Why Is Having A Sense Of Purpose In Life Important?
Why Is Having A Sense Of Purpose In Life Important?
Why do so many people feel anxious, empty, bored, hopeless, unworthy, like something’s missing from their lives, and are not motivated to get out of bed in the morning? What is missing in their lives and what can they do to fix it? It is a sense of purpose.
A sense of Purpose is extremely important for our happiness, wellbeing, ability to live our very best, fulfilling, meaningful, and content life. It helps us get excited, motivated about life, get through hard times, improve our self-worth, and fulfill our potential.
It also guides and influences our values, standards, life’s vision, mission, goals, identity, beliefs, feelings, decisions, actions, words, habits and eventually our destiny.
You may be wondering, Why do most people struggle to discover their purpose and ask themselves repeatedly “what’s my purpose in life?” and “why can’t I find my purpose?” Let’s answer these questions next.
Why Can’t I Find My Purpose?
Most people continue to live a very distracted conforming life. They do not consciously create a life of purpose and meaning and do not realize it until it’s too late. Many reasons may prevent you from discovering your purpose and living a misaligned life. Let’s discuss some of them below.
Comfortable Living Life
It is very appealing to live a comfortable, predictable, and stable life because it fits with one of our deepest human needs. Routines and rituals help us conserve our mental energy.
Staying comfortable keeps us from feeling anxious and getting hurt both physically and emotionally. Comfort also prevents us from growing and keeps us in unfulfilling jobs, unhealthy relationships, and from discovering our purpose.
Most of us claim that we do not have the time to discover our purpose because we waste a lot of our time, money, and energy acquiring and accumulating material things to appease our ego and other people because that is what society tells is a sign of status and success.
There is no need or desire to realize that you are here for a purpose and discover what it is. You tell yourself that you are too busy making a living, raising kids, fulfilling other obligations, and do not have time to figure out what your purpose is and why you are here.
Discovering your purpose, soul’s calling should be given an utmost priority before it is too late if you desire to live a meaningful, fulfilling, content, and best life. You can have all the material things and all the money and still feel unhappy, unfulfilled, and like something is missing in your life.
Spend some time in silence, meditating, and connecting to your creator and be guided to discover your purpose. There’s nothing wrong with enjoying your life and spending time with friends and family but fulfilling your purpose as well figure out what it is.
People are waiting for you to help them and you can even make a living by fulfilling your purpose by starting a purpose-driven business that you love.
Lack Of Self-Awareness
Your purpose is closely linked to your identity, values, and sense of self. If your situation changes, your identity role may shift with it, which could leave you feeling confused and lost.
You may be also mistakenly placing your purpose and self-worth in your relationships and you could become reliant on these people to give you a sense of fulfillment and that can cause you to feel inadequate, helpless, and fearful of rejection
You may not know and understand your true identity and inner power. You are a soul that is having a temporary human experience. You are a multi-dimensional, individualized expression of your creator. You matter and are here to do your creator’s work. Believe and know that your life has unlimited possibilities.
Take some time to explore your soul’s calling, true identity, access your inner creativity, gain self-awareness, understand your top core values, aligning your vision, and goals of life with them.
Don’t Know How To Discover Purpose
You may have been awakened by a setback like job loss, a relationship ending, a sickness that has made you realize that you were deriving your fulfillment and purpose from the wrong place, etc.
You may have also awakened through your seeking and insights which made you realize you are here for a reason (your purpose) and want to figure out what it is, however, you do not know how to do it.
There are lots of clues that you can follow like bread crumbs in your life to discover your purpose. For example, what did you enjoy as a child? what are you naturally good at? what is it that people compliment you on all the time? what topics do you love? gives you joy? and are you always drawn towards? what setbacks have you gone through that you can help someone else overcome?
You can also ask the trusted people in your life like your friends and family what they think are your strengths and unique gifts. All of us have been blessed with our unique gifts by our creator. Follow your joy because it is your compass to your purpose. When you feel joy when you do something, you know you’re on the right path.
You Do Not Value Your Gifts
You may undervalue your gifts and assume that everyone has those gifts and natural talents that you have and therefore you can not help others and make a difference in their lives. You have been given these gifts and have the perfect race, colour, body so that you can serve and help others. Everyone has their unique gifts so that they can do the same.
For clues and clarity, recall some things that people keep asking you to help them with. Also start spending some time in the quiet, meditating, connecting to your creator, and asking for guidance and clarity as to what your gifts are and how you can serve others.
Expect The Purpose To Be Unique
You may believe and expect that your purpose is unique and have a hard time figuring out what exactly it is. Your purpose is not unique. Our creator wants us to work for a collective cause and provide our unique solutions for it, based on our gifts, to the people, who need to be helped by us.
People who you will reach will resonate with your message because they are meant to be served with your message and method for a solution to their problem as opposed to someone else’s message. We are all part of our creator’s army.
We are all doing our creator’s work and people who resonate with you may not resonate with someone else. So, know that all of us have people who we are meant to serve and they’re waiting for you to start fulfilling your purpose so please do not let them down.
Feel Unworthy
You may feel not worthy and special enough to have been given purpose. You may feel the purpose is only given to special charismatic people. Know that you are here on earth, at this time, in your perfect body, because you are meant to serve others who are also here now otherwise you would have never been born.
Go on a journey of self-discovery, explore your wants, needs, and desires, heal your past wounds and let go of any fears, doubts, limiting identity, beliefs, thoughts, feelings, actions, words, and habits that ultimately keep you from fulfilling your purpose.
All human beings are here to continually grow so that they can serve others in a bigger and better way throughout their lives. It is never too late to discover your purpose and start serving. If you are breathing then it is never too late no matter what your age is.
In conclusion, purpose and meaning are extremely important for our happiness, wellbeing, ability to live our very best, fulfilling, meaningful, and content life. It helps us get excited, motivated about life, get through hard times, improve our self-worth, and fulfill our potential.
It also guides and influences our values, standards, life vision, mission, goals, identity, beliefs, feelings, decisions, actions, words, habits, and eventually our destiny.
if you live a life in alignment with your soul, which knows exactly why you are here, then it should not be difficult for you to discover your purpose. You will feel joy if and when you are on the right track. Simply follow your joy as a compass and you will find your purpose.
Also, always stay aligned to your creator, listen to your inner loving guidance, and intuition by spending some time in silence, meditating, and you will be guided to discover and fulfill your purpose.
All the best with your purpose discovery journey. Next, read what to do when you feel unhappy