Finding your life mission

[JackieLee]

I am reading the book Everyday Bliss for Busy Women. It's a great book, and like other books I've read she discusses the importance of finding one's life mission.

Here's my problem. I find I am unable to figure out what my life mission is. It seems to change with the tide/wind/whatever I'm really involved in at the time.

Is there something I can do to suss out what exactly my life mission is?

Thanks,

Jackie

[Remiel]

What is it that draws you to those tide/wind/whatever's? What is it that causes you to drift away? Your life's mission is known to you, even if you cannot say it. How can you look at the reflections of your life to find out what it is?

[KtotheB]

I wrote a blog on that once: Life Purpose

Your purpose will emerge when you are ready for it

[Sami]

Everyone is different but I found for me that getting life coaching really helped me discover what my mission was. It's important to find a coach you really connect with though and check credentials. There are a lot of people calling themselves coaches who aren't actually coaches.

I think it's true that you innately know what you're mission is but sometimes it's helpful to have someone objective help you uncover it.

[fun2bme]

Originally Posted by Sami

Everyone is different but I found for me that getting life coaching really helped me discover what my mission was. It's important to find a coach you really connect with though and check credentials. There are a lot of people calling themselves coaches who aren't actually coaches.

I think it's true that you innately know what you're mission is but sometimes it's helpful to have someone objective help you uncover it.

Funny I found this post because one of my passions as a certified life coach is helping people find their passion (I prefer this term to mission or purpose). So I would heartily agree that getting coached would be beneficial. And I don't just say that because I am one. But I am also a testament to being on the client end as well. It may take some experimenting with different coaches to find the right fit/connection for you, but it's worth it.

Best of success to you.

[Mogget]

There is a neat process I learned whilst doing NLP that is great for directionalising your life... it used Robert Dilts' Neurological Levels of Engagement as a base....

here's a great link that outlines one way of exploring this...

http://www.brefigroup.co.uk/acrobat/neurolog.pdf

We would have students mark out a space on the floor for each of the "levels" and step into one at a time starting from the environment end, to to gather all the information they could about their experience of that level... then to step from that level to a neutral side place, rinse and repeat with the next level. Once each spacial anchor had been set we got them to move from Environment, up through the levels bringing each level's learning up to the next to add richness and nuacnes to their undertsanding and the ptoential at each stage... people (myself included) generally found a very powerful vision/mission/passion/purpose by the time they get to the top.

[Keena]

One's mission and purpose often shows up in what you love to do the most, what brings you the most joy, and feel most passionate about! Spend some time thinking about what you love to do now - and what you loved to do as a child.

As an intuitive consultant and coach, just like Fun2bme, I have a great passion in helping people find their purpose.

Blessings,
Keena

[JackieLee]

thank you all for your input. I will be checking out the links you provided. This is something I've been pondering on for quite a while (years), the desire to have it all figured out and tied up in a nice ribbon comes back every few years or so ~ lol.

I have an EFT life coach ~ maybe I'll work with her on this ~ it just hasn't come up yet.

Thanks again,

Jackie

[JRhodes]

What do you most enjoy doing? Just because it's something you can't make a job out of doesn't mean you can't make it your life mission.

[this is fun]

Originally Posted by JackieLee

Here's my problem. I find I am unable to figure out what my life mission is. It seems to change with the tide/wind/whatever I'm really involved in at the time.

Hm, I seem to have a similar ''problem''. I've been thinking about it a lot lately. They always talk about a life mission.
What I've been asking myself is why should there be only one life mission? Could there be more? What if I have one mission in the next ten years and then another mission to follow? Could you have two life missions at the same time but in different areas?

I'll check out the links as well!

[JackieLee]

This is fun ~ thank you.

I guess my all or nothingness runs deeper than I imagine I think lol, it never even crossed my mind this could be an AND thing instead of only lol.

I will think about that as well.

Can anyone tell me what they feel is their life mission?? Maybe seeing some others would spark something in me??

Thanks for all your help!

Jackie

[this is fun]

Originally Posted by JackieLee

I guess my all or nothingness runs deeper than I imagine I think lol, it never even crossed my mind this could be an AND thing instead of only lol.

Yes, I know, this is how I mostly thought about it, but there was always something amiss, something I couldn't quite pinpoint. And then a few days ago it hit me, why not replace 'only' with 'and'. Why is there only way?

Hopefully more people will reply and we'll get a better sense of it all

[Keena]

Originally Posted by this is fun

They always talk about a life mission.
What I've been asking myself is why should there be only one life mission? Could there be more? What if I have one mission in the next ten years and then another mission to follow? Could you have two life missions at the same time but in different areas?

You absolutely could have more than one life mission! You can have many - they can be serial (one after the other) and/or they can be concurrent.

You see we have a soul purpose - which is a collection of similar energies we are here to express. But how we express those energies are myriad! Whether we call them life purposes or missions - it doesn't matter - all that matters is that you do them. In a soul realignment consultation I can put words to those energies so that you can explore how you express them, but you can do this also by examining what it is that you love to do and be - what lights your fire, inspires you, gives you joy. And that's right now.

You will notice themes or recurring patterns. Explore these patterns - how they have manifested in your life and evolved over time. This will give you a "historical perspective", but what ever is your passion now - that's what you should focus on.

And to give you an example, your soul purpose energies might be, to simplify greatly, to communicate. Well, you could do that by being a teacher, a musician, an author, an actor, a consultant, a speaker, an artist, a coach, etc. - and these can be career choices or just something that you can BE. You could find a connection with one or two of these things or many. You could be a music teacher for example. Or, you could be an artist, musician and teacher, as well as a creativity coach (concurrent). You could be an artist/musician when you are younger, and go on to teach and coach with all your life experience as you get older (serial). You could be an actor professionally, but be a painter as a hobby. You could be a stay-at-home parent, but your strengths as a teacher, artist, musician and storyteller make you exemplary. These are all life purposes/missions.

You will find the most satisfaction with your life and career if they include large components of our soul purpose. But your life purpose/mission can be expressed in many ways!

Joy and peace,
Keena

[this is fun]

Originally Posted by Keena

You see we have a soul purpose - which is a collection of similar energies we are here to express. But how we express those energies are myriad! Whether we call them life purposes or missions - it doesn't matter - all that matters is that you do them. In a soul realignment consultation I can put words to those energies so that you can explore how you express them, but you can do this also by examining what it is that you love to do and be - what lights your fire, inspires you, gives you joy. And that's right now.

Hey Keena, great post thanks. This idea sits much better with me!

Originally Posted by Keena

You will notice themes or recurring patterns. Explore these patterns - how they have manifested in your life and evolved over time. This will give you a "historical perspective", but what ever is your passion now - that's what you should focus on.

In some areas, I've already started looking into this. But I'll be more consistent with it now.

[Talkofthatown919]

Finding your life purpose is more so something that you enjoy doing no matter what and always will

[Mogget]

Originally Posted by JackieLee

This is fun ~ thank you.


Can anyone tell me what they feel is their life mission?? Maybe seeing some others would spark something in me??

The only Mission I was aware of (which became known to me through a profound spiritual experience) I have now completed and it has left me a little at a loss myself.

For now I am taking "time off" and just living for me, and learning how to be comfortable doing that. It has taken some time! I am no longer searching for a mission as such, but am looking for a focus to how I spend my time. There are certain things I find very rewarding and it will probably centre on those.

My fiance has also experienced something similar where he had a profound life changing expereince of being given a mission, and another when it was fulfilled to let him know it was done... He now considers this life to be "his life off"...

My good friend has a strong sense that his Mission is to be a teacher, to unlock human potential and this has beenthe driving principal in his life for decades.