I listened to a short presentation called "The Hero's Journey". It was very insightful and I gained some insights and understandings that will benefit me in my life. I also was given some valuable exercises that I plan to implement. He talked about interviewing people at different ages/stages of life about what is most important in life. He said there will be various ideas in most age categories. But the age 60+ category will all say the same thing, more or less. They will say the 3 most important questions you will ponder at the end of your life will be the following:
1) Have I made a difference in the world?
2) Was I a good person?
3) Who did I love and who loved me?
When you consider these questions, you realize that a lot of what we stress over and spend our time on each day doesn't fall under these three questions very often. It is a real wake up call to consider how I can make these questions a priority and a focus as I live my day to day life.
Another important point of the speech was the idea of finding a calling that fits your special gifts. This may take some time to discover. A recommendation to ask 5 people that I know very well and ask them to take time to talk to me about what I do better than anyone else in the world. It is important to press them for specifics and for examples from my life that support their observations of my unique gifts and talents. This way I can more accurately determine what my calling should be. This calling must be something that serves others and that truly matters to me. As I use my gifts to change the world, it will change me in the process. This reminds me of the scripture where the Lord tells us that those who lose their life in the service of others/God will find it. And those that save their life (or focus on themselves) will lose it.
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