Your Mission, Your Purpose
For 25 years, Rabbi Simon Jacobson has advised people of all backgrounds on how to find purpose. The free resources on this page will help you to write your own personal mission statement.
P.O.P.P. is the Meaningful Life Center’s proprietary method for revealing your personal mission statement. It stands for: Personality, Opportunities, People & Places — the four criteria you’ll consider when assessing who you are. Start with the first article on this page, then dive deeper.
The Birth of Projection
Only through prayer and through our connection to the past do we have the power to overcome the challenges of the present. When you are stuck in a pit overwhelmed by difficulties, you cannot solve the problem alone.
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You Have Permission to Be Yourself
When you are not yourself, you are robbing the world of what you were meant to contribute to it.
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Seven Steps Toward A Life Without Apathy
Learn how to preempt the indifference and complacency that sometimes sets in to your life.
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Finding Purpose in the Pursuit of a Hobby
Pursuit of a hobby can be an act of selflessness — when the soul of the pursuit is in sync.
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Possiblities
In Eikev, this week’s Torah portion, we begin to deal with one of life’s biggest questions: “What am I truly capable of achieving”…
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Mission Possible: How To Discover Your Mission
How to discover your mission: Look closely at your life experiences and you will see patterns emerge that will direct you toward your calling.
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Birth: The Mission Begins
Why were you born? What your birth means is that you are G-d’s child. Your birth was not an accident; G-d chooses each of us to fulfill a specific mission.
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Thank You for Giving Me Back My Life
A moving letter of a survivor of childhood abuse who found out that her life is meaningful. Example of spirituality helping with overcoming child abuse.
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Who Needs Meaning in Life Anyway?
What is the meaning of life? Rabbi Simon Jacobson, author of the best-seller Toward a Meaningful Life, actually answers that question.
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Vayeirah : G-d’s Mysterious Ways
Our relationship with G-d is a two-way street: The more we immerse ourselves in our calling and the more dedicated we become to our mission, the more access we gain to the deeper mysteries of life.
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-Michael Faber