Are you able to come out with an answer to the above questions? Or your answer is just a simple, "Don't know!"
If you are not able to answer the question right now, don’t worry for you are surely not alone. It also took me quite some time before I really know what is my true purpose in life.
“We are here on earth to do good for others. What the others are here for, I don’t know."
~~ W. H. Auden ~~
Personally I believe everyone comes to this world with a purpose. To some, their purpose is to honor and serve God. To others, it is to bring smiles to the faces of the unfortunate people, like Mother Theresa.
You may have a total different purpose. Everyone comes to this world to provide different services to their community. Scientists contribute by inventing and innovating new and better technologies to aid mankind while entrepreneurs create more job opportunities for the society.
Like what W. H. Auden said, you need not concern yourself with the other people's purposes. You just have to identify your purpose and live up to it.
Your purpose of life is surely NOT only about you. Rather is the the type of service you offer to others.
“What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him. What he needs is not the discharge of tension at any cost, but the call of a potential meaning waiting to be fulfilled by him."
~~ Victor Frankl ~~
Real happiness and fulfillment comes not from taking, or getting or waiting to be served. Instead, it is about contributing to the society, providing valuable services to other people and to give away freely.
Identifying your true purpose in life helps you to break away the “Me, Me, Me" mentally. It requires you to throw away the self-centered and selfish you.
“Many people have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose."
~~ Helen Keller ~~
Seeking purpose is not about seeking self-gratification. It is not to seek pleasure, richness or power. It is to give, to contribute and to provide wealth, abundance and love.
Your rewards in life is in fact in direct proportion to what you can contribute to life.
Many successful people in life have worthy, wonderful and big purpose in life.
Examples of some successful people's purpose:
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Robert Allen: “To inspire and empower people to achieve their destiny."
Anthony Robbins: “To humbly serve the Lord by being a loving, playful, powerful and passionate example of the absolute joy that is available to us the moments we rejoice in God’s gift and sincerely love and serve all of his creations."
Mark Victor Hansen: “To create and inspire one million millionaire who each give $1 million to their church or charity."
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As you can see successful people don’t become successful because they take from others. Instead, it is because of the amount of contribution they make to the society.
Also, it is their worth-dying-for-purpose that helps them to face all adversities they in their lives. It also helps them to persist and preserve through all challenges and obstacles along their route to success.
Therefore by having a worthy purpose and truly understanding the WHY, you’ll be able to continue through your route of success no matter how difficult it may seem for in front of your purpose, obstacles are nothing but stepping stones to help you fulfill your purpose in life.
“Dreams are today’s answers to tomorrow’s questions."
~~ Edgar Cayce ~~
So what type of purpose are you crafting for yourself?
Your Purpose In Life
Sometimes I think too much. I would over analyze, always thinking of the ?how?, with endless details blocking the way. Do you ever find yourself having these thoughts? I have done just that for many years. This can lead to a form of mental paralysis. Growing as a person stops and makes you fall backwards.
Good news ??This is how I used to be and now I am aware of my thoughts and growing toward becoming static free.
Your purpose doesn't always have to be a noble occupation or anything tangible. It can be something as a simple as having inner peace and inner joy. This is what I have found out about myself with the assistance of my new friend and personal coach, Dr. Ellie Drake. Sometimes it takes someone that will listen to us, really listen. That is what Ellie has taught me to do simply by listening to me. She also has made me aware that such an activity is very rewarding for everyone involved. I have been trying to ?figure out? my purpose for quite sometime now, but after telling my story to Ellie, within 15 minutes, she knew what my purpose was. She said my subconscious mind knew it but my conscious mind had not caught up yet. Inner peace and inner joy, was what I wanted, but to me it seemed like somewhat of a selfish purpose. Ellie thought of it quite a bit differently than I did.
If I was at peace within myself and joyful, just think how many lives I could touch in a positive, loving, genuine way during my journey here on this earth. This clarity of my purpose has totally changed my life for the better. I am grounded and I am going forward in a much more focused direction. The calmness physically and mentally is so powerful to me. The ?static? that we all experience, those negative thoughts that in turn give us negative emotions. For example; doubt, fear, hate, anger, criticism just to name a few can be kept at bay by just being aware. Make it a goal to your self to be aware of growing towards being static free. When you realize that you are thinking negative thoughts, simply say to your self; is feeling this frustration going to delay my purpose? The answer will be yes, very much so. No matter what the emotion. You will probably feel uncomfortable at first but remember you are open to growth when you are feeling stretched. Think of it as a good feeling and welcome it. That is the beginning.
It will take some practice on your part as always, for any difficult task that we set out to do will get easier with practice. Take your little accomplishments that you achieve each day and focus on the positive. Eventually it will become a habit which will then connect your subconscious mind to your conscious mind. At that point it will become quite effortless.
Some advice to my fellow over analyzers, STOP!
There is so much peace and joy to be had by infusing yourself with creativity. Your mind is so very powerful. Let it attract all the positive, static free thoughts that you deserve. Let the details take care of themselves. Your life will be a fuller and richer one for it. Your purpose can be whatever you choose. If you don't know what that is just yet, take a deep loving breath, relax your shoulders and let your true purpose in life come to you. Fill your heart with joy and peace and enjoy your new life.
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