How to Reconnect

With Your Life Purpose

All of us, at one time or another, have questioned "Who am
I?" "Why am I here?" Or "What is my purpose?"
These questions are usually proceeded by….

Feelings of restlessness in your career and/or life. · A
knowing that time is passing you by and you are still not
happy and fulfilled. · A longing to do something more
meaningful with your life but you aren't sure what that is.

As we encounter these feelings we try to diminish them by
doing more like investing in a higher education, finding a
better paying job or even starting our own business.

But after all that, we are often times still feeling
unfulfilled, confused, discouraged and overwhelmed.

Because of these feelings, we figure that we still aren't
doing something right so we set out to do something
different, anything to help us feel better.

Intuitively we know that if we just find purpose and
meaning in our life we will feel better. However we often
confuse what we do for a living with our purpose. We
believe that our purpose is something that we can find, and
when we do, our lives will magically get better.

This creates problems because we think that our purpose is
something that is outside of us, something that we have to
do or attain. Instead, our purpose is the natural essence
of who we are just waiting to be expressed. We are our
purpose!!

Each of us has special gifts and talents that are
effortless for us to share with others. These unique gifts
and talents are so much a part of who we are that often
times we don't recognize that we are expressing them each
and every day. Because we don't realize that we are
expressing our purpose by just being who we are, we begin
looking for something else, feeling that we have to do more
and get better. This is when we begin to struggle and feel
confused and discouraged.

So how do you rediscover your special talents and gifts
that are your unique life purpose?

One way is to reconnect with what you loved to do as a
child. When you were a child you were unaware of the rules
and expectations of society and you were free to uniquely
express yourself.

Below are some simple steps you can follow that will help
you reconnect with your life purpose.

Step number 1: Answer the following questions quickly and
spontaneously.

1. When I was a child I always wanted to
______________________________

_.

2. When I was a child I always loved to
___________________________________.

3. When I was a child my happiest moments were
___________________________.

4. When I was a child my creative outlets were
_____________________________.

5. When I was a child I was most afraid
when______________________________.

Step number 2: Take each of your answers and describe your
reasons behind each answer. These are your "whys".

Step number 3: Go through all of your answers and look for
any feeling or essence words such as joy, freedom, love,
fun, and creativity. Look for any common themes and write
them down.

For example my husband wanted to be a rock star and a truck
driver when he was a child. As we took a closer look at
the reasons why he wanted to do each of those careers he
realized that his motivating factor was wanting a life of
freedom. A distinct part of his life purpose is to express
personal freedom in all that he does. It doesn't matter
what career he chooses as long as he is able to connect and
express his desire for personal freedom. As long as he is
feeling free, he is living his purpose and feels happy,
content and fulfilled.

Step number 4: Write down at least 2 qualities or feelings
that you must express in order to feel complete and alive.
Then ask yourself, "What can I do to express these feelings
each and every day?"

When you do, you will be happily on your way to living your
unique life's purpose by easily tapping in to your innate
gifts, natural strengths and talents.

Enjoy and embrace the thrill and joy of living your life's
purpose so every day is a wonderful, fulfilling adventure
where you know that you are making a positive difference in
the world.

"Often people attempt to live their lives backwards. They
try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more
of what they want, so that they will be happier. The way it
actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you
really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have
what you want." ~ Shakti Gawain

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Becky Kimes is a professional coach, speaker and author who
specializes in helping women break through the invisible
barriers keeping them from manifesting their dreams. She
works with individuals, and conducts live workshops and
tele-seminars. More information can be found at
http://www.goingforsuccess.com

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