Soul Missions
When The Universe Moves You
Sometimes you are made to move so you can fulfill your purpose
You Won’t Fit in if You Were Made for a Bigger Purpose
All my life, I felt like I didn’t belong. I couldn’t even understand why my parents had me. I mean, my old man(rip dad) was 52 and my mom was 41 when they had me. My dad had nine kids and my mom had seven. Together they had six. As the last of all of those children, I felt I wouldn’t have been missed if I wasn’t born because there were so many of us!
As a kid, every time I upset my mother, she would bring up how much she suffered during my birth. In my head, I’d think I didn’t ask you to have me, mother!
Most children drop during labor, but mom said I was moving up. Yeah, that’s about right. I didn’t want to come. She would then tell me I was a special child. Don’t all mothers think their kids are special?
Although criticized by most people while she was pregnant with me — because they probably thought damn another one — she said I was a gift to the family. A gift? It didn’t feel that way. Somehow, I always felt the weight of the family on my shoulders.
As the last born of the family, I always felt safe and taken care of by my parents and older siblings. Home was my comfort zone, but then I had to leave and come to the states. It was a huge opportunity I didn’t work for. I was taking a stroll with my then-boyfriend in university when a couple of guys called us to apply for green card lottos. We both applied and I can’t even remember the details, but I won! It basically fell on my lap. Meanwhile, my older siblings tried and worked hard to get visas to travel, but it never worked out so as the youngest I’d often think to myself, why me? Am I just that lucky or chosen?
Change Begins at the End of Your Comfort Zone
I moved to the United States and seven years later; I had an awakening. Such a weird thing to happen to a Ghanian kid, I thought, but it did. It took that long to happen because I lost my way when I arrived and got distracted. I spent six years in a relationship that ended up being a distraction to my purpose.
As for the awakening, nobody in my family knew what it’s about and they kind of freaked out about it so I don’t talk about it. I have so many things I’d love to share with my mother, but I don’t because I know it makes her worry. The last time I had a conversation with her about my ancestors, she seemed a bit spooked. “Has she finally lost it being all by herself over there?” I imagine her asking herself.
Leave to Live the Life You Came to Live
Where I’m from, there is no such thing as spiritual awakenings. There is no information about it, and even if there was, people would be scared to engage in such topics because of societal conditioning. If you engage in such things, you are considered a very weird person. If I had stayed back home, I would never have woken up to the truth of who I really am.
If you don’t fit in, you aren’t supposed to.
After I released resistance, I can understand the universe moved me so I could get the space from those in my hometown who would judge me for the path I'm on. I was moved away from the distractions so I could become who I came here to be.
Being moved away from my comfort zone was uncomfortable and scary in the beginning, but it allowed me to do exactly what I was put here to do. Now that I've grown and can stand strong in my power, I’m returning home to complete my mission.
Put Your Trust In The Universe
Being in one’s comfort zone is familiar, and it feels safe. Having a comfort zone is healthy, but leaving the comfort zone helps you transition, grow, and transform into who you came here to be. If all you ever do is hold on to what feels comfortable and familiar, you may miss out on wonderful opportunities and amazing new experiences.
When the universe moves you out of your comfort zone, it can seem daunting and sometimes even scary, but you don’t know what you are capable of until you venture outside of your own familiar little world.
The life you came here to live exists beyond your comfort zone, the bubble of your own personal thoughts, feelings, and beliefs. If you resist leaving your comfort zone, you resist growing and transforming. You resist all that gives life meaning.
Each time you transition, you move to a new level and these transitions are what transforms you. As you’re exposed to new experiences, new people, and new ideas, your state of being and your world naturally expands.
If you know you’re stuck in your comfort zone, you’ve taken a big step in recognizing the problem. When you leave your comfort zone and take risks in a new direction, others will notice, some of whom will be inspired by your bold move. You become a role model for those who may be reluctant to move outside their own comfort zones.
Thanks to the disruption of my old life and the soul-searching that resulted from it, I was able to see and learn the world in some very new ways. I’m grateful to the universe for moving me from my comfort zone.
