A common question that people sometimes ask themselves is about finding their purpose in life.
But it is not like there is a secret ledger out there somewhere that will tell us what we are supposed to be doing with our lives.
No, we make up our own answers. When we are thinking about how we will earn our money to make our living, we have to choose a path that we enjoy being on that will enable us to make a living. Who decides that? We do.
How do we get there? We ask questions. Begin with answering the first big one. Would you like to do that every day? What would you have to learn in order to be able to do that?
When we ask questions of ourselves, our answers steer us. For example, when I discovered drumming, I asked other people to show me the best ways to play. That opened the door to making new friends. That opened the way to finding new ways to use the drums for meditation as well as dance and singing. Notice how it makes you feel.
When we find ourselves going to the store to try some new food we heard about, that could introduce us to whole new eating habits. Notice how it makes you feel.
When we find our attention constantly or repeatedly being drawn to a particular subject, spirit is calling our attention to that subject. Notice how it makes you feel.
When the questions inspire our imagination and fire up our appetites, we are coming to life. This is exactly why we change careers, spiritual practices, partnerships, exercise habits, health habits.
When we ask questions and pursue answers, we are creating our purpose. Tools for finding and following this path include meditation, journaling, vision boards, personal reflection and goal setting.
All of this starts with us asking questions. Does this work for me? Would I like to do more of this? I wonder why they do it that way? Is this the best way to do it? Questions like these lead us to invent, create new ways to do things, reorganize and restructure our lives.
Questions are the guides to our quest. Wondering how to do business differently, do spirituality differently, do relationships differently? They all start with a simple question. Can this be done different? Better? Will it bring me more joy? More satisfaction?
When the energies in your life are aligned, you feel stronger, more clear minded, peaceful in your spirit, love flows through your heart.
Questions lead the way to our quest. Having someone who can help you answer these questions will help you clear your path. So you see, finding our path is always within our grasp.
Our psychic ability can bring things to our attention and our conscious mind can help us sort through data. Our intuition, our gut instinct makes that critical connection with our head until we find that alignment with all of our energy centers. We have optimum energy when we experience that alignment.
These questions can be challenging. For example, when cleaning out and decluttering, a common sticking point is when we need to let go of things in order to clear our path, but we have a hard time letting go of something we never use. We have an answer, but we have some resistance. The key question in this situation is will this thing help me get where I am going?
Similarly, we may recognize that changing jobs requires learning new skills or gaining new knowledge, and at that point we choose whether to focus and pursue that. Are we willing to expend the energy necessary to do this?
When we choose from fear, we say things like I better take this because I might not get a better offer. This is an energy drain on us. When we choose from love, our spirits are lifted with joy, creativity and passion. Let this guide how we answer our questions.
Focus on the goal and the how to get there will be revealed.
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