Created by the Center for Spirituality & Healing and Charlson
Meadows.  Live a Purposeful Life  How can you live purposefully
day to day? In his essay “A Year of Living Purposefully,”
Richard Leider suggests two core practices: contemplation and
activation.  Contemplation is seeking answers to questions about
who you are, how you should live, and where you belong.
Reflective practices such as journaling, meditation, and guided
imagery enable you to relax the mind and focus on the present
moment, letting go of preconceived notions of who you think you
are and instead becoming open and curious about what will arise.
Here are some contemplative practices that you can try:    •
Reflection. Review the day's events each evening for five or ten
minutes to determine which experiences were life-giving and
which were life-draining. Were there any times when you felt
particularly alive or experienced “flow”?    • Meditation. A
study by researchers at the UC Davis Center for Mind and Brain
found that meditation is an eff