When I first began my quest to know my life purpose, I thought, honestly, that it was some kind of divine job description. I thought it was this mysterious thing I had to DO, once I figured out what it was. What really bugged me was that if this “thing” I had to “DO” was so darned important, then why the heck do we not already know what it is!? I also tended to think that my life purpose, because it was a “thing” that I had to “DO”, was a job or career. Nope.
Because life purpose was such a baffling thing to me, I studied it intensely and found it extremely compelling. I found out everything I could – read every book on it (including lots of career books), went to all kinds of websites, did all the tests, took the courses, and did all the journaling assignments. You name it, I did it.
What I found was at the end of it all was the realization that life purpose was NOT something I had to DO as a job! Major relief there, let me tell you! Because I was not very much closer on that facet of it at that point.
So, if life purpose is not a job, what is it?
Life purpose is a couple of things. The first thing is expansion – growth or development – of your consciousness. This includes what brings us joy, as well as our challenges and life lessons. Second, it is to express your divine nature as a creator – a creator of your life, your reality – and the realization of your inherent power as a divine being. And lastly, life purpose is to express your soul level gifts and talents. When while we may grow in consciousness without “doing” anything in the physical realm, expressing ourselves involves action: “doing” stuff. And this is where the confusion with a job description comes in.
We express ourselves in myriad ways, often moment to moment throughout our lives. There is no extremem need to find your life purpose, because you are living at least some of it. That being said, bringing your life purpose into conscious awareness allows you to be more directive in your life and to experience more joy, passion and fulfillment.
To get a really good idea of what your purpose is related to, think about whom you admire, who you would love to “be just like”. It can be the quality of someone, like expressing love and caring like your Dad, or having the courage of your mom. Often times we admire people for what they do, like helping those in need, being the rich CEO of a global company or a published author. The qualities of the person themselves or the career that they have will be related to the qualities you are here to express and/or to learn from, i.e., part of your life purpose or life lessons.
Your life purpose CAN be expressed in your career, but it doesn’t have to be. It is not, after all, a divine job description. But! When you discover your life purpose, though, more than likely you will want a career that aligns with it. 
To your joy, success and abundance!
Blessings,
Keena
PS: If you would like to get a really concrete idea of who you are and the gifts and talents you are here to express and the life lessons you are here to learn, please look into the Discover Your Life Purpose program and consultations.
PPS: If you know your life purpose and you are ready to take the next step, please look into your ideal career.
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Keena,
What a great article you’ve written. I love it! You know it’s so true – our life purpose is definitely not going to be found in any job description. I struggles with this for many, many years. I’ve only just recently figured out my life purpose after searching for about 20 years! I wish someone had said to me to look to the people I admire and that might help me to understand my life purpose. It could have saved me 2 decades of looking! Thanks so much for that great tip!
Thank you, Angela! Glad you found it useful. It is one of the most helpful tips I’ve encountered in my search as well.
Blessings,
Keena