By Jean Houston — 2017
As I travel around the globe speaking and training, I have consistently found that most people ask me the same question, “How do I discover my purpose in life?”
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Many of the mornings on many of the days in the lives of many of the people on this planet, it’s not very easy to find a very good reason to throw back the covers and get out of bed.
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