Post 1 - Need a new purpose.

“You need a new purpose.” 

That’s what my wife told me after my business failed to make a profit. 

 I recently became aware that a lot of people are searching for a new purpose, perhaps some of them will want to hear the story of how I discovered mine.

I am a storyteller, have been for a long time.  My niece, Nicki, used to enjoy my stories, she still calls me “Uncle Storyteller” when she sends a message by Facebook.

This is an exciting story, I promise that.  My search for a new purpose is like an Indiana Jones adventure, it even took me and my wife to Belize, where those popular movies were filmed. After we explored an abandoned city that had been covered by jungle for a thousand years and we climbed an ancient pyramid, our Mayan guide told us a folklore legend.  This Mayan tale led me to discover my new purpose. 

If you are looking for a new purpose, join me as I describe this search for mine.  You don’t have to go to Belize to find your purpose, or to discover what I learned.  I’m putting my story on this blog, convenient and free for anyone who wants to read it, anyone who wants a new purpose. 

This blog tells what worked for me, and may work for you.  I know it has worked for others.

If you are searching for a new purpose, you are not alone.  When the book, The Purpose Driven Life, was published, it quickly sold more than thirty million copies.  A lot of people were searching for a purpose.

I wasn’t.  Unlike those who bought that book, I had a purpose, or I thought I did.  I designed computer systems and wrote the instruction books for them.  I thought that was my purpose and I was satisfied with it, but the company where I worked had to downsize, and I was given an early retirement, too early.  I was not ready for it. 

Two friends and I invested a few thousand dollars in a business, and that became my new purpose.  For a brief time, I was happy with that, but I began to spend long hours at the new business, and even longer hours worrying because it was not working out as well as we expected.  It was losing money month after month, and I was becoming anxious.

That was when Virginia, my wife, said I needed a new purpose.  Our daughter had a different idea, she told me that I needed a break.  She said I needed to get away from the business for a while, far away.  She invited me and Virginia to join her on a vacation to Belize.  While we were gone, maybe the manager would make the business profitable.  That was the manager’s job, and if she did her job then I wouldn’t need to worry about the business anymore.

In this blog, I describe the trip and how it led me to discover the purpose I should have recognized years earlier, but I was too busy taking care of the problems that came with each day and I missed it.

I’m sure that has happened to a lot of people, we become too busy making money and paying bills, and we lose sight of our true purpose.

Fortunately, I was given a second chance.  Thank God for second chances, for showing me a second time the purpose I should be following.

It’s never too late for a second chance! 

For the story of how I found my purpose, continue reading my posts.

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