Values & Purpose · Part Four • 1

What You've Been Living For

Look at the past year of your life — not your intentions, but your actual behavior. Where did your time go? Where did your energy go? What got your best effort, and what got the leftovers? Now ask yourself: based solely on the evidence of how I've been living, what would someone conclude I value most? Not what I say I value — what my life actually demonstrates. This isn't a trick question designed to make you feel guilty. It's an honest assessment. Sometimes we're living according to our values and don't even realize it. Other times, we've drifted so far from them that we've forgotten what they are. What does the evidence of your life reveal?