Searching For Who You Are & What Your Purpose Is
"Today I want to be an engineer. Tomorrow I'm going to be a singer. Well maybe I'll try to be a nurse or a doctor." My old roommates from college used to joke like that. They were mocking another roommate of mine who couldn't make up his mind about what role he wanted to play in life. Although it was funny in the moment the fact is that this is real life for so many people. From one job to another people are in search. Searching for meaning. Searching for happiness or fulfillment in their work. Maybe this is where you are in your own life at the moment. You may be clueless as to what exactly you are supposed to be doing. If so you are not alone.
You see the thing is not necessarily that we don't search for who we are and what we are to become because I believe many of us do. It's mainly because we don't know how to even go about finding the answers to those questions. We all have things that light us up when we talk about them or make us feel excited just thinking about them. Those feelings are there and it's hard for us to hide it. But how do we harness those feelings and make use of them in our everyday lives?
I always say go in the direction of what energizes you and I mean that. Think of the things that light you up as a compass. It will help you to find who you are. It also will help you to learn about the things you are gifted in and the talents you possess. Don't ignore those feelings of excitement you get from being around or doing those things. It is a signal that you are in the right vicinity of what your life was designed for.
Who Am I?
For the longest time I was trying to take the typical American life path only because of my parent's expectations. So I went to college, graduated, and started looking for work. It felt so weird after I graduated because honestly I never saw myself sitting in someone's office or typical workplace nor had I had the desire to. I'm an artist at heart. A creative. It's just who I am and it's what I gravitate towards. Instead of focusing on creative pursuits I tried to do the things that society said would make me "successful". Long story short that was the worst decision of my life. I put my talents and all that stuff that made me excited on the back burner.
Let me tell you this. You will be miserable if you don't pursue what fires you up. Utterly miserable. No amount of money will change that for you. My wife is a perfect example of that. We were making good money when she was working for a company so that she could put her college degree to use. Well she hated that job and the only reason she kept pushing herself to go was because of the money. She was miserable. She would come home miserable, wake up miserable and often times she did not want to get out of bed. It wasn't until I motivated her to pursue her interests in health and fitness that a fire was lit under her butt.
Finding out what you were put on this Earth to do is one of the most freeing feelings there is. Its freeing because you can stop trying to be something or someone you're not. That's what I had been attempting to do but over the last few months my life has started to dramatically change. My overall health has improved, my purpose in this world is crystal clear, and more than anything I am more fired up about life than at any other point of my existence. This is not a coincidence.
All this has started to change for me because I tapped in to my gifts and talents and chose to walk in my purpose. I feel unstoppable. I feel the best I've ever felt. I feel free. This is how I want you to feel. I want you to gain a sense of direction and purpose if you don't have it. I want to you to be on fire about the things you love doing. It is not impossible. If God did it for me then he can do it for you.
Here are some resources that will help you narrow down who you really are and the things you really enjoy doing.
You were made for a purpose. Find it.
