http://www.danputt.com/2006/04/12/pursuit-of-purpose/ Sometimes it's quotes, sometimes it's my thoughts, sometimes it's pictures. Fri, 04 May 2012 21:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.danputt.com/2006/04/12/pursuit-of-purpose/#comment-56 Bradley Fri, 14 Apr 2006 06:58:21 +0000 http://danputtdotcom.wordpress.com/2006/04/12/pursuit-of-purpose#comment-56 Excellent post man. I was reading a book the other day and it was talking about the progression of needs. It fits right in with what you are saying.People move through these stages in order.1) Survival - Basic needs.2) Material 3) Income4) Lifestyle - What would you do if you had time and money?5) Expressive - How would you express yourself if time and money werent an issue?6) SpiritualMy two cents. Keep the posts coming. :) Excellent post man. I was reading a book the other day and it was talking about the progression of needs. It fits right in with what you are saying.People move through these stages in order.1) Survival – Basic needs.2) Material 3) Income4) Lifestyle – What would you do if you had time and money?5) Expressive – How would you express yourself if time and money werent an issue?6) SpiritualMy two cents. Keep the posts coming.

]]> http://www.danputt.com/2006/04/12/pursuit-of-purpose/#comment-55 Jay Wed, 12 Apr 2006 18:41:43 +0000 http://danputtdotcom.wordpress.com/2006/04/12/pursuit-of-purpose#comment-55 Dan, I overheard someone say in a cell phone conversation that money makes your life easier and that's all it does. Money is only as important as you make it in your life. I often struggled, especially post college, with trying to find my "calling", but had a change in perspective when I was a pharma rep calling on a "hippy" doctor in Gloucester Mass. The doctor told me that the meaning of life is to make ourselves happy everyday, and that is all. I thought this was simply perfect. An example of how I fit this into my own life is:I get up and play my guitar, only to put it down in frustration because I hate the song that I have wrote, and I hate the fact that I had invisioned something totally different. I may not pick up the guitar at all because of this way of over analyzing.OR I get up and play my guitar and just play it because it makes me happy to play guitar and by doing so (happily) I come up with better songs anyway.After the doctor told me this, I made an effort not to over-analyze "where I am" in life and really ask, "am I making myself happy today?". cheers Dan, I overheard someone say in a cell phone conversation that money makes your life easier and that’s all it does. Money is only as important as you make it in your life. I often struggled, especially post college, with trying to find my “calling”, but had a change in perspective when I was a pharma rep calling on a “hippy” doctor in Gloucester Mass. The doctor told me that the meaning of life is to make ourselves happy everyday, and that is all. I thought this was simply perfect. An example of how I fit this into my own life is:I get up and play my guitar, only to put it down in frustration because I hate the song that I have wrote, and I hate the fact that I had invisioned something totally different. I may not pick up the guitar at all because of this way of over analyzing.OR I get up and play my guitar and just play it because it makes me happy to play guitar and by doing so (happily) I come up with better songs anyway.After the doctor told me this, I made an effort not to over-analyze “where I am” in life and really ask, “am I making myself happy today?”. cheers

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