very interesting testimony of life’s purpose given in a “non-church” setting and by one of the most respected business minds in the world (also an Area Seventy):
How will you measure your life (Clayton Christensen)
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Our Eternal Life
the true joy in life
This is the true joy in life–being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one. Being a force of nature, instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die. For the harder I work the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no brief candle to me. It’s a sort of splendid torch which I’ve got to hold up for the moment and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.
-George Bernard Shaw
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