{"id":282,"date":"2012-04-28T06:42:14","date_gmt":"2012-04-28T11:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/randyadkinsjr.com\/speaker\/?p=282"},"modified":"2012-05-26T22:52:32","modified_gmt":"2012-05-27T03:52:32","slug":"the-one-minute-a-ha-you-cant-afford-to-not-know-your-purpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.randyadkinsjr.com\/speaker\/the-one-minute-a-ha-you-cant-afford-to-not-know-your-purpose\/","title":{"rendered":"The One Minute A-ha! &#8211; You Can\u2019t Afford to NOT  Know Your Purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.randyadkinsjr.com\/speaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Aha.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-283\" title=\"Aha\" src=\"http:\/\/www.randyadkinsjr.com\/speaker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Aha.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"234\" height=\"216\" \/><\/a>You Can\u2019t Afford to <em>NOT <\/em>\u00a0Know Your Purpose <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">As one who has traveled through life \u201c<em>purposeless<\/em>\u201d and as one who has known purpose, I will tell you that the latter is indescribable!\u00a0 I notice that the happiest people I meet share a common trait.\u00a0 They are aware of their purpose.\u00a0 First of all, let\u2019s say something about purpose.\u00a0 In order for purpose to have the maximum effect, your purpose has to be YOUR purpose.\u00a0 It\u2019s not what other people say your purpose is.\u00a0 It\u2019s not what society defines as a noble purpose, but it\u2019s that thing deep inside you that drives you and relights your fire for living.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Walking through this daily life without a purpose is like driving around a brand new city.\u00a0 You are admiring the new sights but you have no clue where you\u2019re going or what you\u2019ll encounter.\u00a0 That may be fun for a day, but it will get old. . .and get old quickly!\u00a0 Having a purpose is beneficial in many ways.\u00a0 It helps you avoid getting caught in a rut.\u00a0 It decreases frustration because you\u2019re able to see the big picture.\u00a0 You get exposed to other people and things that align with your purpose, therefore allowing you to expand your horizon.\u00a0 If you know your purpose, you are well on your way to living a fulfilling life.\u00a0 If you don\u2019t, discover what drives you; you can\u2019t afford not to know.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sherlonda Adkins<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You Can\u2019t Afford to NOT \u00a0Know Your Purpose As one who has traveled through life \u201cpurposeless\u201d and as one who has known purpose, I will tell you that the latter is indescribable!\u00a0 I notice that the happiest people I meet share a common trait.\u00a0 They are aware of their purpose.\u00a0 First of all, let\u2019s say [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spiritual-growth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.randyadkinsjr.com\/speaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.randyadkinsjr.com\/speaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.randyadkinsjr.com\/speaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.randyadkinsjr.com\/speaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.randyadkinsjr.com\/speaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.randyadkinsjr.com\/speaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":293,"href":"https:\/\/www.randyadkinsjr.com\/speaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282\/revisions\/293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.randyadkinsjr.com\/speaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.randyadkinsjr.com\/speaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.randyadkinsjr.com\/speaker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}