Dalai Lama

Turning Wishes into Goals!
By: May McCarthy

One of my favorite sayings from an Unknown Author is: “Write it down. Written goals have a way of transforming wishes into wants; cant’s into cans; dreams into plans; and plans into reality. Don’t just think it – ink it!” I agree! I’ve noticed that a lot of people have trouble attaining their goals. Many people create wishes as vague descriptions of their goals. Turning a wish into an achieved goal requires that we get more specific and commit to a consistent  daily practice as part of the process. Follow these three simple steps to help you to achieve more of what you want in life: 1. Write your goals down daily and be specific in describing the outcome that you want.

As you spend time each day describing your goals as though they have already been realized, your subconscious is going to work with you to make those statements true.   To illustrate this, I’m sure that you’ve heard someone say “Everyone at the office (or at my kids’ school) has been sick with the flu.  I sure hope that I don’t get sick.” And, what happened? Right, they got sick. Life will reflect back to us what we “think into” it more times than not.