Tag: nurturing

Loving is Purposeful Growth

On By Ranjan De SilvaIn Ecology, family, Life, Love, Personal Excellence, purpose, Purpose Quest, Relationships, SpiritualLeave a comment
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The notion of Love is perhaps one of the most complex.

I like to define ‘love’ as the act of helping someone to grow to their fullest potential, even if it is inconvenient to me. Growing to our fullest potential starts with baby steps.

The potential of a seed is the fruit. The seed needs watering before it turn in to a plant. The plant needs water, air, sunlight and fertiliser to become the tree. The tree needs continuous nurturing to become the fruit. Converting the seed to a fruit requires help that is inconvenient to the nurturer. Continue reading “Loving is Purposeful Growth” →

Purpose of Living – Part 13: Awareness about the Notion of Purpose

On By Ranjan De SilvaIn Business, Communications, Ecology, Health Care, Knowing, Personal Excellence, psychology, purpose, Spiritual2 Comments

Purposeful Life - mar 2018
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We explored the notion of purpose from various viewpoints in the first ten blog posts in this series. We then started making sense of our purpose in the last two blog post. I invite you to now reflect on the first aspect in the model of purposeful living – Awareness, the grey circle.

This aspect deals with how we become aware of the notion of purpose, and realise the importance of living purposefully. There are some who are aware of the notion of purpose, but do not realise the importance of living a purposeful life. There are others who are aware of the notion of purpose and its importance as well. I believe both aspects are needed to motivate us to start seeing the glimpse of our own purpose, the second aspect of the model of purposeful living.  Let’s explore these two aspects in the next two paragraphs.

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