Your Purpose and Your Why

What is my purpose!? I routinely hear this question when a client comes to see me for a session. Having this question is not unusual nor is it a bad thing; I think we all want to know why we are here on this planet. Unfortunately, we get caught up in the normal societal pathways and end up an old person without any true purpose. Most of have dreams or ideas of grandeur for our life but find ourselves never pursuing those dreams and ideas. There are a lot of reasons why people give up on their dreams, but mostly it is based in the fear of the unknown and the possibility of failure. However, we truly remember those people, in our history, that pave a new path, took a chance, and changed the world as we know it. Very rarely are history books filled with names of people who just followed what society has taught them about success. I have heard it said that the graveyard is the richest place on earth, because that is where all the dreams go to die, along with us, and this rings very true in my mind.

I was working with a client the other day, and the subject of their purpose was the primary subject of the session. They finally asked me, out of frustration, so what is your purpose then? I replied with, “I am currently serving my purpose”. Of course, I am now living out my purpose, but even that statement did not give me the solidity or conviction that I needed deep in my soul. It finally clicked deep…