The document discusses different views on the purpose of life, including to contribute to making things better, to be useful and live well, and to experience life to the fullest. It then provides examples of how to fulfill each purpose, such as volunteering, helping others, and living adventurously. The document offers questions and suggestions to help readers find their own purpose in life with the help of friends, family, and community organizations, and encourages taking action once a purpose is discovered.

1. Finding a purpose

2. What is the purpose of life? 3 views…
 “The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things
better.”
― Robert F. Kennedy
 “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be
honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some
difference that you have lived and lived well.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
 “The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost,
to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer
experience.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt

3. So, the purpose of life: Contribute
 Volunteer at a hospital or social setting
 Provide companionship to someone in need
 Teach someone how to do something
 Vote and work for an election or ballot measure
 Listen and share feelings
 Donate goods, services, blood
 Join a charity to raise money and awareness

4. So, the purpose of life: Make a
difference
 Talk to someone in distress
 Educate yourself and use this education to help
someone else
 Share your talent with others
 Reuse, recycle and educate
 Write a note to someone who doesn’t get out
 Cook a meal for a homebound friend

5. So, the purpose of life: To live life to
the fullest
 Be adventurous: Do something you haven’t done
before
 Be positive. Focus on good things and good
things will happen.
 Maintain control and responsibilities for your
actions
 Listen to your heart and soul
 Practice mindfulness

6. Finding your purpose
 Answer some key questions about yourself:
Who am I?
What has been influential in my life?
What do I want?
What do I love?
What are my core values?
When was I most happy in my life?

7. Who can help me find my
purpose?
 Your friends
 Your family
 Your peers
 People who have been in business with you
 People who know of your talents
 People with common interests as you

8. Where can I go to find a
purpose?
 Your neighborhood community center (like
Bayside!)
 Your church
 A neighbor’s house
 A non profit service like the animal shelter or the
food bank
 The library (or the Internet)
 An educational institution (like SDCE!)

9. What do I do when I have found
my purpose?
 Embrace it! You are so lucky to have reached
this point
 Build on in! You can always increase your
helpfulness, understanding, service time and
effort
 Tell others! If you can find others to work with
you, you will benefit them as well

10. Final word
 “The great and glorious masterpiece of man is to
live with purpose.”
― Michel de Montaigne
What is the purpose of your life?