In ONE word, what is your purpose?
I believe all of us are on this earth for a purpose. We are designed for that purpose. Every action we take or words we speak, relationships we build and interactions we have support that purpose.
My personal conviction and belief is that all of us are world-class at something (our purpose). Regrettably, many of us never discover it. We sometimes just go through the motions of life without reflecting or focusing on what our purpose in life is.
Have you discovered your purpose yet?
From my experience, you can distill your purpose down to one word. That one word can then be used as a reference point for your life. Whatever you are facing you can ask the question:
“Does this align or resonate with my purpose?” If it does, keep going. If it doesn’t you might need to re-think your purpose.
To get you started and to serve as an example, my purpose is: CHALLENGE. All that I am and do is about challenging people so they are more on purpose and living to their potential.
I CHALLENGE people to:
- Re-think priorities
- Give of their talents
- Teach someone
- Believe in something or someone
- Challenge the statues-quo
- Walk in others’ shoes before they judge
- Challenge themselves
- Discover who they are
- Think
- Accept their greatness
- Work to minimize shortcomings
- Work smart
- Be the Leader others want to follow
- Turn potential into greatness
What is your purpose, and how do you live it?
Please post your PURPOSE.
I wanted to elaborate on the purpose question. I think we are all here with the same general purpose: to grow our own souls. I think we come in here with a basic outline of the things we need to work on, whether it be our own pride, humility, compassion, faith, etc. I believe we soak up all the pain and hardships like a sponge, and it comes out in us later as wisdom. (For some, it comes out as bitterness or worse. But for those of us who are willing students, wisdom is what we are essentially seeking.) And I agree with you. We all have one main purpose, and it usually centers around helping other people. Some folks have the purpose of just serving as a bad example to the rest of us, but hey, that helps. I think wisdom is what we are all seeking – or should be. And the wisdom we gain while fulfilling our purpose is life’s answer to that age-old question: Why am I here?
What a great and inspirational comment Diane! Thank you for sharing!