What is your Life's Purpose?

[Tomwalked]

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"What is your Life's Purpose?"

I am considering this question.
My coach asked me... and yeah, I have a quick and easy answer...
but, I started to think...
when was the last time I *REALLY* considered the question?
holding it like a zen koan... allowing the answer to emerge and not the answer that is expected, or rote, or practiced.

anyway... that's what I'm doing today... what is everyone else up to?



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[Anja]

Hi,

returning from a trip to my dear friend and spending a couple of days with my godson, his twinbrother and his big brother
(no one ever believes that staying with my friend and helping with the three young kids is a fun holiday, but for me it is!!  !!! Very much so! my friend is such a wonderful person and the twins (a year and a half) and their big brother (4 years and a half) are so much fun to be around. I always feel incredibly blessed by this friendship! 
I considered (and still am considering) these questions:

Are children of my own a part of life's plan for me?
If not how could I change the plan, for I really really love children?
Remembering I can have what I want.... it somehow should work...but how?
Finding a loving man seems like a good start...
what's keeping me from creating that??
what's REALLY keeping me from pursuing my wants?
Is it I doubt to be a good mom and wife?
Does the love of my godchildren and their siblings not
somehow show I can really contribute to their well-being and joy?
What would sooth the doubts of beeing a loving wife contributing to
my husbands happiness?
Why do the doubts sneak in so often?

What's the purpose of my life??


Did you have any ideas to answer your questions?
Have a great day
Anja

[Tomwalked]

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yesterday afternoon, I did a quick google of "finding one's life purpose"...
and found this article from Steve Pavlina (Michael has mentioned him on his show).

 How to discover your life purpose in about 20 minutes
( www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/01/how-to-discover-your-life-purpose-in-about-20-minutes/ )

Please read the article - it is wonderful...
in it he suggests the following exercise...

on a piece of paper write:
"What Is My True Life's Purpose:"

below it write an answer.
then another
and repeat till you find one that is so emotionally charged...
that you cry!


it's beauty is it's simplicity.



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[aniinl]

Hi Tom,

I heard about this article from a friend who did it and he indeed started crying during the process... I couldn't quite believe it because it just seemed too simple. And I haven't tried it out myself yet because I don't like the idea of crying in relation to that. I want this revelation to totally inspire me and make me happy!!

Did you do it? How did it work for you?


Two years ago, in my first ever NLP course, I learned that "the purpose of your life is when your talents and skills meet the needs of both yourself and other people". (Loosely translated from Dutch..) I do believe that.

My purpose in life is to bring people together and to inspire them to create positive change. Either by doing it myself or by just bringing them together and let someone else do the change, or by just inspiring and enabling them to create change themselves... Something like that. I think. At least that's what it is at the moment so I'm putting all my energy in that. I'm not worried if in two years or so I find out it's something even better

Keep us posted on your progress!
Glad you found a good coach!

Anja

[Michael Neill]

I've always been intrigued by questions of life purpose - firstly at what chunk size do you have something consistent enough to be your purpose throughout your life (as opposed to my purpose in this moment, which is to tickle my curiosity and inspire some responses)?

Second, what do you do differently once you know your purpose?  How is your life better (or not!) when you know your purpose in life?

Any thoughts welcome!

[Tomwalked]

 >  I've always been intrigued by questions of life purpose -
 >  firstly at what chunk size do you have something
 >  consistent enough to be your purpose throughout your
 >  life (as opposed to my purpose in this moment, which is
 >  to tickle my curiosity and inspire some responses)?



yeah... like when one is considering a tattoo:

"what image do you care enough about... and will care about for the rest of your life... enough to permanently etch into and under your skin... FOREVER!!"




 >  Second, what do you do differently once you know your
 >  purpose?  How is your life better (or not!) when you know
 >  your purpose in life?
 > 
 >  Any thoughts welcome!


so... not maybe as much a question of what to do differently...
but, in my case, I am trying to work through a diminishing passion in the work I do (metal sculpture, fabrication and teaching), yet not enough so to quit entirely - i still enjoy it... just not as much as I used to.

I also feel drawn to writing and i am exploring what that may mean. and where that may take me.

so my question, my desire to seek a life's purpose, is about what satisfies me the most, the greatest length of time...

I realize that I will always be doing my metal work, and I will always teach, and I will always be writing....
ALL in one way or another.

but, what does that look like?
what is the format...
how do I make that happen?

understanding myself, my passions, and taking on the questions like... "life's purpose"
are just the kind of big questions that I'm hoping can help.
a tool of self-reflection, self-examination...



Luckily....
pursuing one's life purpose, is very, very different then visiting Demitre's Tattoo Emporium.
hopefully, less chance of doing something you may regret for the rest of your life...