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culturepainter · 06-15-2007, 10:09 PM

I read Steve's article about finding my purpose in life about a week ago. And since then I have tried. Now I've been journalling pretty regularly for about 7-8 years so I didn't feel that I was that clueless about myself. But this exercise has been quite tough for me.

One thing is that there are very few things that I shed tears for in real life. There are movies that may get me to have a lump in my throat and if its a real tear jerker I may let a tear well in my eye. But other than that, not really.

So considering that one of the criterias is to discover my purpose to the point of tears streaming down my cheek. That hasn't happened.

In some ways I'm wondering if I'm trying too hard. I first sat down and started randomly writing potential purposes of my life. Those ranged from bizarre to interesting. I felt like I could go on mindlessly typing out potential purposes without getting anywhere. Then I tried a more methodical approach of trying to write things that touched my heart. That went good for a while but turned dry and I felt like I was going in circles.

I need some guidance!!!

06-15-2007, 10:09 PM	#1 (permalink)
culturepainter Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 10	Help: Difficulty in finding Purpose I read Steve's article about finding my purpose in life about a week ago. And since then I have tried. Now I've been journalling pretty regularly for about 7-8 years so I didn't feel that I was that clueless about myself. But this exercise has been quite tough for me. One thing is that there are very few things that I shed tears for in real life. There are movies that may get me to have a lump in my throat and if its a real tear jerker I may let a tear well in my eye. But other than that, not really. So considering that one of the criterias is to discover my purpose to the point of tears streaming down my cheek. That hasn't happened. In some ways I'm wondering if I'm trying too hard. I first sat down and started randomly writing potential purposes of my life. Those ranged from bizarre to interesting. I felt like I could go on mindlessly typing out potential purposes without getting anywhere. Then I tried a more methodical approach of trying to write things that touched my heart. That went good for a while but turned dry and I felt like I was going in circles. I need some guidance!!!