Your Life Purpose Doesn’t Need To Be Grand

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wer. And that seldom serves us well.Although, it is easy to understand why we do this. We are surrounded by people and stories of people doing exceptional things on a large scale. We read about big names in history who carved a name for themselves — ones that have been embedded into the frequency of the universe.We are told from a young age to reach for the stars, and it makes for great motivation. But, maybe, for some of us, our purpose is not supposed to be grand.<blockquote id="d1a4">And that is okay, because it’s better to live an original life imperfectly than to imitate another person’s life to perfection.</blockquote>We think we need to do something bigger than ourselves because we hold that expectation of ourselves. However, expectations have been and are conditioned by our external environment. When we strip away our layers, which leads us to our authentic self, we find that we are already doing something big by existing.Having the creativity and motivation to do something grand is needed, but it’s also impossible for everyone to act on. There are over 7 billion people on Earth, and we cannot all be as productive and successful a

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s Francoise Bettencourt Meyers, Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos, and trying to be takes us away from the present as well as causing burnout.Some people are here merely to preserve the truth: You don’t need to find your purpose because you are it. And with that you can undertake any daily task and call it your purpose, because you find a new one every day in every experience. So then life’s purpose becomes: to water our plants, feed our children, pass on unbiased knowledge, tell the truth, walk someone home, take in a stray, buy someone a tea, give a bottle of water to a homeless person on a hot day, to spend time with the elderly, to listen, to understand someone.<blockquote id="93bc">Once we start doing these with intention, we put our heart into doing it, and when we do something with our whole heart, it leads to understanding unconditional love. Which is the highest act we can undertake in this material world.</blockquote>See, it’s not a grand plan that gives us purpose. It’s selfless action. No matter how small, when we act with intention, knowledge and truth, each of us is already doing more than we could ever know. And don’t let anyone ever tell you otherwise!</article></body>

Small acts undertaken with intention serve better

“But beware of this about callings: they may not lead us where we intended to go or even where we want to go. If we choose to follow, we may have to be willing to let go of the life we already planned and accept whatever is waiting for us. And if the calling is true, though we may not have gone where we intended, we will surely end up where we need to be.”― Steve Goodier

All humans seek something; knowledge, truth, the meaning of existence, God. Many of us ask ourselves: Why am I here? It is a beautiful question to ask — One that leads to compassion and truth. However, most of us, myself included, tend to overthink the answer. And that seldom serves us well.

Although, it is easy to understand why we do this. We are surrounded by people and stories of people doing exceptional things on a large scale. We read about big names in history who carved a name for themselves — ones that have been embedded into the frequency of the universe.

We are told from a young age to reach for the stars, and it makes for great motivation. But, maybe, for some of us, our purpose is not supposed to be grand.

And that is okay, because it’s better to live an original life imperfectly than to imitate another person’s life to perfection.

We think we need to do something bigger than ourselves because we hold that expectation of ourselves. However, expectations have been and are conditioned by our external environment. When we strip away our layers, which leads us to our authentic self, we find that we are already doing something big by existing.

Having the creativity and motivation to do something grand is needed, but it’s also impossible for everyone to act on. There are over 7 billion people on Earth, and we cannot all be as productive and successful as Francoise Bettencourt Meyers, Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos, and trying to be takes us away from the present as well as causing burnout.

Some people are here merely to preserve the truth: You don’t need to find your purpose because you are it. And with that you can undertake any daily task and call it your purpose, because you find a new one every day in every experience. So then life’s purpose becomes: to water our plants, feed our children, pass on unbiased knowledge, tell the truth, walk someone home, take in a stray, buy someone a tea, give a bottle of water to a homeless person on a hot day, to spend time with the elderly, to listen, to understand someone.

Once we start doing these with intention, we put our heart into doing it, and when we do something with our whole heart, it leads to understanding unconditional love. Which is the highest act we can undertake in this material world.

See, it’s not a grand plan that gives us purpose. It’s selfless action. No matter how small, when we act with intention, knowledge and truth, each of us is already doing more than we could ever know. And don’t let anyone ever tell you otherwise!