Hey, I'm Ben Greenfield and welcome to FitSoulBook Chapter 8.

Every week I release a new chapter for you on this podcast, every Sunday,

from my book, FitSoul, which you can actually get for free at fitsolebook.com.

Incidentally, a great companion book for that also just launch at spiritualdisciplinesjournal.com.

A fantastic way for you to systematize the type of journaling habits that I talk about in FitSoulBook

and particularly including this chapter.

So here we go.

Chapter 8.

How to find your purpose in life.

In chapter 2, I describe the vast importance of presence and how the growing awareness of the magic of presence influenced my own

retooling of my purpose statement for life.

But how exactly does one form a purpose statement and why is that important anyways?

That's exactly what you're about to discover.

Let's start here. In my book, Boundless, which you can get at boundlessbook.com.

I describe in one chapter what I refer to as my most potent tip for increasing your energy vibration and the vibrations of all people around you.

That tip was to identify your purpose in life, then enable yourself to achieve that unique purpose to the very best of your ability,

all while loving God and loving others as fully as possible with that purpose.

See, when it comes to being happy and living a long time, it's not your 38th

Diawasca trip, relentless pursuit of six pack abs, crushing a new workout personal record, finally discovering the perfect diet,

engaging in freewheeling polyamory and open relationships or any other recent infatuation of the health,

wellness and longevity movement.

I've witnessed so many times all flesh and blood is like a plant that eventually withers and dies.

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