Verily, ‘tis not my first time to be acquainted with such enigmatic idea as “life purpose”, nor is this my first bid at writing about finding purpose – and nay would I say my present life is devoid of a sense of purpose.


From confronting your fears to finding your purpose

George Jerjian, 68, an Emmy-award winning producer and author of “Dare to Discover Your Purpose: Retire, Refire, Rewire”, quit his job at 60 and decided to retire early after a near-death experience.

Four life lessons from a 30-day retreat upon retirement

No arguing about it, there’s truth to Luther Vandross’ classic song, “The Best Things In Life Are Free.”


The BEST THINGS in life are FREE

Here’s a wise admonition from the Cree Indian prophecy: “Only after the last tree has been cut down, only after the last river has been poisoned, only after the last fish has been caught…only then will you find out that money cannot be eaten.”

Natural environment is far more important than money

With queasy feeling though, I like to reckon that my long late dad (he died in 1995 and last September 1 was his 28th death anniversary) was a veritable Casanova. Prior to marrying my mom and begetting 10 of us siblings, he already sired two children (I haven’t met them) with a former woman.

At 70, my late dad parted from mom for another woman

If science and religion have often been at odds, how can we expect the non-religious or those who care less about faith or God to accept the relevance or usefulness of religious practices and rituals? 


The scientific relevance of religious practices

I’d like to assume that some, if not many, of us aren’t deprived of a “spare time” every day. But, how do we spend our free time on a daily basis? 

A daily ‘present moment’ experience

In the recent past employment I had, there was this officemate and close friend of mine, Celine (not her real name), whom I admire most – intelligent and iron-willed, a super achiever, a super hardworking mom, and quite financially secure at that. She rose from the ranks to becoming a supervisor, even also as she single-handedly supported all her four sons into finishing college. Even on my first few months at said employment, I already sensed that Celine was undeniably respected or a force to reckon with by well-meaning employees. And, yes, she was incredibly beautiful too. 


Do we have to cede control of our life to our 8-5 job until 65?

“Trying to control outcomes will make you miserable,” says George Jerjian in his article, “68-year-old who unretired: I went on a 30-day silent retreat – what I learned about how to live a happy, regret-free life,” posted on cnbc.com. 

 Trying to control outcomes will make you miserable

Here’s a beautiful anecdote I stumbled on the social media:

Anyway

Trying to control outcomes will make you miserable

The Inspired & Blessed column by OpinYon News columnnist, Bob Acebedo.

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