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Why Am I Here?
What is my life purpose? Life purpose is the unique combination of your natural gifts, deepest passions, and core values that you use to contribute something meaningful to the world. It answers the question “Why am I here?” — not just what you do for a living, but the reason behind what you do. In short: your life purpose is where your talents, what you love, and what the world needs all intersect.
Essentially, we are searching for some fulfillment. Many individuals ask me to help them discover theirs. Their reason for being on this life’s journey.
One question I ask them is, “What drives you?” What makes you wake up in the morning and jump out of bed with a raring-to-go attitude? I believe you should live life with passion. So where is the passion in your life? Do you feel passionate about work, chores, shoveling snow (cutting the grass if there is no white stuff), or even your kids sometimes?
These things may not be what you would call life purpose, but you can find purpose in everything you do on this beautiful planet as a human. Life purpose is not just about your physical existence. It is also a spiritual path, though it is not a religious one. You can feel a sense of purpose when you do these simple tasks.
How to Discover Your Life Purpose: Start With Presence
A wise Buddhist monk once told me that when you do something, be present. Be fully present, immersed in the task. If you are doing dishes, wash them with a focused mind and heart. Don’t be thinking about how quickly you can get through them so you can watch the game or have a cup of tea. When you eat, stop and taste each mouthful, chewing, enjoying. Don’t sit shoveling more food onto your fork or cutting your meat, distracting yourself from the glorious taste in your mouth. Focus on that taste. You will be totally amazed at the rich flavors you never noticed before.
Life Purpose Meaning, Passion, And Purpose Quotes
I have included some life purpose quotes throughout this post for your edification. I hope you enjoy them. Here are the first ones I have chosen:
“No man or woman is an island. To exist just for yourself is meaningless. You can achieve the most satisfaction when you feel related to some greater purpose in life, something greater than yourself.” Denis Waitley
“I believe purpose is something for which one is responsible; it’s not just divinely assigned.” Michael J. Fox
It Is All About Living Purposefully
Making choices about the direction of your life can feel like a frightening responsibility. If you could have a clue, a light bulb would go on.
It is about living to the fullest spiritually and doing everything with love in your heart! Then living every moment to the fullest becomes your life purpose. Of course, we all have a unique life purpose, which is the thing or things that you can do for the betterment of all, for the highest good. I bet if you meditate on it, it will not be going out to earn more money to buy more things. Don’t get me wrong. The pleasure of material things is a wonderful aspect of physical life, but if you are reading this, my guess is your purpose probably relates to being of service in the world.
“There is no greater gift you can give or receive than to honor your calling. It’s why you were born, and how you become most truly alive.” Oprah Winfrey
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” Maya Angelou
“The secret of success is a consistency to purpose.” Benjamin Disraeli
What Is Your Purpose In Life?
Truly discovering yourself can be an amazingly challenging task: finding the real you and
your spiritual reason for being. Many people wander the globe aimlessly, trying to find a sense of purpose. Living a purpose-driven life is truly a goal worth fulfilling. There is a lot to learn in life. Whether it is what I want in life or how to find my career, the challenge can be daunting.
Here is one way of helping you learn how to find your purpose and passion in life: a few self-awareness questions that you could ponder that may help you with your search for the meaning of your life:
- Over the past month, what caused you to experience love, satisfaction, or a sense of meaning?
- Looking at your life so far, what skills, abilities, and concepts have you uncovered about yourself?
- What would you like to hear at your eulogy and read on your gravestone?
- What would you like to understand about what your family says about you?
- What gives you the most personal inspiration?
- What things you did as a kid excited you most?
- If a reporter were closely monitoring and studying you as an example of humanity, what would your day look like?
- If I could retire right now and never have to work again, would I fill my days with what would make me feel satisfied?
These self-awareness questions are meant to be pondered slowly, with honest reflection. You might also ask yourself: When do I lose track of time because I am so absorbed? Who do I most admire, and what qualities do we share? What problems in the world stir something deep in me, and how could I help? Write your answers down, revisit them over several days, and notice which themes keep repeating.
A Step-by-Step Self-Discovery Framework
Once you’ve pondered the questions above, you can put the answers together using Richard Leider’s classic purpose equation: Gifts + Passions + Values = Purpose. Here’s how to apply it:
- Identify your gifts. Write down the skills and natural talents others praise you for — the things that feel effortless to you but hard for others.
- Notice your passions. From your answers to the questions above, list the activities and causes that consistently bring you love, energy, and satisfaction.
- Clarify your values. Name the 3–5 principles you refuse to compromise on, such as honesty, creativity, service, or family.
- Find the overlap. Look for where all three lists intersect. Where do you use your gifts, on things you love, in a way that serves what you value?
- Write a one-sentence purpose statement. For example: “I use my gift for teaching (gifts) to help people heal (passions) with compassion (values).”
- Test it in real life. Take small actions aligned with this statement for 30 days, then reflect: does it feel meaningful and energizing? Refine as you go.
It all boils down to one ultimate question: how truly discovering your purpose in life will fulfill you.
Understanding and developing your life purpose matters for the life decisions you make. It influences behavior, shapes goal choices, becomes a road map for life, and helps you create meaning. It may connect to your occupation, which can bring you great satisfaction.
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What Is My Life Purpose, My True Life Purpose?
I have a Ph.D. in microbiology, which I worked hard for. I worked in the pharma industry for many years in high-level positions. However, it didn’t satisfy the truth of who I was. It was a difficult decision to give up the income, but I needed to follow my heart and my soul. Now I work with people to help them recognize, develop, and use their spiritual gifts. I help individuals move through many different kinds of pain. I help people understand who they are through meditation. Basically, I try my best to help people live the best, the happiest, the most spiritually tuned-in life they can.
“What am I living for and what am I dying for are the same question.” Margaret Atwood
“Great minds have purposes, others have wishes!“ Washington Irving
“If you organize your life around your passion, you can turn your passion into your story and then turn your story into something bigger, something that matters.” Blake Mycoskie
What Is My Life’s Purpose
Some individuals find their purpose lies in their obligations to the people in their lives, their
family, and friends. Some will follow a more spiritual path, teaching spirituality or religion-based ideologies. You may even find that all these things are part of the path that will fulfill you and that you select to follow.
Your purpose will be unique to you. When I am asked about life purpose, people feel that there is only one path for them to follow. This is not true generally. Your life’s design can change during your life in answer to the variations and inconsistencies of your own life’s experiential journey.
“Lean forward into your life. Begin each day as if it were on purpose.” Mary Anne Radmacher
“The self is made, not given.” Barbara Myerhoff
“People who use time wisely spend it on activities that advance their overall purpose in life.” John C. Maxwell
You may feel that trying to follow what you feel is your purpose is selfish, even egotistical. Your true purpose is your gift to the world. When you are fulfilled, your joy and happiness become a gift and a benefit to those around you. You don’t need to feel guilty about what you choose to do with this wonderful gift of life, as long as it doesn’t cause damage or pain to others. When your true purpose reveals itself, you can share it with everyone in the world.
“Genuine purpose points to the end of a self-absorbed, self-serving relationship to life.” Richard Leider is the founder of Inventure – The Purpose Company and one of America’s preeminent executive-life coaches.
This is his equation for life purpose:
G + P + V = P (gifts + passions + values = purpose)
You will notice that when you go through challenges or even high points in your life, the question of life purpose seems to come to the forefront. This is because your mind is focusing
on the outcome of any specific situation. The best thing to do in actuality is to not focus on the outcome. Be in the present. Yet retrospection can be good. When you look back at your life, you can see how every experience leads to another and yet another. The truth of the purpose of your life will not become completely evident until it is time to transfer to another one. Enjoy this one until that time.
If only you knew the meaning of life! Listen to this exploration about life purpose and how to discover yours in today’s episode of Unlocking Your Truth. We show you how meditation can help unveil your true purpose. We also discuss past life readings and life purpose readings and how they really can uncover the true nature of your existence.
If only you knew the meaning of life! Listen to this exploration about discovering your purpose in today’s episode of Unlocking Your Truth. We show you how meditation can help unveil your true purpose. We also discuss past life readings and life purpose readings and how they really can uncover the true nature of your existence.
In this podcast you will learn:
- Who am I?
- Your 2 life purposes: one that is unique to you and one you share with others.
- The 3 common reasons people are blocked from knowing their life purpose.
- When do I feel fulfilled?
- Why being a conformist and living your life for others doesn’t work.
- Where do I belong?
Blocks to Finding Purpose
In the episode, we explore the 3 common reasons people are blocked from knowing their life purpose. The first is fear — fear of failure, fear of judgment, or even fear of success, which keeps many people from daring to ask, “What am I really here for?” The second is conformity: living your life for others, following the expectations of family, culture, or society rather than your own inner calling. This is why being a conformist doesn’t work — your purpose is unique to you, so no one else’s template can fulfill it. The third is lack of self-awareness or clarity — when you are disconnected from who you truly are, often because you’re too busy, too distracted, or too focused on outcomes to be present and listen within. Recognizing these blocks is the first step to moving past them, because once you see what’s standing in your way, meditation and honest self-reflection can begin to dissolve it.
Join us on this episode of Unlocking Your Truth: What Is My Life Purpose, My True Life Purpose, and how to go about living a purpose-driven life?
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