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lordsummerisle

(4,652 posts) Sun May 26, 2019, 08:13 PM May 2019

What's Your Purpose? Finding A Sense Of Meaning In Life Is Linked To Health

npr.org

Having a purpose in life may decrease your risk of dying early, according to a study published Friday.

Researchers analyzed data from nearly 7,000 American adults between the ages of 51 and 61 who filled out psychological questionnaires on the relationship between mortality and life purpose.
What they found shocked them, according to Celeste Leigh Pearce, one of the authors of the study published in JAMA Current Open.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/05/25/726695968/whats-your-purpose-finding-a-sense-of-meaning-in-life-is-linked-to-health

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What's Your Purpose? Finding A Sense Of Meaning In Life Is Linked To Health (Original Post) lordsummerisle May 2019 OP

My purpose is probably to serve as a warning to others... The Velveteen Ocelot May 2019 #1

I've posted this before dweller May 2019 #2

My purpose is to help those who can't help themselves. Lunabell May 2019 #3

I thought on it and thought on it some more, over the years. 3Hotdogs May 2019 #4

Our fucked up culture tortures and kills people who "wander aimlessly through life." hunter May 2019 #5

The Velveteen Ocelot

(120,813 posts)

1. My purpose is probably to serve as a warning to others...

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Sun May 26, 2019, 08:48 PM

May 2019

dweller

(25,035 posts)

2. I've posted this before

Reply to lordsummerisle (Original post)

Sun May 26, 2019, 09:26 PM

May 2019

and now I'll post again ..
http://www.ayearofbeinghere.com/2014/08/miguel-de-unamuno-throw-yourself-like.html?m=1

✌🏼️

Lunabell

(6,810 posts)

3. My purpose is to help those who can't help themselves.

Reply to lordsummerisle (Original post)

Sun May 26, 2019, 09:57 PM

May 2019

Usually furry little critters. I am the quintessential bleeding heart liberal. I like that about myself.

3Hotdogs

(13,394 posts)

4. I thought on it and thought on it some more, over the years.

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Sun May 26, 2019, 10:39 PM

May 2019

And I just can come up with any purpose for me.

Maybe I'm just depressed.

hunter

(38,919 posts)

5. Our fucked up culture tortures and kills people who "wander aimlessly through life."

Reply to lordsummerisle (Original post)

Fri May 31, 2019, 11:51 AM

May 2019

We're all on the road to nowhere. Get over it. We all have different ways of coping with that, some better, some worse.

Many people choose some "purpose" they can define, but they shouldn't demand that of everyone. Quit telling the aimless they're somehow "lost" or "broken." Instead *show them* how life is beautiful. Share the miracles you've found.

Maybe my purpose is to wander aimlessly through life enjoying and sharing the miracles each day brings. It might be as mundane as letting the dogs out to pee, or as glorious as watching my own children, nephews, and nieces grow up and become amazing young adults.

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