What is the purpose in life?

•To become rich and famous?

•To experience perpetual pleasure?
•To acquire power and influence others?
 We think we can get this by:
• Unending sex
• Drugs/Alcohol
• Approval from others
• Food
• Seeking Control
• Seeking Safety
• Successful career
 But it often results in:
• Rehab Centers
• Obesity
• Boredom
• Depression
• Anxiety
• An Empty Feeling
Write a Life Mission Statement
• Ask what is lacking in
your life right now?
• What values are most
important to you?
• Use the Mission
Summary Box on
pages 72-73 to help
you.