“Many people ask, for example: What is the purpose of my life? Meaning: What am I meant to do? But the purpose of your life, and each life, is in its being. That being may include certain actions, but the acts themselves are only important in that they spring out of the essence of your life, which simply by being is bound to fulfill its purposes.”
Session 899, Page 225
Dreams, Evolution and Value Fulfillment, Volume One (1986)
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Source: The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

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“The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.”
Not by Shakespeare, but from Finding Your Strength in Difficult Times: A Book of Meditations, a 1993 self-help book by David S. Viscott.
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Source: http://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/06/16/purpose-gift/

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