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our purpose is the founda- Even someone with a different pur-
tion of pursuing a meaning- pose can share the impact of your
Yful, significant, and inten- vision and bring much needed skills
tional life. Ask the average person and resources to your cause.
what their purpose is and prepare
for a canned response that contains Habitat for Humanity is a great
something about how important example of this. The vision of
their family is, how they want to Habitat for Humanity is “A world
be a good person and have a good where everyone has a decent place
paying job. Passion factor= ZERO. to live.” Diverse people from all
over are attracted and inspired by
After we discover our purpose this vision and donate money, time,
in life, the next step is to put it in supplies and skills to work towards
motion. This is where vision comes this vision.
into play. Ask yourself, “what would
the world look like if I LIVED my Ultimately, working towards a
SAME PURPOSE, purpose?” This answer gives you defined vision will create passion.
your VISION.
There is no passion without pur-
DIFFERENT VISION Plugging our purpose into the pose, and there is no passion with-
out vision. Want proof? Walk into
world and taking daily intentional a large corporate office where every
raig has always had a pas- action will slowly, but steadily lead day staff are herded like livestock
into their corrals to do meaningless
us towards our vision. Regardless if
sion for helping others. He your vision is grand (I want to elim- work for people they don’t know, for
Chas spent over 30 years of his inate hunger in the world) or small outcomes they don’t understand for
life serving the sick and injured in (I want every child I meet to feel organizations who don’t know who
their most desperate time of need as valued and important) the ripples they are.
a fire-fighter, paramedic and Flight of your intentional actions will, in Your vision plays a vital role in put-
Nurse. It was through this experience some way, change the world. ting your purpose in action. When
that he developed a deep appreci- these come together, we spark our
ation of living your purpose today, Our vision will do two things. First, passion and come alive as we chase
since so many do not get a tomorrow. it will fuel your passion. Waking our dreams in hot pursuit.
up every morning knowing the
impact you have in the world gets us
He no longer spends his days pre- excited and empowers us. Purpose
venting people from dying, instead sitting by itself simply isn’t enough.
he helps people live. Live meaning- Purpose plugged into vision creates
ful, intentional and significant lives direction, motion, and action.
by helping them discover purpose, It helps bring clarity to what we
develop vision, and grow passion. should be doing each and every day.
Serving others is my purpose. Second, our vision will attract peo-
ple and resources around us. People
without vision are always anxious to
find one to buy into.
Habitat for Humanity lives its vision of “a world
where everyone has a decent place to live”
Married in Class A Fire
Uniform August 2000
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