Discovering your purpose in life is one of the most important things you can do for yourself. It gives you direction and helps you make decisions about what truly matters to you. Without a sense of purpose, life can feel aimless and unfulfilling.

Knowing your purpose in life can provide a source of motivation and energy to keep pushing toward your goals. It gives you a reason to get up in the morning and the drive to pursue your dreams. Understanding your purpose can also help you make choices that align with your values and bring you closer to living the life you want.

But perhaps the most important reason to discover your purpose is that it can bring a sense of meaning and fulfillment to your life. When you know your purpose, you are able to focus your attention and energies on the things that matter to you the most, and that can bring a deep sense of satisfaction and contentment. You may find that your relationships, career, and passions all fall into place when you are living a life true to your purpose.

In short, discovering the purpose of life is important because it can help you align your energies and focus on what really matters. It brings a sense of motivation, meaning, and fulfillment to your life, and helps you live with passion and intention every day.

So the question is, how do we find our Life Purpose?

There are certain aspects that can definitely help, such as looking at:

Self-reflection: Set aside some time to reflect on your life, your values, and your beliefs. Begin by asking yourself questions like "What makes me happy?" "What do I enjoy doing?" "What are my priorities?"

Identify your passions: Look for things that ignite a passion within you. It could be something you enjoy doing or something that you are naturally good at. Whatever it is, make a list of these things.

Consider your strengths: Identify your strengths, skills and talents. Make a list of these as well.

Think about your impact: Reflect on the impact you want to have on the world. What kind of legacy do you want to leave behind? What difference do you want to make?

Find meaning: Think about the things that give your life meaning. It could be your family, your friends, your spiritual or religious beliefs, or something else entirely.

Create a purpose statement: Use your self-reflection, passions, strengths, desired impact, and meaning to craft a purpose statement. This statement should capture the essence of who you are and what you want to achieve with your life.

But I believe we can go deeper than that.

We have come to the conclusion that discovering what our purpose is in life can be one of the hardest questions that we as humans must try to answer, but in this blog I will be going through a step-by-step process, exploring your feelings and options, and by the end, you should have a fairly solid tool you can immediately employ in your life, to help give it a meaningful direction!

Ready?

There are three steps to the process of discovering the purpose of your life:

Understanding the principle of choice
Creating your “underlying principle”
Aligning your life with this underlying principle

Let’s get deeper into it:

Understanding The Principle of Choice

Norman Vincent Peale has this to say about the power of choice. “The greatest power we have is the power of choice. It is an actual fact, that if you have been groping under unhappiness, you can choose to be joyous, instead. And, by effort, lift yourself into joy. If you tend to be fearful, you can overcome that misery by choosing to have courage. The whole trend and the quality of anyone’s life is determined by the choices that are made”.

“Choosing” is the most important activity of your mind, because by making a choice, you are proclaiming your desires to your subconscious mind. Once the subconscious mind gets to know your desires, it is going to do anything to manifest them in your life. The choices you make in your life become your goal. And, if you are sincere in pursuing them, there is no reason why you should not accomplish them.

Indecision, on the other hand, not only creates frustration and anxiety but can also confuse the subconscious mind about what you want. But it is important that the choices you make are made by you, in accordance with your true desires, purposes, and aptitude. A lot of us let others make choices for us, or make our choices according to what we think is ‘correct’, even if that means that we go against our wishes. What is right for someone else may not be right for you, and the way to know this is by listening to what your heart says.

So, to begin with, make a list of things that interest you; things that you have always enjoyed, which make you feel better, and which inspire you to surge ahead, no matter what obstacles you face. Do you like doing something creative, or something artistic? Do you enjoy nature? Do you like the sea? Do you enjoy helping others? Do you get pleasure out of making a difference in other people’s life?

Whatever it is that interests you, write it down and answer these questions:

What thing do you love to do?

What is it that you love in this thing and why?

How could you do this for money, and make a living out of it?

Creating Your Underlying Principle

The next step is to examine the list you just made and find out if there is any recurring theme. Maybe, it is the contribution that keeps coming up, or an effect to seek or give love, or helping your parents cope with old age. Whatever it is, try to identify the central theme of the things you love to do, and try to put it in a short and precise statement. This will be your ‘Mission Statement’. It may even be a quote by a famous person, or a philosophy that has influenced you. Of course, as you grow up, this statement could evolve, but its soul will remain the same. Now, write down your Mission Statement.

Aligning Your LIFE With Your Underlying Principle

The final step in this journey is to map your path to your ultimate purpose and to begin implementing changes that help to align your daily life with your underlying purpose. By making these little changes in your lifestyle, you will start to be able to begin living this principle out each and every day. It might take a few days, but by becoming aware and intentional of this underlying principle of your life, you will certainly start to feel the difference in your enthusiasm for life as a whole. If you realize that you love being amidst nature, plan out your holiday. Maybe an outing with your children could be enough to recoup your energy. If you discover that you enjoy helping those in need, start to look for opportunities to volunteer in your community. On the other hand, you might even want to change your job or start a new business that is more in line with your mission.

So there you have it! By following along with the steps outlined above, you will be on your way to finding and living out your purpose.

Discovering the purpose of life is a journey and it may take time to fully understand what it is. Be patient, keep an open mind and continue to reflect on what truly matters to you.

And, as you go through this process, just remember, “You were put on this earth to achieve your greatest self, to live out your purpose, and to do it courageously.” - Steve Maraboli

Love & Light,

Emma

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