Life Purpose

[naturesjewels21]

Do you know what your life purpose is? If so, how did you discover it? We all ask this at some point in our life, and over the last little while, I've been pondering this thought really strongly and deeply than I ever have before. I'm a bit of a scatter brain and I've been on a search to discover mine but I just don't know where to look.

Some people just know they are meant to be singers, to be doctors or teachers. I've also been told that maybe our life purpose doesn't come in the form of a job, but rather in regular life-- to be a parent or a volunteer of a charity or non-profit organization or even just a mentor to the kid down the street.

I guess I feel like everyone has a passion of some sort and I just don't know what mine is. I change my mind so friggin much. I've done a lot for a 27 year old. I've taken a road trip across the country. I've moved to a new town on a whim, I've taken classes and tried new things. And even when I like something, I just lose motivation quickly.


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When I was a kid, I knew I was an athlete and felt alive figure skating. I also loved to draw and collect rocks from the back yard. Ohh and I loved kitties.

I still collect rocks and absolutely love my dog and cat like crazy. I still try to be athletic, but without a set schedule I don't push myself to do it regularly. Ohh and I've always felt like I'm meant to just "take care" of something...I do with my animals -- all these things are fufilling to me -- but I am missing something deeper than that.

I've seen maybe comments on these boards that we shouldn't be labelling ourselves, but I am actually looking to define myself...

I realize now that maybe I should have written this as a journal, but I will leave it be and just see what happens.

Have a great day!

[climbing]

Hooping? Good enough purpose as any. It's definitely a part of my purpose.

But overall I'd say my purpose is to write, and write well. I'm not sure how I found it. I always wrote, all my life. Starting from the moment I could write, in kindergarten. I guess I just did it for fun all those years, and then in my early twenties I had an awakening and I just knew I was meant to be a writer. It was literally in a moment too... I was sitting in the bathtub, listening to my now-ex and his son watching tv in the living room, just daydreaming and BAM! All the sudden the novel I was supposed to write flashed before my mind's eye. I saw it all, the storyline, the characters, the feeling of it.

That was about five years ago and that novel is in its end stages now. We'll see how it goes once I get to the publishing stage, but no matter what happens I wrote it, and will continue to write other novels in the future.

[h0bby1]

wrong thread lol

[naturesjewels21]

Hooping? Good enough purpose as any. It's definitely a part of my purpose.

But overall I'd say my purpose is to write, and write well. I'm not sure how I found it. I always wrote, all my life. Starting from the moment I could write, in kindergarten. I guess I just did it for fun all those years, and then in my early twenties I had an awakening and I just knew I was meant to be a writer. It was literally in a moment too... I was sitting in the bathtub, listening to my now-ex and his son watching tv in the living room, just daydreaming and BAM! All the sudden the novel I was supposed to write flashed before my mind's eye. I saw it all, the storyline, the characters, the feeling of it.

That was about five years ago and that novel is in its end stages now. We'll see how it goes once I get to the publishing stage, but no matter what happens I wrote it, and will continue to write other novels in the future.

Aww Climbing that's so awesome. I'm so happy for you.

I guess for me, I am still looking for my ah-ha moment. When I was a kid, I had a neighbour who was like a big sister to me. I always wanted a sister. She taught me how to tie my shoe and actually she taught me how to hula-hoop. In kindergarten, we had a hula-hoop contest of who could hold it up the longest and I won lol.

And now I am actually in the progress of becoming a Big Sister with the Big Brother and Big Sister organization. I haven't been matched yet - but it was something I definitely felt like I am suppose to do. I still love hooping and tried to get interest going in my new town, but it hasn't quite worked yet and it's winter time now, so I haven't tried really hard yet.

I'm also recently getting back into pole dancing for fitness. It is the first thing I've really wanted to work for in sometime. Maybe I need to get back into meditating and asking my higher self these questions.

Thanks for your story climbing.

[sshenry]

I guess I feel like everyone has a passion of some sort and I just don't know what mine is. I change my mind so friggin much. I've done a lot for a 27 year old. I've taken a road trip across the country. I've moved to a new town on a whim, I've taken classes and tried new things. And even when I like something, I just lose motivation quickly.

Oh hon, I didn't know what I wanted to be at 27 either! I was a mother - a wife - a home maker - and I'd been writing little bits and pieces for publication whenever I got the chance (which wasn't often with two little kids) but even at that point I'd done so many things - TRIED so many things that I felt sort of like a patchwork quilt.

Even now -I'm 43 years old and in the course of my life I've worked at so many different kinds of jobs that it's not even funny. I've been an executive secretary, a camp counselor, a baker, a receptionist, a janitor, a newsletter editor, a waitress, a college registrar, a student counselor, a newspaper delivery girl, a substitute teacher, a professional musician, a college instructor, a fast food associate, a legal secretary, a wedding singer, a personal assistant, a human resources specialist, a sales associate, a certified paralegal and a licensed life insurance agent. And those are just the jobs I got paid for

Thing is - I've never been fired from a job. Ever. Every job I took on I excelled at and those that I worked for would have high hopes for me I'd just get bored (sound familiar?) or I would run into a conflict where the job required me to do something that I couldn't do and maintain my personal integrity and I would leave because there was no way to integrate the requirements of the job and what I felt in my heart to be right.

It's only been since 2002 that I have realized what it is that I AM (not so much what I wanted to BE as to what I already WAS) - and even then it took me another seven years to realize it. I finally figured out that all of the experiences I had; all the people that I had been thrown together with were part of becoming what it is that I am - a writer.

I'd always had a passion for it, and had scribbled away all the time my kids were little (sometimes bringing in a few extra dollars more often than not just filling up my own notebooks and journals), but never with a great deal of success, and more often than not for my own enjoyment. I never thought that I could actually make a living from writing - but in 2009 I was actually able to quit my day job and start writing full time. Currently I maintain two websites and blogs, work as a SEO Web Content Writer to pay the bills, have two books published, and am currently working on book #3 which I hope will be published sometime this year.

Again, let me say that it wasn't finding out what I wanted to do so much as discovering what I already WAS. That can make all the difference in the world

[makwaiskwew]

I collect rocks too. And while I have detached from many things materially...I still haul those rocks around...lol...I suppose it sound cliche almost to hear this from me again but none the less it is who I am.But I believe from the start there has been purpose, to bring us to where we are currently.Experiences to teach us lessons to help us to awaken into ourselves. I was reading your other thread as well about your work. Do you think that there is no purpose in it. Most certainly there is for it asks you to question. And I believe as well that you have already answered your own. Spread the love hon.xxoo

And it is really great to see you here<3

[naturesjewels21]

Thing is - I've never been fired from a job. Ever. Every job I took on I excelled at and those that I worked for would have high hopes for me I'd just get bored (sound familiar?) or I would run into a conflict where the job required me to do something that I couldn't do and maintain my personal integrity and I would leave because there was no way to integrate the requirements of the job and what I felt in my heart to be right.....

Again, let me say that it wasn't finding out what I wanted to do so much as discovering what I already WAS. That can make all the difference in the world

I can definitely see you as a writer It's sounds like you've had an ecclectic collection of experiences like me and yes the whole job thing you described sounds familar.

I guess at times I struggle with giving myself accolades for things I have accomplished...but if I look within myself or even as a person on the outside, I am living a full life, I've taken changes and all that has made me who I am....I guess sometimes I need a reminder.

[naturesjewels21]

I collect rocks too. And while I have detached from many things materially...I still haul those rocks around...lol...I suppose it sound cliche almost to hear this from me again but none the less it is who I am.But I believe from the start there has been purpose, to bring us to where we are currently.Experiences to teach us lessons to help us to awaken into ourselves. I was reading your other thread as well about your work. Do you think that there is no purpose in it. Most certainly there is for it asks you to question. And I believe as well that you have already answered your own. Spread the love hon.xxoo

And it is really great to see you here<3

mak! Always great to hear from you and thank you for sharing. Rocks are awesome. I moved to a new town about 7 months ago on the Canadian Shied -- completely covered in old rocks. I felt such a vibrational connection....most people who live here just don't even notice.

I have chosen to live my life far from what is normal in the town I was born and raised in and I've definitely had lessons to learn (and I suppose that will be a continuity in life.) And I guess I am still awakening into myself. I guess if I had to find a lesson into my current
job situation, is that maybe a little more confidence or leadership -- but also, regardless of what the sales are showing, it has been noted that I have brightened people's day or given them help personally in their lives...maybe that will lead to something bigger down the line.

[WingsOfIsis]

People's life purpose is rarely a job or something you make money at. It is never something you "do" but something you "be". It is natural and a part of you just being you but something you are naturally good at. It is never forced and nothing you can search for or figure out. Life will put you there.

Case in point, I never wanted kids and am not a kid person. At 19 I asked my guides what my life purpose was and they told me "a mother" and that my kids will do great things. Having the Indigo feeling of specialness I said "but *I* want to do something great!" A mother I thought...how ordinary. So I lived the next 11 years trying to be something special and do something great. I never found it and everything felt forced or just didn't work out well. I was a therapist, a medium, and wanna-be inspirational speaker. Nothing worked. I had my son (I felt called to and very much wanted him) and when he was 2 we moved and I couldn't find a job. I was forced to be a stay at home mom and was miserable. But as time passed I realized my whole life I was being trained to be a mom and *his* mom. He is a high needs Crystal and if I kept working he would very much have moved toward a dark path. He needed *me*. And i am a damn good mom and wife. Now I have the honor of parenting a Rainbow child. The powers that are chose my path and I had to surrender to that need. It was not about what I wanted.

My guides keep telling me that Mary Jesus' mother (speaking as a historical figure not necessarily a religious one) was *just* a mother. We often deminish the role we may be chosen to take but each role is so important. Your life purpose may be *just* a friend. But you are a damn good one. It is something that speaks to your heart. I heard one person say their wife's life purpose is a "day maker". She can just pass by someone and smile and it would make their day. Nothing huge or monumental. But important. As Indigos we want to be famous. We want to be Oprah or Deepak. But most often or paths are more subtle but just as influential.

[WingsOfIsis]

it has been noted that I have brightened people's day or given them help personally in their lives...maybe that will lead to something bigger down the line.

But this is already huge! Keep doing it and allow it to feel important. Life will carry you where you need to go. But this alone, no matter what job you have, is big enough. In time you will see but for now just hold onto that.

[naturesjewels21]

Holy Moly WingsofIsis, that was beautifully said. I am almost speechless about your story.

I am indigo, ontop of being a Leo -- so I tend to want to shine like a superstar...but honestly sometimes I feel like I do when a customer says something as simple as thank you for listening.

I may be trying to force things a little bit because I have chosen a much different path than those I grew up with and am still figuring it out. I am a bit of a scatterbrain, and it's probably true I have to let things flow a little more naturally.

I'm sure you are a wonderful mother. I guess if we truly listen to that guidance we are being lead to where we are suppose to be going, even if it's against what we originally thought.

[naturesjewels21]

But this is already huge! Keep doing it and allow it to feel important. Life will carry you where you need to go. But this alone, no matter what job you have, is big enough. In time you will see but for now just hold onto that.

I appreciate your thoughts.

[h0bby1]

i guess some ppl are supposed to define what should be everyone's life purpose through economic model design or something ?

[Nam3lessOne]

Do you know what your life purpose is? If so, how did you discover it? We all ask this at some point in our life, and over the last little while, I've been pondering this thought really strongly and deeply than I ever have before. I'm a bit of a scatter brain and I've been on a search to discover mine but I just don't know where to look.

Some people just know they are meant to be singers, to be doctors or teachers. I've also been told that maybe our life purpose doesn't come in the form of a job, but rather in regular life-- to be a parent or a volunteer of a charity or non-profit organization or even just a mentor to the kid down the street.

I guess I feel like everyone has a passion of some sort and I just don't know what mine is. I change my mind so friggin much. I've done a lot for a 27 year old. I've taken a road trip across the country. I've moved to a new town on a whim, I've taken classes and tried new things. And even when I like something, I just lose motivation quickly.

When I was a kid, I knew I was an athlete and felt alive figure skating. I also loved to draw and collect rocks from the back yard. Ohh and I loved kitties.

I still collect rocks and absolutely love my dog and cat like crazy. I still try to be athletic, but without a set schedule I don't push myself to do it regularly. Ohh and I've always felt like I'm meant to just "take care" of something...I do with my animals -- all these things are fufilling to me -- but I am missing something deeper than that.

I've seen maybe comments on these boards that we shouldn't be labelling ourselves, but I am actually looking to define myself...

I realize now that maybe I should have written this as a journal, but I will leave it be and just see what happens.

Have a great day!

Scatter brain.
Don't know where to look.
Change your mind so friggen much.

about 80% of this describes me down to a T... but I have a few clues to what I feel my purpose is.

My purpose is to create music, and to weave the art of storytelling into written format. I feel like everything else in life, ... all of the miracles and intrigues, both light and dark, will follow suit once I begin truly forfilling my destiny, but the problem is.... Its not just those things. I want to create new things all the time! I can't focus on just one thing! ...

Plus, I am incredibly hesitant. I'm not sure how the world will receive the true me once I express it. It is a fearsome thing!
I have... like... fifty aspects of me, different faces and manifestations of what I want to appear to people and what I want to do, but I am afraid that I won't be able to experience it all, and if I cast such wild diversity of self upon what I do, people won't be able to understand me or comprehend me. ... Its fear; fear of conscousness change, fear of life change, fear of poverty, fear of not seeing any reward for the effort,... and sedation from various sources of stimuli, both beneficial and non-beneficial.

All I know is that... right now... I feel like stagnant water, and I need some place to flow.

...

Not sure if you resonate with this at all, but this is my take on what I sense is missing about me.

[naturesjewels21]

I have... like... fifty aspects of me, different faces and manifestations of what I want to appear to people and what I want to do, but I am afraid that I won't be able to experience it all, and if I cast such wild diversity of self upon what I do, people won't be able to understand me or comprehend me. ... Its fear; fear of conscousness change, fear of life change, fear of poverty, fear of not seeing any reward for the effort,... and sedation from various sources of stimuli, both beneficial and non-beneficial.

All I know is that... right now... I feel like stagnant water, and I need some place to flow.
...
Not sure if you resonate with this at all, but this is my take on what I sense is missing about me.

Hi there. I seem to have run out of THANKS - otherwise I'd be hitting the THANKS button on your post.

The line I have bolded in your quote makes total sense to me and I do definitely relate to. I definitely do feel like I have come on this earth with a lot of fear and that's holding me back the most from reaching my fullest potential. But I suppose it's all part of the process right?

Maybe baby steps are the way - maybe it's the getting there that we're suppose to learn about. I think at one point or another I actually wrote a post about those fears your described. If I didn't - I know I thought about it.

[h0bby1]

never had trouble with finding my life purpose =) i pretty much know what it is, always more or less did, not sure how i found it out lol i guess i've been connected to the stars pretty young =)

problem with the thing of caring, it is the dilema generally, that ppl that need care will be generally rather poor, and tendency to be mess up and marginalised, so it is never easy to make a living out of helping, unless you do it in the context of some kind of structure or organisation, but they don't do it in the same way than apaches =) i'm maybe bad tongue on this, but i think you'd be pretty much disapointed as most ppl who are into that kind of stuff, and how superficial their view can be , and if you do outside of any organisation, it will often drag toward tense situation, need to have no fear , no shame, and being well focused, not being afraid of poverty for yourself and other kind of, need to be able to leave pretty much every (false?) sense of security you might have, to get active into that world, and it is not for nothing that those ppl are in this state of needing help, and why there is nothing done for them, it is because they don't fit the model that the society build for citizen, so it is always tricky to enter that kind of buisness if you don't have any connection with some establishement somewhere, which will often be the case

loved that pic i found yesterday



it is pretty much like it, need to be ok and fearless even in the middle of nowhere with nothing and no support, it is like this it work, if you let your fear get in the way, you'll not be efficient in most 'out of the box' situation to carry on anything with the maximum efficiency that is required to do that kind of things =)

as for finding it and making it a reality, i'd suggest reading about things, history of ppl, finding a sort of model, you're not the first one or the last one to feel like that, even if the medias are not focused on that sort of things, more on wall street and euro crisis and buisness circle and economy or political circles, they never really cared about anything else, and will always tend to shun ppl who don't fit in their economic planning, who generally is more the problem than the solution for the ppl who need help inside of the area ruled by those economic rules, need to get used to it lol

also things like kundalini yoga, and things that has to do with pranic field work can help to get more centered, more focused, more confident, eliminating fear by having a good connection between all the different part of your organism that can get in contradiction with each other, typically you want to do something mentally, but fear appear for insecurities about your material self, your subconscious who rule the physical aspect of your being, need to get everything in good connection and in agreement with each other, it is like this you become more in tune with yourself, less scared, more confident , more complete etc