The question of life purpose is one that often arises when we feel that something is off in our lives.
It arises most often when we are not satisfied with some aspect of our life, and so we believe that if we knew what our life purpose was, our life would be easier, make much more sense, and we could finally move toward something.
However, if at this moment you still don’t know the purpose of your incarnation, or what it is that you “came here to do,” then the time for that kind of knowing and responsibility still hasn’t come.
Because what is not widely known is that living our life purpose means facing some of our biggest fears, old patterns, and decisions that we may have put off for years.
Here is a made up example of what I mean:
Anna is 45 years old. She doesn’t have a family of her own because she dedicated most of her adult life to her career in the bank. After high school, she chose a path that she felt was safer and more logical, and her parents believed that studying business and working in a bank would give her a stable future.
The job at the bank pays very well, but for Ana, that is also the only positive side of the job.
On the other hand, Ana has always been drawn to caring for other people, and what she actually wanted to do growing up was become a nurse or a caregiver. However, when she voiced this to her parents at 18, they strongly opposed it. They believed that there was a better path for her, one that would give her more stability, status, and recognition.
Here are some of the things Anna would need to face if she decided to truly follow what has always brought her joy and drawn her in:
- Further education and obtaining the necessary qualifications.
- Having the difficult conversation with her parents about changing careers, something she has avoided since she was at least 18.
- Standing up for herself and her decisions in front of her family, friends, and colleagues.
- Overcoming the existential fear of losing the security her job at the bank provides.
- Overcoming the fear of the new and unknown.
- Allowing herself to be a beginner at something again.
- Letting go of the identity she has built over the years around being a bank employee.
Before the Universe gives us the life we dream of, we first need to build ourselves into the person who can live, carry, protect, and sustain that life.
Challenges are not punishment. They exist to shape us into the person who can truly embody and live that life purpose.
When you are ready to hear the truth of your incarnation purpose, you will hear it. It is, after all, an inevitable part of your essence, your soul, and your path.
However, knowing your life purpose is not the solution to your life problems, as many people believe. It is the beginning of a new chapter.
As life purpose is intrinsically linked to joy, you won’t go wrong if, while you wait for your life purpose to be revealed, you begin following your joy throughout your day.
You can try some (or all) of the following 😊
- Saying yes when you mean yes, and no when you mean no.
- Clearly expressing your needs and wants in your relationships.
- Taking time for yourself when you feel you need it.
- More often choosing what you truly want, rather than what others expect or want from you.
- Choosing a career that brings you more joy than the one you currently have.
- Trying something new that you have been drawn to for a long time.
- Allowing yourself to rest without feeling guilty.
- Stopping yourself from agreeing to things that drain you simply because you don’t want to disappoint others.
- Making time again for hobbies and activities you may have neglected over the years.
- Less comparing yourself to others.
- Choosing relationships in which you feel seen, accepted, and safe.
- Taking the first step toward something you have been dreaming about for a long time.
Following your joy doesn’t mean that the path will be easy. In fact, often it means quite the opposite — that first, we will need to face our fears, challenge old beliefs, and have uncomfortable conversations.
But on the other side of those challenges is a life that feels worth living because it is honest, authentic, and, above all – ours!
And to finish, two questions:
1. Do you wake up genuinely happy that another day has begun?
2. If you could, would you choose your own life all over again?
The more enthusiastic your answers to these questions were, the more insight they will give you into how much you are living your purpose.
And as you live more joyfully and authentically, life will naturally begin to make more sense, and you will feel more fulfilled.
🤗 Senka
