Discovering your purpose isn’t a race. Instead of having the attitude of, “I’ve gotta find it NOW, so I can get going and make it happen!”, with a drive for perfection and a “now-I-can-stop-searching-and-just-be-happy” attitude, you’ll be far better off taking a page from the book of Japanese aesthetics, and more specifically, the concept of wabi-sabi.
If we had it our way, we’d prefer to know what to do before we start doing it.
Thank goodness, then, that life’s lessons show us what we need to learn, despite our preferences.
In the quest for the solitary examples of what we think will make us better at certain things, we lose sight of what we can do to make us better equipped to handle the multitudes of situations that come our way each day. We strive for compassion, for example, because we think that’s an element of being a better person.
What about working on becoming a better person all-around?
What are you interested in at work? If you’re reading this, it means you’re interested in working at your best, with your heart and spirit in tact. It means you’re interested in HOW you work, not just WHAT you’re working at (although that matters, too). It means you want to express your purpose in this world, find meaning, and find peace and fulfillment in what you do.
Can you see how you have to go beyond just getting more done?
If you knew of someone who’s sole focus for the past twenty-plus years has been the cultivation of happiness, would you listen to what they had to say? I sure would.
You’ve been given light. You’ve been given a voice. Are you doing the most with it, or trying to hide the fact that you’re here?
If you’ve been around sports at all, ever, you’ve probably heard the saying that the higher you go in athletic performance, the game becomes 90% mental.
A question for you: Why is that?