Here’s the truth: Your purpose can find you, if you’re digging for it. Some of the work required in finding a purpose, your purpose, is leaning into the heart space and listening to what it tells you. Too kooky and new age-y maybe, but the idea is to trust in what you’re journeying is trying to tell you.
Our purpose, while different for all of us, is a profound sort of calling; the thing that drives us throughout the day to strive and push for more. In an ideal world, our purpose is rooted in something bigger than us, that also compels others to take action and move forward in their own purpose. Sometimes, our purpose starts as a small spark. I’ve heard it said that our passions come with the practice of something we have become exceptionally good at. Suffice to say that our purpose is also tied to that thing we have dedicated not just physical time to, but also spirit and heart energy towards. And what that means is we have an invested interest that lives beyond just the tangible work that everyone else gets to see as you walk your path. The purpose is the thing that fuels the work, that creates the grounding for all other work to flourish. A purpose adds value to our work, a broader way of viewing how we attack the world.
The words we use to talk about our purpose have so much use; the power they yield to shape and shift narratives is an extraordinary…
