Happiness Break: A Meditation to Inspire a Sense of Purpose
Take a few minutes to reflect on someone who inspires you, and how you can embody the values you admire in them.
\n\nLink to episode transcript: https://tinyurl.com/4x2whvzb
\n\nHow to Do This Practice:
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Find a comfortable place to do this practice and settle into a relaxed pattern of breath.
\nThink of someone who\u2019s character has moved and inspired you. Focus on a specific time when they did something that inspired you.
\nNotice the feelings that arise in your body when you reflect on that person\u2019s moral beauty.
\nReflect on why that aspect of moral beauty is so significant and meaningful to you.
\nThink of how you can strive to incorporate it into your own life.
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Today\u2019s Happiness Break host:
\n\nDacher Keltner is the host of the Greater Good Science Center\u2019s award-winning podcast, The Science of Happiness and is a co-instructor of the GGSC\u2019s popular online course of the same name. He\u2019s also the founding director of the Greater Good Science Center and a professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley.
\n\nCheck out Dacher\u2019s most recent book, *Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life: *<https://tinyurl.com/4j4hcvyt\\](https://tinyurl.com/4j4hcvyt)
\n\nMore resources from The Greater Good Science Center:
\n\nHow to Find Your Purpose in Life: https://tinyurl.com/28mjx65c
\n\nLiving with a Purpose Changes Everything: https://tinyurl.com/yeyv2xhu
\n\nSeven Ways to Find Your Purpose in Life: https://tinyurl.com/4ekymbet
\n\nFive Ways to Foster Purpose in Adolescents: https://tinyurl.com/25e5bvv3
\n\nHow Purpose Changes Across Your Lifetime: https://tinyurl.com/yhek7ktr
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