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#189 Your Commanding Officer
Inspired by: ConfuciusFrom: The Analects
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"The Three Armies can be deprived of their commanding officer, but even a common man cannot be deprived of his purpose."
~ Confucius, 6th century bce Chinese sage and founder of Confucianism from The Analects
Purpose. The definition: “the reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists.”
Purpose. We’ve gotta have it.
I don’t know about you, but the times when I’ve felt most overwhelmed and anxious have always been when I didn’t feel a clear sense of purpose—a sense of how I was going to use my greatest strengths in the greatest service to the world…
Purpose. What’s yours?
Inspired by: ConfuciusFrom: The Analects
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If you put your hand into a fire, does anyone have to tell you to move it? Do you have to decide? No: When your hand starts to burn, it moves. You don’t have to direct it; the hand moves itself. In the same way, once you understand, through inquiry, that an untrue thought causes suffering, you move away from it.
~ Byron Katie
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