Do you know what your life purpose is? What motivates you to get up and out of bed each morning? Are you getting out of bed for the fear of what others will say, or maybe you fear being fired form your job.
In the absence of your life purpose, what does your day look like? Do you find yourself getting mixed up in another person’s affair? Are you placing high expectation on others to gain a sense of validation? Or are you trying to control everything in the world around you with the exception of your own world?
What does your life look like without a sense of purpose?
Human nature leads people to seek the validation they did not receive as a child in adulthood. If you were abandoned as a child and lacked the basic need of a child, nurturing, there is a good chance that you place high expectations on others for the fear that they will abandon you. The results of your expectations will unconsciously determine the outcome of that relationship.
What’s fascinating about the validation adult’s seek is that it is also a strong clue as to what a person’s true passion and purpose is in life. The quality you did not receive enough of as a child – abandonment, nurturing, love, validation, motivation, peace, guidance, etc., what you didn’t get enough of is what you have struggled to create for yourself with external validation your entire life.
Become aware of what you truly want in life – the answer, as I often say, is rooted deep in the core of your being. It is impossible for you to find what it is you are truly searching for unless you spend time, quality time with self - to listen to what you truly are searching for. When you could answer,“What am I looking for?" you will have discovered a major clue that will lead you to your life purpose.
Happy Friday – Master Life Coach, Toronto native Bruno LoGreco
6 comments:
Great question Bruno - "What does your life look like without a sense of purpose?" One we all should ask ourselves.
Discovering your life purpose and then living your life and making decisions based on that purpose, is what makes a happy and fulfilling life.
Here's a tip for discovering your purpose: think all the way back to childhood. When we you happiest? What were you doing? Who were you with? What about those times made you so happy? What about those same times of happiness into adulthood?
Take time to sit quietly by yourself each day and ask those questions. Very soon the answer will come to you.
Excellent post, Bruno! Bravo!
i've come to believe that really life has no "purpose"...it is just an experience.
often "purpose" connotes an attachment, an expectation...and this caused people to suffer...people who don't know their purpose feel they are somehow less because of it...people with a strong purpose forget to enjoy their life in the process...
at this point in my life...i think i'm open to a purpose but also fine with the experience of this human life itself...
Interesting post. I read it a couple times to let it sink in more.
Coincidence is that I have been pondering the purpose question the last few days and you just wrote about it today.
Food for thought. Thanks.
Welcome Arts Musings! It truly is as easy as discovering your purpose and then making decisions that enhance your purpose - I agree with your comment and I also like the way you worded it - I also like your exercise - Thanks for sharing!!
Thanks Sue!
Hi mona! I think one's purpose is one of many experiences too - I feel people get wrapped up in the definition of "purpose" Why does finding one's "Purpose" have to mean anything more than finding self-love? Most feel that having a purpose is about giving to others. Without self-love, the world around you is already a shaky place. Everybody has a different "Purpose" in life - We cannot all have the same purpose or the world would not go round and round. And besides, isn't supposed to be about "self" anyhow?
welcome SGTBM! Enjoy!
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As your post infers, purpose means different things. Each person can tap into a constant state inside the self which reinforces purpose. If you believe there is no such thing as right or wrong perception, then you may come to believe that all perception is a stepping stone. You gradually and progressively discard what you no longer need so as to rediscover, reinforce what you do.
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