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    Do You Live on Purpose?: A Curriculum for Living
    Do You Live on Purpose?: A Curriculum for Living
    Do You Live on Purpose?: A Curriculum for Living
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    Do You Live on Purpose?: A Curriculum for Living

    By Sanford McMurray

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    Sanford decided long ago, while attempting his first back flip, that everyone in this world is capable of the most amazing things when they set their hearts and minds to it. Sanford has influenced thousands of everyday people, athletes and performers with his unique way of making people feel great about themselves and helping them to see that if they really want to, they can change their circumstances by changing their minds. He assists everyone he comes across to see that their greatest lessons in life come from not judging or beating themselves up when they make mistakes, but by really listening and being open to all of the joy and the love that they are undoubtedly surrounded by.

    Sanford is a dynamic speaker, cheerleading coach, singer, dancer, acrobat and choreographer. He is the Founder and Director of his own cheerleading business, Cheersport Australia, as well as a graduate of both the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York and the National Institute of Circus Arts in Melbourne, Australia. Sanford has been both an inspirational speaker and teacher at several high schools and universities throughout Australia, and has inspired countless students and adults to step up to their greatest potential by setting and achieving their goals and making on purpose choices every day.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBalboa Press
    Release dateAug 15, 2013
    ISBN9781452574769
    Do You Live on Purpose?: A Curriculum for Living
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    Sanford McMurray

    Sanford McMurray, author, business owner and inspirational speaker, helps to make others aware if they are in the habit of lying to themselves or making excuses to stay in the throes of mediocrity. Ultimately, Sanford McMurray teaches people to see the detriment or benefi t of their own negativity or positivity, showing people how their stagnate or pessimistic thoughts and actions keep them from seeing the beauty and liberation that lies just on the other side of their thinking. To discover more about his work, go to his Facebook page at https:// www.facebook.com/liveforreal.

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      Do You Live on Purpose? - Sanford McMurray

      Copyright © 2013 Sanford McMurray

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

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      ISBN: 978-1-4525-7475-2 (sc)

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      ISBN: 978-1-4525-7476-9 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2013909437

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      The author of this book does not dispense medical advice or prescribe the use of any technique as a form of treatment for physical, emotional, or medical problems without the advice of a physician, either directly or indirectly. The intent of the author is only to offer information of a general nature to help you in your quest for emotional and spiritual well-being. In the event you use any of the information in this book for yourself, which is your constitutional right, the author and the publisher assume no responsibility for your actions.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

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      Balboa Press rev. date: 05/20/2013

      Contents

      Preface

      Acknowledgments

      Introduction

      Curriculum - Stepping Forward Together

      Let Us Step Forward Together

      1    What Have You Learned From Your Yesterdays?

      2   What Do You Owe Others?

      3   Why Have You Chosen Your Teachers?

      4   Are You A Creator Of Joy?

      5   Why Are You Practicing Life?

      6   Why Are You So Afraid That You Feel You Must Blame, Drain, And Complain About Others And/Or Constantly Be Right?

      7   Actions Magnified

      8   Purposeful Persistency, Pay Off?

      Thoughts And Affirmations

      When, at the age of eight, a debilitating disease took his mother away, Sanford’s search for meaning began.

      This remarkable man’s search may never end, yet his insights into life keep emerging. In this book he shares his revealed wisdom—so far.

      Preface

      My life began to take on a sense of purpose at the age of thirteen. While my friends looked no further than the next team match, the latest movie, or the new girl at school, I found myself pondering how best to shape my own future and those of my sisters.

      Like all of us, it was my early childhood that placed me on the starting blocks of life. How I acted out my passion for life would drive me forward—or backward. How I came to think so far ahead of my age was the result of two facets: first, the events of my early life, and second, moral bequests handed to me by some remarkable people. As with other fortunate people, some of those who gave me the best teaching to shape my life also shared my blood.

      My mother, Katherine McMurray, died from lupus at the age of twenty-six. I was only eight years old. Living to raise us was denied her. I recall the hollowness inside me, the disbelief that my mother was really gone. But I also recall a woman with fire and passion in her soul, who worked hard when she could, loved to party, smoke, drink RC Cola—a woman of endless love, who would do anything in her power for my two sisters and me.

      My grandmother, Ellis Yancy, was Katherine’s mother. She watched her daughter suffer in pain for years and, at the end, cling helplessly to life for the sake of three children. But life was to demand even more of Ellis. She faced a harsh battle with cancer and struggled with the twin demons of alcoholism and depression. But we, her grief-ravished children, would remain her primary concern.

      Having lived with us during our mother’s many hospital stays, she became our natural parent after our mother’s death. She was with us during the bad days, nurturing us as death gradually moved in to claim our mother. However, she was not our legal parent and therefore, when our father remarried, eventually we had to move to his home. Like many children in that situation, we suffered the agonies of not belonging. We needed help. But there was none. I was a thirteen-year-old with a mountain to climb, no ropes, no experience, but with a heart full of love and determination.

      My sisters Terri and Stacy took this journey with me. Terri has struggled with many emotional dramas

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