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Old Nov 06, 2014, 07:43 PM
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I love this quote, taken from the book "The Purpose Driven: What on earth am I here for? by Rick Warren. That particular quote gives one a reason and purpose to search deep w/i and can possibly get that answer many are searching for. Find the purpose by finding your pain.
Anyone able to find your purpose and if so, may I ask if you'd share your wound with us?

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Old Nov 08, 2014, 12:49 PM
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wow...this would just make me think too hard...lol.......I always resented this stuff about finding my pain because I never KNEW what was wrong with me. I searched and search and searched for so many years for answers and for healing and for meaning. but it seems I found my purpose before I found my pain. or actually they were intertwined all along. because I always gravitated toward helping others. I hated seeing others hurt. I hated conflict. I ended up becoming a social worker specifically to work with families with custody issues. this had nothing to do with my life but it closely involved me in the mental health arena and gave me the connections for when I had my breakdown. I suffered much abuse as a child and I am finally dealing with the impact of that now. my line of work, helps prevent kids from being hurt.
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Old Nov 08, 2014, 02:31 PM
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Thank you for sharing your thoughts. Perhaps you knew all along what your wound was and that did allow you to gravitate towards your line of work now. I'm sure with all you've been through, you are an asset to the health system and to those children who need their voice heard. Have you thought about becoming a volunteer with the kids from CASA? They need people like you and myself who were abused in some way during childhood. Google CASA if you don't already know about it. I put that out there so other's who pass through and read this will also consider themselves worthy of CASA. Again, thank you!
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