Sibling bonding /Day the third

Dearest you,

"The Purpose Driven Life" day 3: What drives your life?
"I observed that the basic motive for success is the driving force of envy and jealousy." -Ecclesiastes 4:4
*The man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder--a waif, a nothing, a no man. -Thomas Carlyle
*Everyone's life is driven by something.
The five most common circumstances, values, and emotions that drive peoples' lives:
1. guilt (running from regrets, hiding from shame/manipulated by memories)
2. resentment and anger (holding on to hurts instead of forgiving them)
3. fear (missing great opportunities/ playing it safe, avoiding risks, maintaining status quo)
4. materialism (thinking more will make you more happy, more important, more secure)
5. need for approval (allowing expectations of others to control your life)

Five great benefits of living a purpose-driven life:
Knowing your purpose...
1. gives meaning to your life
2. simplifies your life (defines what you do and don't do)
3. focuses your life (become effective by being selective)
4. motivates your life (purpose always produces passion)
5. prepares you for eternity

* One key to failure is to try to please everyone
*Nothing matters more than knowing God's purposes for our lives, and nothing can compensate for not knowing them.
*If we want our lives to have impact, we must focus them.
*We weren't put here on earth to be remembered, we were put here to prepare for eternity.
Point to ponder: Living on purpose is the path to peace.　

So tonight I was doing my little sisters' hair in preparation for the early sunrise service tomorrow morning. As I was blow-drying Lilly's hair, we were singing songs at the top of lungs in order to be heard above the rather loud, obnoxious, hair dryer. I told her to request a song, and I though I heard her say "The Twelve Days of Christmas." Thinking this was an odd request for Easter Eve, but being the indulgent sister I am ;-), I began belting out "The Twelve Days of Christmas." She immediately burst into a fit of giggles. She hadn't said anything remotely similar to "The Twelve Days of Christmas." It was a made-up song about roses that she requested. Then I had to sing "Painting the Roses Red" from the Disney version of Alice in Wonderland ("Oh pardon me, but Mr. Three, why must you paint them red?"). Of course, following that, we went in to sing all the other songs from the film, which, by the way, my little sisters don't really know any of the lyrics to.

After I tucked them into bed, I went to the family room with my brothers. They forced me to sit through TWO episodes of Star Wars:The Clone Wars (animated). As of an hour ago, I knew nothing about the movie/series beyond the fact that jedis use glowing swords called light sabers. Now I know that it's filled with very strange looking creatures and plots and missions and really cool, enormous, flying saucers. I still can't remember any names though, and I did have difficulty differentiating between the "good" guys and the "bad" guys...or girls. The boys were horrified to find a hint of romance in one scene, and I was horrified to see animated "violence" in all the others. Oh well, all in the name of sibling bonding time :) Praise God for little siblings!
Con amore,
Sophie