Do You Know Your Purpose? Try This Short Exercise to See if You Know
How many times in your life has someone asked you if you know what your purpose is? Does it bother you to not know?
May I share with you a simple way you can find out what your ‘why’ or your purpose?
Get on track with where you might want to be headed in life and perhaps even start a new career or a new focus. All you need is a piece of paper and a pen and some quiet moments in order to do this exercise below. It might surprise you to find out that what you are doing right now is completely off target to what you are meant to do. Give it a try…
STEP 1:
Write down 3 individuals you know, and who know you
example:
1. God (this is acceptable)
2. Melissa (school friend)
3. Mrs. DePaiva (teacher)
STEP 2:
Write down 3 people you know, but who don’t know you
example:
1. Ghandi
2. Mother Theresa
3. Jim Rhon
STEP 3:
Next to their names, add what you respect or deeply appreciate about each of them the most from both groups.
1. God – unconditional love
2. Melissa (school friend) – her courage and strength
3. Mrs. DePaiva (friend’s mother) – her deep level of forgiveness and deep wisdom
1. Ghandi – Peaceful warrior
2. Mother Theresa – humanity driven
3. Jim Rhon – intelligence and candor
STEP 4:
Now, make a list of all those qualities you have written in a completely separate list.
example:
1. unconditional love
2. courage and strength
3. deep level of forgiveness and deep wisdom
4. peaceful warrior
5. humanity driven
6. intelligence and candor
STEP 5:
Read this list out loud (at least one time through) and put the words “I have” or “I am” before each word as you read it.
STEP 6:
Recognize that what we often appreciate in others are similar attributes we either have or want to see in ourselves. Consider this; we can discover, or create the possibilities of our higher purpose when declaring what we see on the inside, not by what we try so hard to do on the outside.
Going one step further you might ask yourself these questions:
- What kind of work would you have to do in order to serve in this capacity?
- What kind of value can you bring to others by living out those qualities you see?
- What field of expertise do you want to learn more about to enhance these qualities that can bring value to others?
These are just examples for you to use if you struggle with clarity in knowing what you want or don’t want in your life. Can it help you to narrow down your purpose, or let you know what your core values are by using this method? I believe it does but you are the only one who can listen to what you hear on the inside and take action.
Love yourself and the qualities you see within, and others will naturally want to know what that special ‘zing’ is in your spirit. For me, it is holy, for you it might just be the very thing that puts hope back in your life.
Maybe you too will be able to say that the most inspiring thing is when you look inside your heart and like what you see.
As always, I wish you joy and peace.
Comment and share below! I love knowing what you’ve discovered!
