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Apr
21
Purpose: Discover PURPOSE in Your Life
Filed Under Emotional Healing, Life Coaching, Mental Healing, Spiritual Healing
If you’re like most people, you might not have figured out what you’re intended to do with your life. What is your Purpose?
What is Life Purpose anyway? For our purposes, let’s define your Life Purpose as something that you love to do that also has a great impact on the world. It’s that sweet spot where you’re having a great time and doing something wonderful for as many people as possible.
Many people leave their lives up to chance. They slide into a profession that they don’t hate and stay there or in a similar situation until they’re ready to retire. Living your purpose usually requires taking action with the intention of finding it.
There are several ways you can attempt to discover the purpose of your life:
- Describe your ideal day. Project yourself several years into the future and imagine that your life is essentially perfect. What would your life look like? Are you working? What type of work are you doing? What do you do all day? Who is in your life?
- Now that you know what the end looks like, what can you do today to take the first step in that direction?
- Find an organization in your community that interests you. Doing something worthwhile can be a good way to discover your purpose. Even if you come up short, at least you’ll have done something important.
- Assume you can do the impossible. When anything is possible, what would you do? Take action to bring your dreams to life.
- Write. Perhaps the most effective way to discover your life’s purpose is to spend an hour writing. At the top of your paper write, “My life’s purpose.†Now spend the next 60 minutes writing whatever pops into your mind.
- When you find something that stirs strong positive feelings within you, consider yourself on the right track. Where does it take you?
- Spend a day being totally inspired. From the time you wake up until the time you go to bed, attempt to spend every moment inspired. The right books, music, and movies can help you maintain an inspired mental state.
    *   You’ll believe you can do anything. What would you do?
- Ask yourself what you would do if you had $10 million. How would you spend your time? What would your life look like? Can you figure out a way to make a living doing one of the activities you would be willing to do for free if you had the time?
Keep using the above tips until you’ve found something that really excites you. When you find your purpose, there will be no doubt. Avoid spending all of your life thinking and planning. Get busy living.
Finding — and acting upon — your life’s purpose goes a long way toward making your life exciting and meaningful!