Greg Gerber 
I tapped into a thought-provoking discussion today after someone asked whether “me-bias” was impacting their life. I had not heard of me-bias before. However, the discussion made it sound plausible. People have a me-bias when they only think of how something will help them instead of other people. For example, when someone claims they don’t …
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“Don’t put yourself in a box and say because I’m a carpenter, I am always going to be a carpenter because there is nothing else out there. Maybe it’s a hobby or a job opportunity,” Al explained. “But the two most enjoyable things I’ve done in my life are things I started after turning 50.”
“When we experience loneliness, we want to escape it as it is an unpleasant emotion. On the other hand, solitude is peaceful aloneness created by a state of voluntary isolation,” the authors wrote.
Anne Ard said purpose is as simple as figuring out how to be useful and make a difference in our communities. How that looks in real life is determined by our circumstances and commitments.
“I had been fighting to keep everything I felt really mattered to my life. When I realized my life wasn’t working and I was able to lay it all down, that’s when things started to improve,” Gill said.
People pursing a specific purpose to help others know, deep in their hearts, their very reason for being on earth at this specific time and in that specific place is to make a difference in the lives of others — and they’re excited to do so.
“There wasn’t hardly any support at that time for adults with eating disorders, and for family and loved ones,” Linda told the paper. “And eating disorders are so stigmatized. There’s so much shame for just having one.”
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In the process of researching a health scare, Michele discovered a lot of helpful information about America’s food supply, toxins in the environment and how they work to impact everyone’s health.
“The saddest aspect about their recovery process is that people think they have to dredge up an ugly, hurtful past and dig through a lot of painful memories, but I don’t think it has to be that way,” said Jeanette.
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When bad things happen, we have a choice on how to respond. We can sulk, withdraw into our little comfort zones and blame God and everyone else for our predicament. Or we can pivot and realize that as long as we’re still breathing, there is a purpose for our lives.