Listen to Find Your Purpose
Parker Palmer, author of Let Your Life Speak, talks about the importance of listening when seeking purpose. Active listening helps people avoid living a life that is not truly their own. Palmer elaborates, saying:
“Before you tell your life what you intend to do with it, listen for what it intends to do with you. Before you tell your life what truths and values you have decided to live up to, let your life tell you what truths you embody, what values you represent.”
Clarifying purpose and values is a life-long journey that can be both enlightening and challenging. As people identify priorities, they may find that they need to make conscious changes so they can spend more of their time doing what they truly value.
