To write and publish articles about people and institutions whose lives and missions are dedicated to a bold and inspired purpose or vision.
This is the project that started it all. From working on Project Purpose and interviewing so many amazing yet ordinary people, I realized that I too could live and express my own life purpose through a purposeful enterprise as many of these people profiled in this project have done. Thus, the seed for Life On Purpose Institute was planted
Living Simply in a Complex World
In Lewis Carroll’s childhood classic, Through the Looking-Glass, one of Alice’s misadventures in Wonderland is with the Red Queen who takes her on a wild run through the countryside. But no matter how fast Alice runs she can’t seem to get anywhere. Finally, breathless from her efforts, the Queen allows her to rest long enough for Alice to comment that “Everything is just as it was!” to which the Queen replies, “…Here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!”
When One Cries the Other Tastes Salt
“I think the divorce problem is symptomatic of a loss of a profound vision of what life is about and what we’re doing here in the first place, whether there is any purpose to being here other than just ‘me and mine.’ Like the bumper sticker, ‘He who dies with the most toys wins.’ I think a lot of people feel that way; that life really isn’t about anything else.” Bo Lozoff of the Human Kindness Foundation speaking on marriage. Previously appeared in Utne Reader
Fed Up With Hunger
The Porters’ ideas about hunger are attracting widespread attention. Previously appeared in Hope Magazine
Reclaiming Our Health – Part 1
At the age of 21, John Robbins, heir-apparent to the Baskin Robbins fortune, walked away from the family business, realizing that selling ice cream wasn’t his life purpose. In fact, in many ways the business represented an unhealthy lifestyle 180-degrees in the opposite direction from where the young Robbins was headed. This Interview with John Robbins previously appeared in Yoga Journal
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Reclaiming Our Health – Part 2
Part 2 of An Interview with John Robbins
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So the Blind Might See
Mickey Quenzer was still at work when he received an urgent call that his daughter, Darlene, was being rushed to the hospital with an apparent case of appendicitis. Mickey left work immediately as any caring father would do. Previously appeared in Hope Magazine
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Michael Bleyman of the CPT
“We have not inherited the earth from our parents, we have borrowed it from our children.” — Kenyan Proverb Previously appeared in Animals Magazine
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Career Dreams, Inc., Dreamweaver
At 41, actress Diane Perell has had a successful career with a list of Broadway shows, daytime TV and over 150 commercials on her resume, but when she recently resumed her career after a hiatus of having two children, a familiar feeling returned. Previously appeared in Aspire
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The Orient Express
Reminiscing with Bill Irwin and Orient, the first blind man/guide dog team to hike the entire Appalachian Trail Previously appeared in Dog World
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Little Souls With Big Hearts
The quote above the green garage doors of the otherwise unmarked building captures the spirit of Little Souls, Inc.: “We are all artists of the possible — and dreamers of … what may be tomorrow.”
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Fed Up With Hunger
The Porters’ ideas about hunger are attracting widespread attention. Previously appeared in Hope Magazine
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Born to Run With the Dogs
This past year, Norman Vaughan had an especially nice and unusual 89th birthday celebration. At 89, Norman Vaughan celebrated a special birthday on the top of a mountain named after him at the bottom of the world. Previously appeared in Dog World and Grit
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Transforming the Golden Ghetto
To the casual observer, Jessie O’Neill grew up in an idyllic setting. Her family lived in a spacious home in Guld Stream; a community centered around the game of Polo and, at the time, the most expensive neighborhood in America. But below the surface, behind the large white door of her home, Jessie’s dream was a real-life nightmare. She writes about it in her recent book, The Golden Gheto. Previously appeared in Unity Magazine
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Connecting the Cosmos
Rhea White dreamed of becoming a golf pro, until a near-death experience changed her life. Now, she’s started an organization to study other similar experiences. What’s she finding is that ‘exceptional human experiences’ are a lot more common than many of us have thought. Previously appeared in Intuition Magazine
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Chitra: Canine Crusader
Chitra didn’t plan to be a hero, but she is. In fact, she’s been a hero for over 1600 four-legged canine and feline friends. But, as often happens, Chitra’s heroism began with one small act of kindness over 25 years ago. It was shortly after arriving in the U. S. from her native Sri Lanka that a chance meeting with destiny changed her life — forever. The chance encounter occurred while returning from her job as a clinical social worker. Her path home took her through the streets of Harlem. As Chitra passed by one of the delapidated buildings she heard a strange sound. She paused for a moment, but was about to continue her journey when destiny whispered to her again in the form of an almost imperceptibly high-pitched whine. Walking over to the nearby paint-pealed door, Chitra peered through its small keyhole, and met Teddy for the first time. Teddy, a shepherd crossed with who-knew-what else, had been left to guard the building from intruders.
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