Have I really found my purpose right now?

[SamVimes]

Hi!

as I already mentioned in a few other threads my life was rather unfocused and lacking motivation and a clear goal. I read a lot of Steve articles, but never really took any real action.

Just today I again tried the "find your purpose" trial, and despite being unfocused and sceptic just kept on going with it. And I must admit that the result was really a big surprise for me. I hope you don't mind me sharing this with you. But my mind (and heart) are a little excited and I want to use to flow to follow this inspiration. I probably haven't reached my final purpose (didn't have to cry), but for sure I felt something and I'm really excited were this path might lead me. I always considered myself kind of an misanthrope, sticking to myself, never having many friends. I labelled myself a parasite and extremly selfish in another thread. On the other hand I always thought of myself as a people pleaser, always aiming for harmony and thought this was because I wanted to avoid trouble and have people like me because of low self esteem).

I just mention this to help you understand my surprise when I saw the direction the find your purpose trial took me.

Right now (and probably I haven't reached my final solution) my purpose would be something like this:

"To find my inner peace and help others to achieve the same. To reduce suffering, hate and resentment. To give happiness, peace and harmony. To see the positive in life and our world and show it to others. To feel and pass on hope and optimism. To learn and share gratitude and forgiveness. To give and receive love. To reduce despair and increase harmony and fairness. But not through fighting injustice but rather through increasing justice. To be constructive instead of destructive."

Well...I guess you can now understand my astonishment. I can't say that I really can grasp all of it right now. But perhaps the flaws I saw in myself like always following others in their decisions (because I wanted them to be happy and I really didn't care), avoiding conflicts (just thinking I felt too weak to pursue them) always were hints about my real purpose. I never felt really ambitious about anything I could achieve for myself. But writing down these purpose really felt good...

At least now I can understand why I always have to cry watching the "Free Hugs Campaign"-video.

[OptimistPrime]

Sounds like an awesome purpose. I have one that is not dissimilar, and since I really started embracing it a couple months ago, I've been having all these wonderful opportunities show up in my life that allow me to put that purpose into practice. I'm even beginning to see how I can move out of my parents' house and live on my own or with someone else without having to get a job that I dislike.

[SamVimes]

Thanks for your kind and encouraging words!

I'm still feeling a bit mixed up by this discovery. I tried to refine my purpose a little bit, and that's where I actually stand:

"I constantly give and receive unconditional love. I experience happiness, hope/optimism and harmony, sharing it with as many people as possible. I live in harmony with nature and all living things and contribute to protecting them. I appreciate everything I experience and encourage others be grateful. I'm working on all of this in a constructive way."

It really feels right and good, even if I didn't really have to cry...but I really can't think of any other purpose that would touch me deeper. But of course a purpose is not meant to stay the same for all times, so I'm open for changes in the future.

I hope you don't mind me pouring my chaotic thoughts in this forum again, but this discovery really left me totally astonished and is quite contrary to my former picture of myself. It feels a bit scary experiencing what emotional impact this purpose has on me, if you saw yourself as a selfish, misanthropical slob before.

Has anybody experienced something similar when discovering his purpse? I would love to hear your feedback and experiences.

Of course, the real "work" starts now, trying to make some clear goals out of this purpose.

[OptimistPrime]

Originally Posted by SamVimes

I hope you don't mind me pouring my chaotic thoughts in this forum again, but this discovery really left me totally astonished and is quite contrary to my former picture of myself.

No, I don't mind at all.

Originally Posted by SamVimes

It feels a bit scary experiencing what emotional impact this purpose has on me, if you saw yourself as a selfish, misanthropical slob before.

Has anybody experienced something similar when discovering his purpse? I would love to hear your feedback and experiences.

Well, I didn't have such a radically different sense of identity beforehand as you did, but yeah, I was kind of shocked (in a good way) when I first started to get an idea of what my purpose was, because before that I had imagined that it would be something rather mundane.

[livinglife]

Hi all,

Not sure if anyone has heard of the passion test before but I recently did the course to become a certified passion test facilitator.

It's basically a simple system which helps you get clear on what your top 5 passions are and it also helped me get clear on my life purpose.

I'm giving away 10 free coaching sessions as part of my training (2 x 1-1.5 hour sessions) if anyone is interested in getting clarity about what their top 5 passions are?
Not selling anything hear just doing it to help because it helped me so much and helps with my training :-)

If you're interested just send me a message and we'll chat on skype, look forward to hearing from you!

[givingfahim]

Originally Posted by SamVimes

Hi!

as I already mentioned in a few other threads my life was rather unfocused and lacking motivation and a clear goal. I read a lot of Steve articles, but never really took any real action.

Just today I again tried the "find your purpose" trial, and despite being unfocused and sceptic just kept on going with it. And I must admit that the result was really a big surprise for me. I hope you don't mind me sharing this with you. But my mind (and heart) are a little excited and I want to use to flow to follow this inspiration. I probably haven't reached my final purpose (didn't have to cry), but for sure I felt something and I'm really excited were this path might lead me. I always considered myself kind of an misanthrope, sticking to myself, never having many friends. I labelled myself a parasite and extremly selfish in another thread. On the other hand I always thought of myself as a people pleaser, always aiming for harmony and thought this was because I wanted to avoid trouble and have people like me because of low self esteem).

I just mention this to help you understand my surprise when I saw the direction the find your purpose trial took me.

Right now (and probably I haven't reached my final solution) my purpose would be something like this:

"To find my inner peace and help others to achieve the same. To reduce suffering, hate and resentment. To give happiness, peace and harmony. To see the positive in life and our world and show it to others. To feel and pass on hope and optimism. To learn and share gratitude and forgiveness. To give and receive love. To reduce despair and increase harmony and fairness. But not through fighting injustice but rather through increasing justice. To be constructive instead of destructive."

Well...I guess you can now understand my astonishment. I can't say that I really can grasp all of it right now. But perhaps the flaws I saw in myself like always following others in their decisions (because I wanted them to be happy and I really didn't care), avoiding conflicts (just thinking I felt too weak to pursue them) always were hints about my real purpose. I never felt really ambitious about anything I could achieve for myself. But writing down these purpose really felt good...

At least now I can understand why I always have to cry watching the "Free Hugs Campaign"-video.

Inner peace is something that can't be compared with anything at all. A few months back I was so tumbled from the inside that nothing in life was going as it should be. I started doing meditation & it by the days it helped me a lot. You should give it a try. It'll help you calm down & to think straight so that you can look for your life purposes. Good Luck..

[Sypyres]

To answer your question,"Have I really found my purpose right now?", I would have to say yes. Your purpose NOW and in the NOW is what you are doing NOW. If what you choose to do tomorrow is totally different from what you are doing NOW, then that also would be your purpose in that NOW.
Man-Humans are always looking for a goal, a purpose to satisfy our EGO and self worth. If there was no purpose then why even bother, right?
I won't tell you there is a reason and there is a a purpose for everything we do because I simply do not know. I believe and hope there is but it is not me to say for sure. I'ved already died and came back, yet still left with the same questions.

[Lapka]

This is wonderful to read. I hope you are still feeling as enlightened and inspired as when you first posted this. Focusing on your life purpose will obviously help you overcome some of your more self destructive thoughts.

Most of us seem to feel that our life's purpose involves helping others and I would have to put myself in the same boat. I'm still working on my life purpose, but for now I simply remain grateful for all that I have.

[SleepBro]

Sounds like an awesome purpose! =)