You’ve got guts.
Living your life purpose, while the most rewarding thing you could possibly do, may be the greatest challenge you can face. It requires baring your soul, facing yourself in brutal honesty, and showing, not just yourself and perhaps a few good friends, but the world who you truly are. It requires the strength of vulnerability. It requires the courage of sincerity. It is not for the meek. In fact many people seek to create drama, pain and chaos in their lives in order to avoid even knowing their life purpose, never mind actually living it.
Living your life’s purpose is truly the embodiment of the hero’s journey. You can spend many years, decades, or even our whole lives wondering if you have a purpose and if so, what it is. This is the start of the hero’s journey – the quest.
Along the path, the hero (and, of course, heroine) encounters many challenges. When you discover and acknowledge your life purpose, the hard part has only just begun! You must listen to your inner knowing – the quiet, gentle whispers of your soul – and take action. To those around you, the journey makes no sense, it’s uncomfortable, and it’s foolish. They may rise in opposition, telling you it is not safe to venture forth and embrace your dreams. Better to mire yourself in mediocrity and servitude, bound to a life of spiritual impoverishment for the illusion of safety, or avoiding conflict by doing what other people think is right for you. But only you can know what is right for you, and you have two choices: back down and live in constant dissatisfaction, or trust your intuition and take the wild ride of authentic living.
Along this path, the hero/ine will lose faith – in herself and the decision to have embarked on this journey. Yet, through some event or realization, you find your faith again and venture forth with renewed energy and determination. Holding a vision of the fulfillment and meaning inherent to a life lived with purpose, you begin to embody more of your purpose every day.
As you live more and more in your life purpose, your life begins to fill with a magic and specialness that could never have been felt otherwise. It’s truly like falling in love – only this is with yourself and your life.
The destination is one of great joy, connection, contribution and fulfillment, and yet before the destination is even reached the hero/ine knows that the value of the journey lies not in the riches at the end, but in the riches of the journey itself.
To your quest, brave seeker.
Blessings,
Keena
PS Of course, while everyone longs for the ideal of the hero’s journey, not everyone is at a point in their lives where they can embrace it, where they are willing to face the naked truth of who they are and why they are here. If you are ready to embrace your life purpose and embark on your quest, start HERE.
PS Living in authenticity is a wild ride!
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