Archive for the ‘Meaning & Purpose’ Category

How To Be A Better Person

Photo by Jam Adams
By Patrick Mathieu
I was at my local library recently, just browsing the shelves, when an interesting book title caught my eye: “Being, Nothingness, and Fly Fishing”
The book is subtitled, “How One Man Gave Up Everything To Fish The Fabled Waters Of The West”
Intrigued, I picked up the book and read the [...]

Will St. Peter Call Your Name?

By Alex Blackwell
“For some reason I can’t explain, I know St. Peter won’t call my name. Never an honest word but that was when I ruled the world.” – Chris Martin (Coldplay), from Viva La Vida
Christians believe St. Peter, who was one of the twelve original Disciples of Christ, stands in front of the gates [...]

Getting Back on the Right Life Path

Photo by: Tambako the Jaguar
By Ali Hale
Do you sometimes wonder if you’re on the wrong path through life – but can’t see any way to rework your footsteps and join a different one?
After I graduated from University, I wrote in my journal:
It is exciting to have my whole life ahead of me and know that [...]

10 Things You Can Do to Make Today More Meaningful

By David Bohl
According to Benjamin Wiker and Johnathan Witt, authors of A Meaningful World, “…nature is a work of genius, like a Shakespearian play is a work of genius — both are rich, deep, and complex, full of meaning at every level.”
Do you find yourself wanting for more meaningful experiences?
Sometimes the best way to get [...]

Finding the Path to a Meaningful Existence

“As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to [...]

How to Change Another Person’s Life

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There is a very easy way to change another person’s life, and it involves doing nothing directly or intentionally for them.
Recently on PickTheBrain I published two stories by Stephen Hopson from Adversity University that illustrated the profound and lasting impact a single person can have on our life. In these stories, Stephen [...]

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