GOALS GIVE US PURPOSE

Everyday, we meet people who are unhappy with their lives and the world around them. Did your know that 98 out of 100 people who are dissatisfied with their world do not have a clear picture in their minds of what world they would like! They have no goal of a better life. They have no purpose that drives them. As a result, they continue to live in a world they make no effort to change.

I once heard a medical doctor speak on a subject of retirement. He had done extensive research on common characteristics of those persons who lives to be over 100 years old. He asked the audiance to think about what factors the long-lived people might have in common.

Most audience members expected him to identify such things as diet, exercise, moderation in drinking and smoking, and other activities that might affect the body. However, the doctor surprised the audience by telling them that there were few, if any, commonalties in therms of diet or exercise habits.

The most common factor that he found among those over 100 years of age was their view towards the future: They all had goals.