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If each of us chose to work on aspects of our self in order to improve upon who we currently are, we would create a global synergistic effect. By striving to become our ideal self, we develop the qualities (i.e. compassion, patience, kindness, being loving towards others) that we have acknowledged are important to us. The outcome of such an effect is a race of people that has evolved psychologically, physically, emotionally and spiritually.

To love unconditionally, to help others and to practice self-evolution requires discipline, effort, and wisdom. These same qualities are what you practice inherently as you live your life's purpose.

The second universal purpose is to help others. You do this most naturally by sharing your gifts. Quite often the degree to which your help has affected others goes far beyond what you thought possible. For example, offering careful directions to a stranger (a tourist, for example) may be the act of kindness that they speak fondly of when they reminisce about their trip for years to come. Offering a kind word or a warm smile to the cashier in the grocery store can quite often change the outlook of that person's entire day. By being compassionate and loving with others (the third universal purpose), you inherently help them (the second universal purpose).

The third universal purpose is to love unconditionally. This means that you are loving in your actions and how you treat yourself and others. You demonstrate unconditional love by choosing to respond with kindness, respect and patience rather than judgment, tolerance and criticism. To be conscious of living your universal purpose would suggest that you are also compassionate. You continue to act with the dignity of love and kindness, even as you perceive that others are sometimes less than gracious toward you.

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