Living on Purpose. Dan Millman

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      LIVING on PURPOSE

      Also by Dan Millman

      THE PEACEFUL WARRIOR SAGA

       Way of the Peaceful WarriorSacred Journey of the Peaceful Warrior

      GUIDEBOOKS

       The Life You Were Born to LiveEveryday EnlightenmentNo Ordinary MomentsLiving on PurposeThe Laws of SpiritBody Mind Mastery

      CHILDREN’S BOOKS

       Secret of the Peaceful WarriorQuest for the Crystal Castle

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      about Dan Millman’s work:

      www.danmillman.com

      LIVING on PURPOSE

      STRAIGHT ANSWERS TO LIFE’S TOUGH QUESTIONS

      DAN MILLMAN

      NEW WORLD LIBRARY

      NOVATO, CALIFORNIA

New World Library14 Pamaron WayNovato, California 94949

      Copyright © 2000 by Dan Millman

      Cover design: Mary Beth Salmon

      Text design: Mary Ann Casler

      Author photo: Carl Edwards

      All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced in whole or in part, or transmitted in any form, without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review; nor may any part of this book be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or other, without written permission of the publisher.

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Millman, Dan.

      Living on purpose : straight answers to life’s tough questions / Dan Millman. p. cm.

      ISBN 1-57731-132-9 (perfect)

      1. Spiritual life—Miscellanea. I. Title.

      BL624.M498 2000

      291.4'4—dc21 00-055906

      ISBN 13: 978-1-57731-132-4

      ISBN 10: 1-57731-132-9

      First printing, September 2000

      Printed in Canada on recycled paper

      Distributed to the trade by Publishers Group West

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      The purpose of lifeis a life of purpose. —Robert Byrne

      The mind asks the questions;the heart has the answers. —Byron Katie

      CONTENTS

       Preface: Answers to Life’s Questions

      The House Rules:

       • Earth is a school and daily life is our classroom

       • Our teachers appear in many forms

       • We learn best through direct experience

       • Failures are the steppingstones to success

       • Lessons reappear until we learn them

       • If we don’t learn easy lessons, they get harder

       • Consequences teach better than concepts

       • Only action brings ideas to life

       • We can control efforts, not outcomes

       • Timing is everything

       • What goes around comes around

       • Little things can make a big difference

       • Play to your strengths

       • To transform your life, change your expectations

       • Judge with compassion

       • Simplicity has power

       • Life develops what it demands

       • Every choice leads to wisdom

       • God helps those who help themselves

       • We each have inner guidance

       • Balancing the body is the first spiritual practice

       • Life moves in cycles; all things change

       • Life is a series of moments

       • Be gentle with yourself; trust the process of your life

       • Kindness completes our lives; we are in this together

       Final Words

       Acknowledgments

       About the Author