Ending the Search for Your Purpose
“The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.” ~Eleanor Roosevelt
For some of us, like me, the question, “What is my purpose?” creates a ton of anxiety and a feeling that our self-worth is being undermined.
It’s hard to escape this question because everywhere we turn, finding our purpose and living on a large scale seem to be the main themes of the day. The mounting pressure created by social media and the need to have it all figured out by a certain date exacerbate this search.
I used to succumb to that pressure until I said enough and changed my entire outlook on life.
During my moments of deep reflection, I have found that the answer to this question is as fluid and as complex as life itself.
Our purpose isn’t really one thing. I think our purpose is multi-layered, rich and yet simple, and it should not be pigeonholed into one career or grand master plan, though some of us commit ourselves to one purposeful path. I also believe that our purpose can change throughout our lives.
I believe that our deepest purpose is to discover our true nature, to cherish our true selves, to listen to the call of our soul, to heal the wounds that keep us in the shadow, to become more compassionate, to love the ordinary as well as the extraordinary, to serve, and to enjoy doing nothing from time to time. Most importantly to live fully in the present and experience all moment holds before we move to the next perfect and Divine moment.
When we discover ourselves, our purpose reveals itself naturally.
Our default thinking leads us to believe that having a purpose involves something on a grand stage or having a large audience with whom to share ideas, but that may not be your calling or your day-to-day purpose. Your purpose can be manifested in so many different ways.
Being present helps us learn about ourselves because the truth is that we are always preparing for the next step, which is sometimes a mystery. So don’t take one second for granted. Every minute of your life means something.
I never really understood divine timing until this year. I believe life unfolds perfectly for each of us. If we can stay present, our purpose will never evade us.
There’s no need to put more pressure on ourselves to think about our purpose because we can’t get there by obsessing about it anyway.
Relax Breath Be
