The Path to Purpose

When you pick up a stick by one end you're simultaneously picking up the opposite end. In life, we seem to think we need to pick a point along a spectrum to the exclusion of all other possible points. We position ourselves toward the right or left or middle. The position we occupy then becomes defined in terms of its proximity to or distance from other points. We wind up focusing on our differences rather than our similarities.

This is an "Either-Or" approach to defining the meaning and significance of life. Implied in this approach is that there can be only a single way in which the whole truth is apprehended, understood and applied throughout the course of one's life. Accordingly, our primary task in life becomes to discover that single way so that we may acquire whatever reward we feel we're after in this life or the next. . . . (to read the remainder of this article, please log in below.)