What is the purpose in life?
•To become rich and famous?
•To experience perpetual pleasure?
•To acquire power and influence others?
We think we can get this by:
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Unending sex
Drugs/Alcohol
Approval from others
Food
Seeking Control
Seeking Safety
Successful career
But it often results in:
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Rehab Centers
Obesity
Boredom
Depression
Anxiety
An Empty Feeling
Write a Life Mission Statement
• Ask what is lacking
in your life right
now?
• What values are
most important to
you?
• Use the Mission
Summary Box on
pages 72-73 to help
you.