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Life Purpose Statement

Vision Statement

7/27/2009

Jackie Paulson © 2009

Your Personal Vision, Purpose,

and Mission Statement

Identifying Your Strengths

1. Your vision needs to reflect your strengths and talents.

2. Your strengths and talents are about who you are. 3. What is special about you? 4. What makes you happy?5. What do you love about yourself? 6. What are you best at?

Complete the following statements about yourself:

My strengths and talents are:

What I believe is special or distinct about me:

What I love most about myself:

Orienting Around Your Integrity

You should place those points of integrity, those principles and values you hold most dear, at the core of your personal vision.

Points of integrity are not the principles you think you should hold, instead, they are the principles you already stand for, that give your life and work meaning.

Here is a list of words that signify points of integrity:

healthstrengthfun

fairnesscompassionfreedom

respectpowerinfluence

rulespersuasionencouragem

sexualitysensualitylove kindnessgraceunderstandingbeautyadventurecourageriskleadershipinspirationchangehonestypatience

spiritualityservicesacrednesssecurityhomefamilycommunitypartnershipgrowthenlightenmenthappinessjoysupportcontributionadvocacy

honortrustcreativityinventionopennessimaginationplanningbuildingchallengediscoverylearningself-expressionfeelingsnatureaction

entmasteringwinningaccomplishmentpeacequiet calminner strengthintuitionintellectplay truthnurturewholenesssafetyvitality

Pick your top three. If you have one that is not listed, write it in:

1.____________________________ 2.____________________________ 3.____________________________

Using Your ImaginationThe next resource that you need in order to create your vision is your creative imagination. The following

exercise is designed to stimulate your creativity and expand your awareness of what may be possible for you in your life. Follow the exercise exactly as it is written. You may ask someone to read it to you, while you close your eyes, or tape record your own voice reading the instructions. Give yourself enough time to relax before you begin the exercise. Breathe easily. Then close your eyes and allow the vision to form in your mind. Once you have finished the exercise, take some time and write your impressions below.

Let yourself begin to imagine a picture of your ideal life. If you don’t see a picture, allow a felt sense of your life to come to mind. Start by imaging your life in the future, a year or two from today. As this vision evolves, let it take its own shape and form. What you see may surprise you. It is fine if this happens. Let your imagination work for you here.

See or sense your life as an observer, looking at it from the outside. You may see specifics or just have an overall impression. Either one is fine. Take the time to allow a clear awareness of your future life to occur to you.

In this vision of your life, see that your life flourishes because your true strengths and talents are evident, to yourself and others. Your life allows your strengths and passions to shine through your work. As a result, your life attracts those people you most want to have in your life.

See that your life is based on the most important points of your personal integrity. Allow those points of integrity to be at the core of your visions.

Your life fits within your best understanding of the future, reflects your unique strengths and talents, and is orientated around your points of integrity. As you imagine this vision, let it be big and compelling enough so that you feel very drawn to it. Let your vision encompass all of this, imagining a life that is fulfilling and extremely energizing for you.

Now I want you to experiment seeing or sensing this vision with your eyes open. Open your eyes and still retain a strong awareness of this vision. Now close your eyes and take a better look. This time I want you to walk into the vision and notice how it feels to be inside it. Adapt and adjust anything necessary so that you resonate with the look, feel, and sound of being inside your life.

Vision it close to your heart. Notice how it feels to have it at the center of your chest. Now open your eyes, still holding it in your heart. This is how it feels to have a vision aligned with your own heart.

Once you complete the visualization, answer the following questions:

What did you see or sense?

What pleases you about this vision?

What disturbs you about this vision?

What surprises you about this vision?

Your Vision StatementHaving a written vision, purpose, and mission statement can keep your life focused. The first part of the statement, the vision statement, is a brief sentence or two at most that sums up what you see as being possible.

Complete the following vision statement:

The vision I see for my future life is:

Your Purpose Statement

The purpose statement is a few sentences that speak to who you will need to become to fulfill your vision. You may need to learn some new skills and stretch beyond your comfort zone. The purpose statement is a personal-growth component inherent in the vision process. A powerful vision will call you to become more than you are right now.

Complete the following purpose statement:

The changes I will make within myself to fulfill this vision are:

Your Mission StatementThe mission statement is a list of the practical, strategic steps that will take your vision from dream to reality. Those strategic steps should include the ways you wish to have your counselor help you in this process.

Complete the following mission statement:

The specific steps I will take to make this vision a reality are: