For today, I'd like to share an excerpt from David
Deida's book, The Way of The Superior Man.
If You Don't Know Your Purpose, Discover It, Now
The core of your life is
your purpose. Everything in your life, from your diet to your career, must be
aligned with your purpose if you are to act with coherence and integrity in the
world. If you know your purpose, your deepest desire, then the secret of
success is to discipline your life so that you support your deepest purpose and
minimize distractions and detours.
But if you don't know your
deepest desire, then you can't align your life to it. Everything in your life
is dissociated from your core. You go to work, but since it's not connected to
your deepest purpose, it is just a job, a way to earn money. You go through your
daily round with your family and friends, but each moment is just another in a
long string of moments, going nowhere, not inherently profound.
Disconnected from your core,
you feel weak. This empty feeling will undermine not only your
"erection" in the world, but your erection with your woman, too.
However, when you know your
true purpose, which is your core desire in life, each moment can become a full
expression of your core desire. Every instant of career, every instant of
intimacy, is filled with the power of your heart purpose. You are no longer
just going through the motions at work and with your woman, but you are living
the truth of your life, and giving the gifts of your love, moment by moment.
Such a life is complete unto itself in every instant.
The
superior man is not seeking for fulfillment through work and woman, because he
is already full. For him, work and intimacy are opportunities to give his
gifts, and be vanished in the bliss of the giving
