Another day! Another beautiful, possibility filled day! I am always grateful to be able to give thanks for my day as it begins – it means that I am still alive on this earth and have more time accomplish my purpose on this earth. So far I haven’t determined what my purpose is. My past is filled with accomplishments such as being a good and loving daughter, sister, aunt, niece, mother, wife, grandmother, friend - I’ve held some good jobs that have gleaned me some recognition and good salaries for the time which helped me grow into a more fulfilled human being – and while all of those things could be considered my life purpose at the time – they now fall into the category of successful accomplishments. If any one of those accomplishments had been my life purpose I would have found new parents to be a daughter to after mine passed away, I would have found a new husband to be a wife to after my husband passed away, I would have continued to have children so I would still have children to raise and nurture. I would still actively seek more and more successful employment opportunities, even though I am way over the age limit where anyone considers me good employee material. I continue to be a mother, grandmother, an aunt, a niece, cousin, friend, but that is only part of the puzzle. If this was the only reason I came to this earth, then I find myself in the company of millions and millions of people who have also completed their life purpose and are still here, wondering why.
No. there is still more for me to do. There is someone or many someones out there that can benefit from my knowledge, wisdom, experience, empathy, sympathy, energy and any other attribute I have. I feel that I can contribute towards the fulfillment of another’s success and life purpose.
In researching “life purpose” I ran across a wonderful blog:
http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/01/how-to-discover-your-life-purpose-in-about-20-minutes/ which gives you a step by step method of realizing what your life purpose is, and I am going to work on it just as soon as I finish this blog. If my life purpose is, indeed, helping people reduce and maintain their weight reduction, which is what I thought it was, then I will know and can continue working toward that end. If it isn’t I will become aware of what that purpose is and work to that end.
Check out Steve Pavlina’s blog – if you are interested in learning who you are and what you are here for. A short excerpt from his blog will give you some indication of where he is coming from:
“Here’s a story about Bruce Lee which sets the stage for this little exercise. A master martial artist asked Bruce to teach him everything Bruce knew about martial arts. Bruce held up two cups, both filled with liquid. “The first cup,” said Bruce, “represents all of your knowledge about martial arts. The second cup represents all of my knowledge about martial arts. If you want to fill your cup with my knowledge, you must first empty your cup of your knowledge.”
If you want to discover your true purpose in life, you must first empty your mind of all the false purposes you’ve been taught (including the idea that you may have no purpose at all).”
Tomorrow may find me taking your on an entirely different journey, but until I find out for sure, continue to
Think Thin Thoughts!
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