Do I have a life purpose?
That goes without saying! It was so in the beginning, and it will be so to the end. You have a unique purpose encoded within you. You are here to act from that purpose. You are here to live, breathe, create, and experience health and great joy from that purpose. Living your purpose has immeasurable good. Even if you cannot articulate that purpose at first, if you seek it with an open heart, it will find you.
How can I know my life purpose?
What do you care about? What have you fallen in love with? What did you love to do when you were very young? Look there for your life purpose. What are you compelled to bear witness to? What loosens your tongue to speak the truth? What will make you leap out of bed? Look there for your purpose. The activities you are naturally drawn to and the things you long to learn about or explore will point you to your life purpose. Follow what calls you.
Your soul’s intentions drive your purpose and aren’t tied to the material world, though they must express themselves within it. Remember, the soul isn’t about hierarchy, ego, or one-upmanship. You won’t find your life purpose there. The soul is about sharing, giving, and receiving. It comes from love and being fully present. In its grandest sense, your life purpose is to learn to give and receive love.
Is it about living an exalted life, that is, one where you are famous, glamorous, impressive, and influential, and make lots of money?
Your purpose isn’t necessarily tied to a career; it may not be about making lots of money or being famous—at least, not for most of you. Maybe your life purpose is to make money, or maybe it will result in making money, but don’t assume that making a buck is your soul’s primary purpose for being in a physical vehicle. Rather than focusing on which vocation will make you the most money, focus on creating a life that brings you joy and offers a forum for service. If you allow logic to overrule your heart’s desires, you will miss the boat.
Of course, any life has room for trial and error, especially when finding your life purpose. In fact, you need to make mistakes, and you inevitably will. No matter. Mistakes will teach you what matters to you and what you can live without. This discussion is not intended to imply that only a rigid course of action will get you on the right path. It is the willingness to test the waters and to be resilient when things don’t work as planned or follow a neat trajectory that will be most beneficial in identifying your purpose. The goal is to permit yourself to experiment and not know.
Does my life purpose best express itself through a vocation?
We have been enculturated to believe that one’s life purpose can be expressed best—or only expressed—through a particular vocation. It can be deeply satisfying to pursue mainstream courses of study or take a job in an established and respected vocation. When that is the case, you are meant to pursue those interests further. But many of you are not here to do “normal” or conventional work, or to specialize in just one area. Many of you are here to do many things! Because there is an almost infinite variety of life purposes and ways to express them, you may not always find a vocation that seamlessly aligns with your unique purpose.
The reality is that collective culture and consciousness lag in understanding vocation. As a result, most of you will live your purpose as best you can, whether alongside or in addition to what you do to make a living. The important thing is that you live your purpose and do what you can with the support you have. When you courageously live your purpose, you are truly in the vanguard of raising consciousness about the deeper meaning of vocation, including setting new criteria for the standards by which vocation is valued.
What does it look like when I’m living my purpose? More importantly, what does it feel like to live it?
You will know you are living your purpose when you feel a deep sense of personal fulfillment; you will know, from your sense of accomplishment and satisfaction, that this is what is right for you. Your purpose is something you do, whether or not you get paid for it, because it gives you tremendous satisfaction. Your soul’s need for profound fulfillment and the connection to all things that arises from living your purpose will light a fire under your feet.
What is the common denominator across every life purpose?
Your life purpose takes shape and meaning from your soul. Your soul drives your life purpose. So you can ask: What does my soul want? What is meaningful to my soul? Your soul wants to be fully present and engaged. Whatever compels you to be present and fully engaged is your life purpose, or part of it. By being present to your own life and following what calls to you, you will live your purpose. How do you get there? It’s actually quite simple. You do it all the time without thinking about it. Follow your bliss. Follow your joy; follow your yearnings. If you follow your joy, you will gradually shape a life in sync with your life purpose. Your joy and fulfillment are your clues.
I want to be faithful to my life purpose. I want to live it, but I don’t know the next step because I’m still not clear about that purpose.
Trust that the next step will become clear. Take the step that excites you most — this is always your cue for the right direction. Taking the next step toward your joy is far better than not moving at all. If you find yourself losing your joy, correct your course to reconnect with it. When you follow your joy, your life will gradually realign with your life purpose. When you follow your joy, what is right for you will find you. If you cannot feel anything, move forward anyway. You will find what feels best again.
Believe in yourself.
Believe you have a right to be here. You have as much right as anyone to be here. A place in this world is yours alone. Your role and contributions are needed more than ever.
What is calling you right now?
Pay close attention to what draws you. Significant clues here can help you find your purpose. Are you responding to those clues, or ignoring them because they seem impractical and perhaps even crazy? Trust that you were built to overcome the obstacles to your purpose. Trust that you are meant to follow your path, however crazy and unwise it may seem to others. If you live your purpose authentically, you will be supported.
Our world desperately needs your gifts! This makes it imperative that you live your purpose. Pay attention to what will not leave you alone. Living your purpose is not just for your sake, though that is important, but also for the world’s sake. Because each of us contains a unique piece of the creative genius behind this world’s design, every human being must participate. Therefore, understand that being who you are is everything. Your divine assignment is meant to drive this world’s evolution; it works only when you live your purpose.
Develop your talents to the fullest and use them to make the most significant contribution you can – this is true success.
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