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Assignment - Purpose vs. Belonging

Explore the inner conflict between your unique purpose in life and your natural need to belong to the group. Like Allison, do you want to care for baby organutans? We are only partially joking here.

Think about the things that you would like to do that you have not done. Do you have a heart's desire that's unfulfilled? Recall your girlhood. Did you want to care for animals? Plant a garden? Dance a ballet? Teach others? Study science? Help the homeless? Learn kickboxing?

Perhaps your unfulfilled desires are career-related. Want to start a business? Go back to school? Step up to management? Or perhaps its the opposite. Want to downshift your career and start a family?

Decide on a new purpose for yourself. Make a plan. Now, tell your friends and family about your new plan.  This might cause tension. They might ask, "What?" And demand to know, "Why?" And generally look at you like your are crazy. You will feel the conflict between fulfilling your purpose as a woman and the need to belong to the group.

Both desires are strong, vital and natural. Your assignment is to find balance between the two. Above all, be yourself, especially when you are with the groups of people who influence you. Your friends and family, if they are of high character, will appreciate you for who you are.    

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