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If we’re honest, we'll admit our days are filled with normal routines, like eating cereal and sitting in traffic. We often wonder, “is this it?”
But do we really have to quit our jobs and travel the world to find a fulfilling, purposeful life? Is it possible to find significance in our daily routines, right here and now?
After experiencing a rapid series of major life changes within a single year, Nate stumbled upon a reality that’s shared by us all: there's profound meaning in our ordinary, everyday moments, but we can't see it.
Through painfully-honest storytelling and candid conversation, Nate shares how years of mistakes and missteps uncovered a simple framework that reveals the greater purpose behind our everyday lives, and why the answers to life's deep questions are often backward from what we expect.
Read an Excerpt:
Are you living a meaningful life?
If we’re honest, most of us will answer “not sure,” or “not really.” It’s not an easy question to emphatically answer, “yes!” The reality is that our days are often filled with more routines than grand adventures, and we’re not fulfilled by the common things in life. Eating cereal, sitting in traffic, and staying home on a Saturday when plans fall through won’t make the headlines and highlights displayed on our social media feeds. Instead, we’re captivated by the extraordinary things which will never happen within a normal week – getting a big promotion, finishing a marathon, buying a new car.
I believe, however, that your regular life is far more significant than you realize. There is deep meaning hiding in your everyday conversations and ordinary interactions – you just can’t see it in the moment. You and I both need a framework to help us uncover more of the meaning in our ordinary, everyday lives. We need more stories.
About the Author:
Nate and his wife, Erin, were raised in Chicago and now hail from Denver. After moving cities and cycling through a rapid series of major life changes, Nate launched his publishing company, Live Forward, to help others find more meaning in their everyday lives.
Building on his experience as the co-founder of a successful, venture-backed startup company, and as a frequent speaker and trainer on storytelling for nonprofit leaders, Nate's recent book, Living Forward, Looking Backward, helps others understand the greater purpose behind their own life stories.
Through Nate's memories, stories, and candor, we learn how the principle of paradox and the story of the Gospel shows up in each of our lives, often in ways we don't expect, and ways that feel even a little backward to us.
https://www.livefwd.org
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https://www.amazon.com/Living-Forward-Looking-Backward-Ordinary-ebook/dp/B07DYXHNFM/
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ReplyDeleteThanks so much for hosting, really appreciate it!
ReplyDeleteTo the readers, I'd be curious to hear - what gives you a sense of meaning, or purpose in your daily life? What gets you out of bed in the morning?
I am enjoying these tours and finding all the terrific books my family is enjoying reading. Thanks for bringing them to us and keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteJames, do you have any other books to recommend from the tour so far? I'd love to download a new book to my Kindle. And, of course, I'd love to hear if you have a chance to pick up a copy of Living Forward, Looking Backward!
DeleteGreat Kim, I'd be curious to get your feedback if you have a chance to pick up a copy! (nate@livefwd.org)
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed your post. Interesting book.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by to check out the book, JC - good to hear the topic is of interest.
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