happiful Magazine Article
Do you know your soul purpose? I wrote an article for happiful sharing my thoughts and actions we can take to understand ourselves better.
When you Google ‘how to find purpose and meaning’ over 16 billion results come up. That’s huge, and a very clear indication there are a lot of unsatisfied people walking about. Perhaps this is not so surprising given the last 18 months; the pandemic and enforced lockdowns have certainly brought the way we live our lives, and the choices we make, into sharp focus.
The truth is, humans have been searching for purpose and meaning since the beginning of consciousness. That search may have started off as a basic need to survive, however, as ever-expanding conscious beings, our search has evolved into something much more. We now need reasons for the choices we make, the challenges we face, the jobs we do and why are we here on this planet at this time.
I’m sure you will resonate with at least one of these statements, otherwise, you wouldn’t be reading this article:
Most of us at some point in our lives have felt lost, alone, dissatisfied, stuck in a rut or trapped by work/life pressures.
We have felt a deep and often inexplicable sense that there is something more than the physical (and commercial) world we live in.
Life has thrown us a few curve balls: broken hearts, ill health, loss, fear etc. We have tried to avoid the associated pain by not thinking about it, replacing undesirable thoughts with daydreams or positive affirmations, or substituting our unwanted emotions with food, drink, shopping etc.
We follow society's version of who we should be and how we should live.
We dim our light, or hide our true self, to fit in and feel accepted.
All these experiences are the Universe’s way of nudging us back on course, grabbing our attention, and in some cases, stopping us abruptly in our tracks. They are signs that we are sending our attention, or energy, outward rather than inward.
Read the rest of the article here: How to find your soul purpose
