
Noble Purpose : Joy Of Living A Meaningful Life (Edition 1) (Hardcover)
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- Meaningful Living: Explores the personal and spiritual benefits of living a life with a higher purpose, regardless of circumstances.
- Cultural Wisdom: Draws upon religious, philosophical, and literary writings to illustrate how various cultures and historical epochs have pursued noble purposes.
- Everyday Ennoblement: Demonstrates how ordinary individuals, such as teachers and parents, can elevate their actions by understanding their deepest meaning.
- Virtuous Pursuit: Highlights humility as a necessary virtue for those seeking noble purposes, emphasizing awareness of limitations alongside boldness.
- Moral Foundation: Stresses that the means of pursuing a noble purpose must be as moral as the ends, adhering to basic moral laws.
- Joyful Coherence: Explains that purpose brings coherence and satisfaction, leading to joy in good times and resilience during challenges.
- Paradoxical Happiness: Presents the idea that hard work in service of a noble purpose, transcending personal gain, leads to greater happiness than self-indulgence.
- Divine Connection: Suggests that aligning with God's purpose for one's life results in increased satisfaction and fulfillment.
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- Book formatHardcover
- Fiction/nonfictionNon-Fiction
- Publication dateSeptember, 2003
- Pages128
- Reading levelGeneral Adult
- SubgenreInspirational, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Comparative Religion
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Noble purpose can be pursued both in heroic acts and in everyday behavior. The book shows how ordinary people—teachers, business professionals, parents, citizens—can ennoble what they do by being mindful of its deepest meaning. It also points out that humility is a necessary virtue for those who pursue a noble purpose. Great heroes are bold, courageous, and sometimes audacious in their determination to succeed; but they are also humble in their awareness of their own limitations. Moreover, a person must never violate basic moral laws while pursuing a noble purpose—the means must be as moral as the ends.
This book describes the personal and spiritual benefits of living life in a way that matters, with an awareness that one's life can reflect a sense of higher purpose no matter what the circumstances. The book draws upon religious, philosophical, and literary writings to show how humans in many cultures and historical epochs have pursued noble purposes by answering God's call as each hears it.
Noble purpose can be pursued both in heroic acts and in everyday behavior. The book shows how ordinary people—teachers, business professionals, parents, citizens—can ennoble what they do by being mindful of its deepest meaning. It also points out that humility is a necessary virtue for those who pursue a noble purpose. Great heroes are bold, courageous, and sometimes audacious in their determination to succeed; but they are also humble in their awareness of their own limitations. Moreover, a person must never violate basic moral laws while pursuing a noble purpose—the means must be as moral as the ends.
Purpose brings coherence and satisfaction to people's lives, producing joy in good times and resilience in hard times. It also presents a paradox: hard work in service of noble purpose that transcends personal gain is a surer path to happiness than the self-indulgent pursuit of happiness for its own sake. The closer we come to God's purpose for us, the more satisfied our lives become.
From the inspiration and examples conveyed in this book, we learn that all individuals have the capacity to discover their own God-given abilities, to learn the world's need for the services they can provide, and to experience joy in serving society and God in their special ways. As theologian Frederick Buechner writes, "The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world's deep hunger meet."
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