A sense of life purpose promotes physical, mental, and spiritual health. People who seek meaning beyond themselves are healthier, happier, and live longer. It’s vital to our well-being that we maintain strong feelings of purpose and community. For some people, life purpose is a spiritual concept, or has a religious dimension. For others, it’s a more secular notion, a need to be valued as a member of a family or group. Not everyone feels the need for a philosophy of life purpose but we all need to be needed. Purpose is fundamental. Mattering, ultimately, matters. As we mature through the phases of our life, experiencing various levels of psychological, emotional and, ultimately, spiritual growth, we may come to think more deeply about our life purpose and find ourselves yearning for deeper levels of meaning. Many people, at some phase of their lives, feel stuck, going nowhere, drifting without direction, wondering “what is the point of it all?” Here are some ways to unlock the power of purpose and answer that question. Do you believe you have a purpose, or you can choose one? Consider choosing a new mindset – that of “living purposefully” rather than “having a purpose.” Living purposefully