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whatever it is, wherever it comes from, a unified purpose is what gives meaning to life.
unifying purpose that justifies the things they do day in, day out
goal that like a magnetic field attracts their psychic energy, a goal upon which all lesser goals depend.
This goal will define the challenges that a person needs to face in order to transform his or he...
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individual life appears to consist of a series of different “games,” with different goals and challenges, that change with time as a person matures.
The price one pays for changing goals whenever opposition threatens is that while one may achieve a more pleasant and comfortable life, it is likely that it will end up empty and void of meaning.
Because there is no absolute certainty to which to turn, each person must discover ultimate purpose on his or her own.
Inner conflict is the result of competing claims on attention.
the only way to reduce conflict is by sorting out the essential claims from those that are not,
arbitrating priorities among those that remain.
In other words, the goals that have sustained action over a period turn out not to have enough power to give meaning to the entirety of life.
Detached reflection upon experience, a realistic weighing of options and their consequences,
When there are too many demands, options, challenges, we become anxious; when too few, we get bored.
identify a set of goals linked to an ultimate goal that gives significance
