Designed for Life

. . . is the essence of why each of us inhabits this world. It is the source of everything we hold dear. It is the shape and dynamic of our soul. How we are to function, what we are to achieve, the role we are to play….all part of our design. We have been given the power and passion to experience a share of God's grace and glory.

There is just one problem. One big problem.

The institutions we rely on to equip us for that task; the institutions we rely on to employ us in work suitable for that giftedness; the institutions we rely on to ground us in God's will for our life - these institutions have little interest in the individual or in the fact that he may have a destiny of some sort. The institutions of Education, Work and Religion combine to stand against God's plan for humanity.

The operational research explained in this groundbreaking new book appears to be the first and only attempt made in the modern age to study the individual person as an entity. Because psychology as a "pseudo science" has ignored the study of the person as a valid research strategy, what Art Miller and his colleagues have discovered is radically new information which insists on radical changes in the way we experience life.

THE ESSENTIAL MESSAGE OF DESIGNED FOR LIFE

There are five things which stand between people and a meaningful life:
      Educators who want them to become well-educated;
      Employers who want them to become what is needed to get the work done;
      Priests and Preachers who want them to become good;
      Parents who want them to become successful; and
      Darwinians who want them to confront their meaninglessness

The only one in their corner is the Lord God:
      He wants them to be who He designed them to be,
      Which is the only way they will experience a meaningful life

THE MOTIVATIONAL PATTERN EMBODIED IN EVERY SOUL…

Appears to be inborn; an incarnate expression; a predetermined design; the innate shape of the person's soul.
Governs how the person perceives reality and will so attempt to perform any job, role or activity, whether vocational, recreational, family or otherwise.
Is the means available for each person to express unfeigned love, and to experience meaning and profound satisfaction; only possible through self-giving.
Is irrepressible and therefore predictive, seeking to be expressed in any circumstance which remotely lends itself to such manifestation. Similarly, under circumstances which are in conflict with, or cannot accommodate the Pattern, it functions to actively reject the desired behavior, or to "turn off" as we used to say.
Triggers emotional reactions of joy, pride, irritation, depression, resentment, envy, and/or rage, depending on whether other people or circumstances collide with or accommodate the Pattern.
Is unique, precocious, purposive and stable in its fundamental components, but with a large growth potential within its parameters; is operative regardless of the person's awareness of it.
Drives the pursuit of ambition, a cause, dream or mission, often requiring severe discipline, personal sacrifice and hardship.
Functions as a holistic system with each element functioning to enable as well as restrain
Is amoral and does not cover behavior around issues of ethics, integrity or morality, and can be used for good or evil. These decisions of the will are reserved for each person.

GIFTED TO ACHIEVE WHAT WE HAVE BEEN PURPOSED TO LOVE . . .