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Study 3: A Case Study: Empty-Nester's Purpose In Life

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Today I had my 3rd session with Michelle. Michelle is making great progress, she is currently trying to focus on what her purpose in life is, after her two children have moved out of the house and left her and her husband as empty-nester 's. Last week, Michelle and I discussed her coming up with a mission statement for her life. Michelle went home and discussed with a few friends what they thought she felt was important in her life, and their response was to make people smile and feel better about themselves. When Michelle asked her husband what he thought was important to her, he said that Michelle always had a servant’s heart and wanted to please God by helping others. Michelle said she came up with a mission statement about her life: “Give, because God has given me a heart to love Him and to love others.” I asked Michelle how she thought about this mission statement now that she has had time to think about it, and she said that is exactly what she wants to do in life, serve others; that is what makes her happy.

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Michelle stated that she had built up her ministry at church so that other people that she helped began to reach out and start their own ministry. She had taken over the children’s ministry at her church and began to get others involved so that the 20% of people doing the 80% of the work, became, 80% of the people doing 90% of the work. Her husband was very happy and they enjoyed traveling to see their children’s families. This was the main point of Michelle’s letter. I asked Michelle if she thought that this was a possibility for her and how would she implement it into her life plan. Michelle said this would motivate her to look toward how to make this a real possibility. Michelle and I then discussed where she needed to take the first step to make this goal

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