What is my purpose?
Ever wonder? “Why am I here?”
Well, I can tell you you weren’t born to just work work work, pay bills, get sick and die. We all have a purpose and too many of us have forgotten what that purpose is.
When we were kids we knew what we wanted to be when we grew up. My dreams were very clear back then, crystal clear. I always wanted to be an artist, a creator. I wanted to design gardens, homes, zoos, entire neighborhoods and parks. I wanted to paint murals, make jewelry, sew simple fashion accessories, bags and scarves. And, I wanted to help people and animals! l had a lofty goals. My passions have not changed, they are pretty much exactly the same as when I was a child. Where did I go wrong? I listened to the fearful discouraging words of others. People that were supposed to be encouraging and supporting were hell bent on convincing me to follow in their footprints. Does this sound like something you have also experienced?
Take a moment do you remember your childhood dreams? Do you know your purpose? What is it? If you already know and are living your dream go encourage someone else to live their dream, their truth. If you are unsure of your purpose, please keep reading you have company and we will figure this out together but first you need to give yourself some alone time.
Find someplace quiet, so you can reclaim your mental clarity. If you are close to nature go there. I have some of my best thinks at the beach or in the forest. Go to nature and leave the phone alone.
Figure out what you like. When you recognize what you don’t like go in the other direction. often we realize what we want by first figuring out what we don’t want. That is how I am doing it. To avoid the influence of others I strongly recommend spent more time alone, be still, be quiet, and listen to your heart.
Ask yourself, If I could be doing anything right now, what would it be? ANYTHING? yes ANYTHING. Listen to your emotions if an idea feels anything less that amazing, ask again. Keep asking until you find something that makes your heart smile. You are allowed to be happy. You don’t have to hate your life’s work. Stop saying it’s impossible and start saying I’m Possible. Let go of the guilt. There is no reason to feel guilty about living a life that you love.
You are what you eat. If you are eating crappy your life will be crappy. If you eat a healthy plant based diet you will feel lighter, you will have energy, you will feel great. In turn you will do great things. Beautiful people eat a beautiful plant based diet. Animals want to live. You can’t go around saying how much you love animals if you are putting them on your plate. Stop it. Drink pure water. Get sleep. Go to nature. Nutrition plays a major role in over all happiness. In my journey the happiest most successful people I have met we the ones that took care of themselves.
Is fear forcing you into settling for a mediocre life? Stop settling. Stop saying you are not qualified. Who cares if you don’t have a college degree. If you know your purpose you will find a way, use your passion. Stop justifying your current lousy situation by being afraid. Start believing in yourself. You have nothing to lose. Invest in yourself and your purpose. I will say it again. Invest your time and energy in your purpose not someone else’s!
Design your own life. You may find yourself needing to redesign your life. If so, it is time to begin. You think you have time… you don’t so get moving. There will be obstacles there are already obstacles. Obstacles are nothing new. Would you rather invest 100% of your time working on your dream, your purpose, your passion or do you want to spend this lifetime building someone else’s dream?
Information is contagious. Good news makes us feel good and bad news does not. So, stop listening to the news that makes you feel bad. The media is in the business to make money and create distractions. Steer clear of false information that discourages you from your purpose.
Listen to your heart and intuition. Recognize the feelings of fear and guilt when they come up then release them. Live your life, eat healthy, take care of the earth and each other, support small businesses in your community, support other people living their passion, only do business with companies that honor the planet, vote with your dollars, support organic farms, we are all one, so take care of each other.