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Old 04-03-2023, 05:04 AM
 
Location: Southern California
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Thank you, it's a wonderful answer, Shirina. Very much appreciated.
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Old 04-03-2023, 05:18 AM
 
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All this has been on my mind. And I think ... on other people's minds, people that I know or even strangers. I can hear their conversations, read it in e-mails etc. These people want to more clearly define their purpose.

The questions are:

What are your values?

What do you hold dear?

What are your vital priorities?

How can you use these priorities to design a more meaningful life? A more happy and fulfilling life.

Thanks.
here are my answers

1. to strive to live a righteous , holy, loving life, as a person, a child of God

2.to know God

3. to know God even more

4. Read the bible, whole book , cover to cover
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Old 04-04-2023, 07:55 AM
 
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All this has been on my mind. And I think ... on other people's minds, people that I know or even strangers. I can hear their conversations, read it in e-mails etc. These people want to more clearly define their purpose.

The questions are:

What are your values?

What do you hold dear?

What are your vital priorities?

How can you use these priorities to design a more meaningful life? A more happy and fulfilling life.

Thanks.



Very interesting concept. So, you believe, that YOU can design (and control) your life?


"Do you think, it's air you breathing? Hmm" Morpheus, Matrix 1.
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Old 04-04-2023, 06:32 PM
 
Location: Northeastern US
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... And while the police won't be kicking down my door and arresting me for being single and childless, society has its own ways of punishing non-conformity.
In my observation, society is a lot harder on unmarried / childless women than on men. There's less of an assumption that something is "wrong" with single men, unless they are especially nerdy or slovenly, and maybe not even then. It's not fair, but it's reality.
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Old 04-04-2023, 06:41 PM
 
Location: Southern California
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So, you believe, that YOU can design (and control) your life?

Yes. I'm not a puppet, I can always improve.
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Old 04-08-2023, 06:07 AM
 
Location: Arizona
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All this has been on my mind. And I think ... on other people's minds, people that I know or even strangers. I can hear their conversations, read it in e-mails etc. These people want to more clearly define their purpose.

The questions are:

What are your values?

What do you hold dear?

What are your vital priorities?

How can you use these priorities to design a more meaningful life? A more happy and fulfilling life.

Thanks.
My values are/is integrity in decision making.

I hold people dear. The most important thing is what you do for others.

My priorities are evidence and critical thinking. Making informed decisions and overcoming long held beliefs that were wrong.

All three lead to a happier, meaningful, and a more fulfilling life.
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Old 04-08-2023, 04:45 PM
 
Location: Northeastern US
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My values are/is integrity in decision making.

I hold people dear. The most important thing is what you do for others.

My priorities are evidence and critical thinking. Making informed decisions and overcoming long held beliefs that were wrong.

All three lead to a happier, meaningful, and a more fulfilling life.
That's a pretty succinct philosophy that is a fair representation of my own thinking.

Integrity is a big deal and a lost value in large measure today.
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Old 04-09-2023, 05:21 AM
 
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Yes, good post, Thinkalot.

Coherence, creativity, kindness, and time are important to me. So it is a mix of doing for others and for myself. My personality had always been to jump up and do what was asked - maintaining a policy of appeasement. Yet, many people in my life had "red tape" to even access their company. Because of a few people, I learned to start respecting myself and that led to those values. It would take a book to explain how I got here and I would need a ghostwriter to make it interesting.

But because time is short, my journey here is no longer a priority to hold on to. Instead, it is important to bring those things to the table every day for myself and others.
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