Identifying Our “Purpose”
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Most of us believe that there is a purpose to our life.
Though, we cannot always clearly see it... We want our lives to matter and want
to live our purpose intentionally. The search for meaning in life is basic to
all of us. We are often forced to examine it, when some crises devastate us. We
are face conditions of suffering like an illness, a divorce, a loss of a job,
or death of a loved one. We take life for granted till the triggering events
shakes us and often wakes us up from our slumber. We are faced with the big
questions – “What is the purpose of my life?” and “What am I meant to do on earth?”
Crises are catalysts for finding the purpose of our life!
The purpose is all about-aligning our energies around our true priorities.
Goals are not purpose as they are about doing or
achieving some ego- driven activities. Purpose
is not a job, nor role, nor a goal. It is our belief that our life truly
matters. It is about who we are and about what our gifts and energies are!
Our natural talents are our gifts for 3 reasons- firstly,
they came with us; Secondly, they are gifts to others too when we share them. Thirdly, we achieve something when we share
them.
Everyone’s purpose is unique and powerful. There are
several opportunities virtually everywhere for us to align our lives with our gifts.
The gifts that we express naturally and enjoy giving have with us without
further study or pursuit, are the gifts that are for your higher purpose. They have the power to server as your calling!
Many people find themselves in an “Existential vacuum”
searching for their purpose. Many feel starved for want of alignment in their
lives. Life is a cradle to grave
journey. Purpose is essential to fulfill the vacuum. Life is a continuous set of
questions to be answered and lessons to be learned. We grow through phases of
progressive awakenings that involve- physical, mental, emotional and spiritual
calling.
Most of the effective people know how to focus on their
daily activities, while keeping their aim on a larger story- the way they want
to live their lives. The story we tell ourselves, gets us focusing the time and
energies around it. It helps us to re-orient and re-assess our lives to bring
out the purpose in life.
Purpose calls us to live our values. The values we choose
to center our lives around. The way we, orient ourselves towards life. When we are faced with devastating situations,
a purpose may actually be found or strengthened. We may learn who we really are.
The suffering triggers the events that force us to re-assess our purpose of
life as the basic sense of self gets disrupted. So, we are re-awakened to see
our life closely. If our purpose is strong all the areas of our life starts
getting affected. We begin to eliminate what is now irrelevant and de-clutter
life. People and places who do not serve the purpose are left behind and ties
break. A process of simplification takes place and we achieve clarity about
ourselves and our lives. We don’t need to pretend who we are not!
