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Everyone in the room was staring at Ben. He
continued.
"Your Purpose Statement will be simple, it will be
obvious, and it will set your spirit free. I also came here
to warn you that if you tell your words to anyone else
outside of this room before they hit you, you’ll dilute their
power, and they will seem nothing and trivial. Your
Purpose Statement belongs inside you, inside your mind,
not outside and spoken; the words are trivial outside of
you."
"Once you get it, things start to flow in ways that
even Nick’s metaphors can’t explain. In the beginning,
you notice them; after a while, they just become part of
your Flowpath."
He paused for so long that a couple of people started
clapping. He softly motioned for them to wait.
"Caring and protecting have always been inside me.
The difference came when an image of a shepherd
flashed across my imagination when I was defining
myself. That was the seed that grew into what I do
today. My Purpose? I shepherd lost souls. How do I do
it? By running a bakery that employs young adults
who’ve served time in prison.
Most of them are touchy-feely, kinesthetic types.
They learn and make their decisions based on the way
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