How to find your purpose

Follow your dreams, live your passion, be a person of purpose... they told us a bunch of this stuff, but I never had a clue what my passions or purpose was. Now that some years have passed, here's my advice: don't wait for anyone to reveal your destiny to you, just go out there and live. Experience things, try new stuff, be a person that leans forward, rather than holding back. Don't sit around doing nothing out of fear of missing out on "God's plan." God is out there, and he wants you to play with him.

Jonathan PuddleFebruary 19, 2018purpose, destiny, maturity, life, love powerfully Comment

What to do when your life sucks

Spend any amount of time with honest humans and you'll discover an important fact of life: it often sucks. People can be jerks, plans don't always work out, dreams often don't come true... and then you brush your teeth and go to bed and it all starts again. Now, I'm an optimist and my life is also filled with hope, but I can't deny the reality that life includes a lot of hard times. So what do we do when life sucks? Here's my plan of attack.

Jonathan PuddleFebruary 17, 2018emotions, howto, depression, maturityComment

Pain for the Gift

You carry within you great gifts, gifts that the world needs. Gifts that can only be brought into the world through great pain. Are you willing to endure the pain of waiting, the pain of maturation, the pain of character development, the pain of rejection, so that the gift you carry can be brought forth into the world?

Jonathan PuddleFebruary 10, 2018maturity, pain, character, purpose, destiny, uniqueComment

The best and worst years of your life are ahead of you

Hurt, and the avoidance of future hurt, can be the biggest factor that challenges our growth to maturity. The more we shy away from pain, the more we insulate ourselves from the chance to grow and expand our personhood. When my grandfather died last year I had to face this challenge head on.

UncategorizedJonathan PuddleNovember 12, 2016growth, hardship, hope, joy, life, maturity, self-disciplineComment