Purpose

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Below are the posts related to purpose. What is my purpose? How can I strengthen my purpose in life? What should I be doing? The posts below are all related to this self-discovery, and how to strengthen your sense of purpose.

Photo Friday – The True Meaning Of Life From The Dalai Lama – McLeodganj, Dharamsala, India

November 30, 2012

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What I’m Thankful For Today

November 22, 2012

This post was an afterthought. I wasn’t planning to write anything for Thanksgiving. Last night I realized how crazy it was that last year I was rescued from homelessness by Indians in Costa Rica, this year I’m in India. But as I sit here in India, about to dive into a 3-day wedding festival of [...]

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What Does “Helping People” Mean?

August 11, 2012

This is a question I always have in the back of my mind and the answer has changed over time. Back as a naive nomad when first starting out on this trip, I thought any kind of volunteering was positive, any effort to alleviate poverty was good, and education was the key to breaking the [...]

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A Career Narrative I Wrote 13 Years Ago

June 11, 2012

I called home one day in April, as my parents were packing to move to North Carolina, and my dad told me he found something really cool. It was my “career narrative,” some kind of assignment from my suburban high school to make me think about what I want to do in college and my [...]

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How To Win The Lottery

May 21, 2012

I was inspired to write this article was I saw the frenzy surrounding the $640,000,000 Mega Millions lottery jackpot in the U.S. at the end of March. It was kind of disgusting, to be honest. It’s interesting that lotteries are so successful around the world. You part with a small amount of money with the [...]

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Do You See A World Of Abundance Or Scarcity?

May 19, 2012

I feel like the modern world is one based on scarcity and money allows you to buy pieces of the scarce resources you need to survive. Contrast this with a traditional way of living (still practiced by many) where everything you need is available and abundant. But these two different lives get at the heart [...]

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Is Your Imperfection Covering Up A Superpower?

April 23, 2012

I’m not sure when I realized it, but at some point when I was a teenager I realized my left breast was bigger than my right one and I became horribly self-conscious about it. I was heavier then, so their size was bigger and the difference was more exaggerated. I wore really baggy clothes partly [...]

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Yokoi Kenji – Bridging Two Cultures To Make The World A Better Place

February 15, 2012

When I was in Medellin, my friend there told me about an inspirational guy named Kenji. He spoke to her team at BanColombia and she loved the speech. He recently received an award from the Colombian Parliament for the work he is doing and I told her I would try to get in touch with him. [...]

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Being Accused Of Theft In Venezuela- Saved By The Power Of Now

January 19, 2012

On my last full day in Venezuela, I entered a grocery store to buy a 1.5 liter bottle of water. It’s common in Latin America to have to store any bags or backpacks in a locker before going into the store. From their point of view, it reduces the chance of theft. From my point [...]

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