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12      TIME TO LIVE
                  YOUR DREAMS






        HOW TO DISCOVER YOUR

        LIFE PURPOSE!


        3 THINGS YOU CAN DO TODAY!



        How do you discover your real   belief will do is make it take longer,   martial arts. Bruce held up two   So how to discover your
        purpose in life? I’m not talking   so if you’re one of those people,   cups, both filled with liquid. “The   purpose in life? While there
        about your job, your daily   just change the number 20 in the   first cup,” said Bruce, “represents   are many ways to do this,
        responsibilities, or even your long-  title of this blog entry to 40 (or 60   all of your knowledge about martial   some of them fairly involved,
        term goals. I mean the real reason   if you’re really stubborn). Most   arts. The second cup represents   here is one of the simplest that
        why you’re here at all — the very   likely though if you don’t believe   all of my knowledge about martial   anyone can do. The more open
        reason you exist.           you have a purpose, then you   arts. If you want to fill your cup   you are to this process, and the
          Perhaps you’re a rather   probably won’t believe what I’m   with my knowledge, you must   more you expect it to work, the
        nihilistic person who doesn’t   saying anyway, but even so, what’s   first empty your cup of your   faster it will work for you. But not
        believe you have a purpose and   the risk of investing an hour just   knowledge.”  being open to it or having doubts
        that life has no meaning. Doesn’t   in case?              If you want to discover your   about it or thinking it’s an entirely
        matter. Not believing that you   Here’s a story about Bruce   true purpose in life, you must first   idiotic and meaningless waste of
        have a purpose won’t prevent you   Lee which sets the stage for this   empty your mind of all the false   time won’t prevent it from working
        from discovering it, just as a lack   little exercise. A master martial   purposes you’ve been taught   as long as you stick with it —
        of belief in gravity won’t prevent   artist asked Bruce to teach him   (including the idea that you may   again, it will just take longer
        you from tripping. All that a lack of   everything Bruce knew about   have no purpose at all).  to converge.
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