Live on Purpose
Purpose: intended or desired result; the aim, goal, reason for which something is done or used
I may have received my first glimpse of self responsibility as a young child, when my mother looked me in the eyes, and said, "I think you did that on purpose." Until that day, my misbehaviors had sneaked under her radar, because she believed I was too young to understand consequences. This time, however, I was mature enough to know what I had done, and why I had done it. My will and intention were maturing, and mom was right….I had done it on purpose!
I once heard Dr Wayne Dyer say that the question he is most often asked is from people wanting to know how they can discover their life purpose. Most of us question our "reason for being here" at some time in our lives. Some of us lead lives of frustration believing we are not fulfilling what we came here for. Almost all of us have a tendency to view our life experiences in one extreme or the other…
- Good or Bad
- Win or Lose
- OK or Not OK
- Success or Failure
There’s an authoritarian part in most of us that causes us to perceive our experiences with a black or white, negative or positive filter…..Realistically, most of our choices, accomplishments, and our experiences tend to fall somewhere in a "gray" or middle area. Don’t automatically assume that a gray area is a bad place to be….it’s where most of real life takes place!
One of my favorite quotes is by Ralph Waldo Emerson….you’ve probably heard it before:
"Life is a journey, not a destination"
Emerson was acknowledging the power of being in the present, and the reality of continuing to live and thrive without reaching a final destination.
The life purpose we all search for is not a single goal, or attainment…Our life purpose is a series of accomplishments…actually, a multitude of intentions which lead to accomplishments. We find our life purpose when we discover who we want to be….it is not a single mountaintop experience….life purpose shows up everyday that you are living consciously, and making choices based in the intentions which reflect your deepest values. Every experience, every lesson, every win, every loss, is a valuable and necessary part of life’s journey.
Realize that you are on purpose, in your life purpose right now. Your will and intention are mature enough to make you aware of exactly what you are doing.
Are you becoming the person that you most want to be? Are you making conscious choices to move toward that goal, that reality, that life, of who you are, in the deepest part of you? Each choice you make reveals choices that were unavailable to you before.
Grow your life purpose….It’s your assignment here on the planet! Stay in the present…You are enough! And by the way, wherever you are, be there!
Joy & Blessings, Carole xx
