How many times have you been asked about what your purpose is in life? How many times have you had a good answer? Even better, how many times have you given an answer that was full of fluff intended to appease the listener?
Your purpose first and foremost isn't to give other people an illusion or to walk in the shoes of or the path of others.
Your ultimate purpose is to successfully conquer and overtake what you're supposed to be pursuing! Walking in your purpose is truly about following the predestined path exclusively set out for you. You'll know when you're really walking in your purpose when every step you take evolves into a well mapped out journey where every street, highway and corner has your name ingrained on it. Walking in your purpose does not only pertain to those wanting to start a business. Your purpose could be to become a principle of a school or a general manager or an involved parent and the list goes on. Your purpose is whatever your heart desires with deep inner passion and drive. Your purpose is something that brings you total satisfaction and a sense of completeness.
So, are you really walking in your purpose? Do you have journey blockers on your path? Have you created a journey that has your name all over it? Are you dealing with a little traffic or complete roadblocks? Until you map out your journey, you will constantly encounter detours, roadblocks and flooded streets. Let's look at four things I call journey blockers to walking in your true purpose.
Detours: These things occur because you really never knew what your purpose was. Therefore it's easy for someone or something to come around and totally take you off of your path. These detours will cause you to doubt yourself and change courses very often. You go from pursuing a degree in medicine to pursing an engineering degree. You switch from pursuing your own business to pursuing the top managers position of someone elses company. Detours occur when you are unclear about your purposeful journey.
RoadBlocks: This happens because you are not ready to give your all to your purpose. In this instance anything can and will cause you to walk away from what you are supposed to be doing. You will start down the path, but you will not be willing to complete the full journey. You neglected to internalize what your purpose would require from you. Here is when you start something and stop it at the drop of a hat. You will register and start on your masters degree, but either a new baby or a new job will cause you to delay it, which really means to drop the course. RoadBlocks occur when you are not committed to your purposeful journey.
Flooded Streets: This is the most disheartening journey blocker I have every seen. These hinderances actually cause you to completely fade out the concept of a journey as if it never existed; leaving you confused and unwilling to go after anything else. As soon as something happens or someone says anything negative, you switch gears and totally ignore the path that you started on. It's so deeply moved from within that you don't even dream about it again. Flooded Streets occur when you are trying to take a path that was never intended for you. This is when you wear shoes that don't fit you or walk down paths that never had your name on it.
Traffic: Is the most common and expected journey blocker many people will face. Traffic on your path to your purpose is a temporary pause that allows you to restrategize and restructure what you're doing. During these traffic stops you gain knowledge, opportunities, resources and direction. The most accomplished people know how to willingly embrace then successfully conquer and overtake traffic. Traffic occurs only to those that know what their true purpose is and are committed to it. This is the defining moment where you either gain strength and momentum or you break down and lose your inner drive to go after what's rightfully yours.
The Journey Blockers to Walking in Your True Purpose will depend on whether you know what your purpose is or you are guessing about what your purpose is.
This is Your Chief Visionary with another lesson on taking your success by force.
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I like what you have to say in each of your blogs. You truly are (and have been) walking your talk. I look forward to reading more for I can totally relate!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Diane