You Won’t Find Your Purpose in Your Head

I think this may sound familiar.

You know there is something more in you.

You have experience.

Ideas.

Things you've lived through.

Things you've learned.

A hard way.

And still,

You don't really know where to go with all of it.

It almost feels like you're carrying a heavy suitcase full of gifts,

But you don't know where to take it.

I know this feeling.

And this is where you can feel stuck when trying to find your purpose.

You start thinking harder.

Analyzing more,

Trying to calculate what makes sense,

What is safe,

Or what others will understand.

But purpose doesn't reveal itself through the mind.

It comes.

Through your heart.

Your body,

Your energy.

When something is truly yours,

There is usually life in it.

You may not have certainty.

It may even scare you.

But still,

When you think about it,

Something in you feels more alive.

And when something isn't yours,

Your body usually tells you that too.

Through resistance,

Exhaustion,

Irritation.

You know that feeling when your whole being is pulling away while your mind is still trying to convince you.

To keep going.

So maybe the question is not so much what should I do with my life.

What gives me life?

What feels true inside me.

What keeps returning to me?

What flows naturally through me.

And here's one more thing.

Please don't try to squeeze the answer out of yourself.

The best ideas usually don't come when you're forcing them.

They come when you're losing your grip.

When you rest,

When you walk.

Will you enjoy yourself?

When you're relaxed enough to hear yourself again.

So joy is not a distraction from your purpose.

Very often,

It is the door back to it.

So today or this week,

Do one small thing that gives you pleasure.

Something that makes you feel happy and alive.

Because maybe from that state of joy and relaxation,

You'll find the key to the purpose you've been looking for.