Finding your “Why”
I’m always interested in the subject of finding soul purpose or life purpose, however you like to think of it.
It’s a passionate subject for me because it is my soul purpose, the very pursuit of life purpose. Witnessing a person connecting with theirs, maybe for the first time, is like watching fireworks explode and feeling the ‘booms’ inside my own chest.
We light the way.
When a person feels connected to their life purpose, they become a living beacon for others, a firefly of sorts. They move with a vitality, a plugged-in energy that everyone around them subconsciously responds to. I call these people muses, because that’s exactly what they become. All they have to do is enter a room and everyone feels their energizing presence.
We all have equal access to this purpose energy source. It doesn’t have to look like the full manifestation of life purpose, it’s the simple pursuit of it that’s invigorating. There is no fear of failure, no expectation, no ego distortion that can derail it.
Some people are born with a solid understanding of why they’re here. But it rarely looks like that. Most have a very little solid sense of what their purpose might be–or what this concept even is–and become confused and irritated by it. They feel like they’ve fallen behind somehow, as if life purpose comes with certainty.
Connecting to life purpose follows no timeline.
Maybe the feeling of uncertainty is a necessary ingredient. Every experience is an opportunity to collect data that we can use to move forward (and honestly, sometimes moving backward, or feeling stuck for a time is necessary too).
Rumi said it best: “Wherever you are, God circled on a map for you.”
There is richness in every state.
It’s all good. It really is.
It is also okay to want more.
If you do not happen to posses a solid sense of life purpose, yet you truly desire it, then I invite you to incorporate a few ways of being. This can help you pave the way for holding more of what you want for your life. Making an effort to build intention and consciously connect can expand your possibilities.
5 ways to trigger Life Purpose:
Make a vibrational shift. Sometimes action is not the first step. We have to pay attention to how we’re being and truly ask ourselves if our energy is matching the vibrational frequency of what we want. Are we chronically mopey? Are we in a pattern of blaming others for how our life is right now? Are we saccharine sweet all the time, when really we feel like taking a sledge-hammer to the world? How is our state of being supporting us or sabotaging us in the pursuit of our desires? If we’re most often misaligned, or pretending our way through life, we breed inauthenticity. Hard to get a handle on life purpose when we don’t have a handle on who we are.
Decide what support means for you. You don’t have to do everything by yourself. Sometimes a can-do attitude can border on the pathological when we refuse to contemplate asking for help. The needless/wantless adaptation runs rampant in our society. We don’t want to be a bother. We don’t want to appear (gasp) needy. The truth is, it’s a gift to be able to help another when we know we’re capable of helping. Go ahead and ask for assistance. What can your friends do for you when you need support? What can your family do to unburden you from too many responsibilities? What can you do for yourself that you don’t normally give yourself permission to do?
Find peace with where you’re at. This moment is okay. This moment is perfect. Whatever you’re feeling, however you’re behaving, there are gifts in every pattern, even if they are painful. Take a deep breath and say, “I’m beginning, from this place, from this state, I’m beginning. And this beginning is perfect.” We can’t create something new if we refuse to accept the foundation upon which we stand in this moment.
Become aware of your shifting perceptions. Once you’ve accepted where you are in life, start paying attention to shifting your perceptions to foster the new place you’d like to create. Are your perceptions supporting the same old patterns? You don’t have to know how to change your thoughts in this stage, you simply have to learn to dialogue with them. What are your thoughts trying to tell you? How have they not gotten through to you? Ignoring your soul’s messages is a good way to manifest physical symptoms. If our own messaging doesn’t register through one medium (spirit, mind, emotion), our life will choose another (body) through physical afflictions we can’t ignore. I have a history of experiencing pesky and bizarre physical maladies before I slow down enough to have a dialogue with my whole inner world. I’m not alone in this; it’s a common pattern with overachievers.
Choose empowerment. After the first four steps are well under way, now you’re ready for some solid action steps. Choose and align with an action step you feel good about. If your goal is about life purpose, then really feel for yourself what a good move would be to connect deeper with your soul’s purpose. Maybe that looks like exploring your childhood patterns. Maybe that looks like asking your family members how they see your greatest strengths, looking for clues that they may not have shared with you before. Mine your heart for information, searching for possibility. And of course, the old saying is true, your joy often leads you to our purpose. Our purpose is where our passion meets the needs of the world. When all else fails, follow your joy. It may be that simple.
I hope this leaves you asking questions of yourself you haven’t asked in a while, or ever. I hope the questions revitalize you in some way.
The world takes so much of our energy. Our purpose is how we learn to internally generate it.
Much Love,
Kristy
P.S. If you would like to read more about soul purpose, please be sure to read my books!
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