Hi Gorgeous One!

It's me. Your True Purpose. I've been calling you for aaaages. But you're not picking up. Everything ok?

If you've been ignoring a part of you that feels like a calling, or a 'life purpose', one thing's for sure: it's going to keep coming back to remind you it's still there, waiting for you to pick up, and do something about it. And it's going to keep prodding you until you do.

It took me three years of seeing and passing up the opportunity to train in the work I do now. I'd tell myself it was too expensive or maybe that it wouldn't live up to my expectations. Every year the training course came up, and every year I'd pass... until finally, I accepted. One of the best decisions I ever made! The work I do now feels like something I'm meant to be doing, like everything has aligned and slotted into place.

A true purpose doesn't have to be a job or career, though. It could be a place you want to live. A need you've spotted in your community that needs addressing. It could be looking after your grandchildren, doing up a house or painting just for the sheer satisfaction and joy of it.

You'll recognise it as a true purpose, and not just another hobby or interest, because something about doing it, or the prospect of doing it, lights you up on the inside like all your Christmases came at once. It becomes something you simply can't NOT do.

You may be sitting here, reading this, thinking - that's all very well, but I'm not sure I really have a true purpose. Is that right? See above about community, grandchildren, doer-uppers.

Could it be that you're just missing or ignoring the signs?

1. You have an idea about a [insert blank here]. Be it a business, project, career, job, hobby, country - whatever it is, the idea keeps coming back to you. It's like a metaphorical poke in the ribs, as if to say: Remember me? Something about this idea lights you up and excites you.
2. Even if your life is great as it is right now, you feel like something's missing and you can't quite put your finger on it. You feel dissatisfied, sometimes in an indefinable way.
3. You notice signs everywhere: ads, billboards, TV programmes, or a friend starts talking about the very thing you're thinking of doing.
4. You're numbing yourself with food, alcohol, cigarettes.. trying to find comfort, but it's never enough.
5. You get the sense that you're living the 'wrong life' - that there's something more out there for you.
6. There's something you would do all day every day even if you didn't get paid to do it.
7. When you pay attention to this idea, dream or goal, it's like slipping on a pair of old and well-worn jeans - so completely comfortable, you feel like you've come home.

So, what next? Well, that's my question to you?

What's the one thing - or things? - that light you up and make you feel alive? What one step can you take today to start moving towards and embracing that sense of calling or true purpose?

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