There's got to be more to life...

Chasing Utopia, The New York Times

So I tell you, don’t worry about everyday life – whether you have enough food, drink, and clothes. Doesn't life consist of more than food and clothing? 

(Matthew 6:25)

In my previous post we started exploring the truth that you are a complex, multifaceted being.

You are body, soul and spirit.

These three dimensions intricately intertwine to make you, you.

These three dimensions blend together into what we call – life.

Your body is obviously the physical part of you – the moving, breathing, walking, talking, touching, seeing, eating, drinking, working, playing, sleeping part of you that enables you to interface with this physical world.

Your hands, your eyes, your mouth, your feet…

Some of you are already protesting that I've got it wrong. Moving, breathing, talking, touching, seeing etc. are not purely physical activities.

And you’re right.  

If eating was purely physical, then your toddler would finish his plate of vegetables as readily as a McDonald's Happy Meal.

If sleeping was purely physical, your teenager would fall into bed exhausted by 7:00 p.m. every night.

If movement was simply physical, people could never gain “superhuman”strength to save loved ones from danger.

You cannot separate body, soul, and spirit.

Your body cannot function in this world without your soul and your spirit.

Absence of your soul and your spirit from your body is what we call – death.

Living on purpose means living with the awareness that physical things are only part of the “whole” that makes up your life.

Learn more about developing an empowering belief system in the next post.