LIVING on PURPOSE
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LIVING on PURPOSE
STRAIGHT ANSWERS TO LIFE’S TOUGH QUESTIONS
DAN MILLMAN
NEW WORLD LIBRARY
NOVATO, CALIFORNIA
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New World Library14 Pamaron WayNovato, California 94949 |
Copyright © 2000 by Dan Millman
Cover design: Mary Beth Salmon
Text design: Mary Ann Casler
Author photo: Carl Edwards
All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced in whole or in part, or transmitted in any form, without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review; nor may any part of this book be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or other, without written permission of the publisher.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Millman, Dan.
Living on purpose : straight answers to life’s tough questions / Dan Millman. p. cm.
ISBN 1-57731-132-9 (perfect)
1. Spiritual life—Miscellanea. I. Title.
BL624.M498 2000
291.4'4—dc21 00-055906
ISBN 13: 978-1-57731-132-4
ISBN 10: 1-57731-132-9
First printing, September 2000
Printed in Canada on recycled paper
Distributed to the trade by Publishers Group West
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The purpose of lifeis a life of purpose. —Robert Byrne
The mind asks the questions;the heart has the answers. —Byron Katie
CONTENTS
Preface: Answers to Life’s Questions
The House Rules:
• Earth is a school and daily life is our classroom
• Our teachers appear in many forms
• We learn best through direct experience
• Failures are the steppingstones to success
• Lessons reappear until we learn them
• If we don’t learn easy lessons, they get harder
• Consequences teach better than concepts
• Only action brings ideas to life
• We can control efforts, not outcomes
• What goes around comes around
• Little things can make a big difference
• To transform your life, change your expectations
• Life develops what it demands
• Every choice leads to wisdom
• God helps those who help themselves
• Balancing the body is the first spiritual practice
• Life moves in cycles; all things change
• Be gentle with yourself; trust the process of your life
• Kindness completes our lives; we are in this together