What is your life purpose?

I slowly opened my eyes to the rays of morning sunshine slipping through the window. “What now?”

I looked outside the window, the skies were blue and there was a soft breeze blowing on my face. It looked like a wonderful day. But for some reason, I felt so heavy as I dragged my feet to the bathroom to get ready for work.

It was like I was operating on auto-pilot as I took a shower, brushed my teeth and got dressed. For me, it was just the beginning of another dragging day.

“What am I doing with my life? Why am I here?”

Have you ever gone through that time when every waking day was such a drag? You feel tired even before your work has begun. Nothing seems to go right and all you want is just to get through the day.

I used to go through my days aimlessly. I allowed myself to fall into a routine and thought I’d just go wherever life takes me.

But what I didn’t realize was I was missing out on having an amazing and wonderful life.

Once I started believing that I was meant for something greater than an automatic work robot, I realized that I needed to determine why I was here.

What was I put on Earth to do?

One day I received a message from a friend that I kept in my phone’s inbox for years. It was one of those random things that turned out to be an important spark for me to realize my life’s purpose. The message read:

“You always say the right things, you always inspire me. You are my angel.”

I had an “aha!” moment. I realized that one of my purposes in life is to inspire people. I am passionate about positivity and self-growth. And whenever my friends come to me for advice, I always try to rub off some of my passion and positivity on them.

But more than just inspiring people, I want to empower them to be the best versions of themselves and to live their best life ever.

One of the best life purpose exercises I came across was the one made by Arnold Patent published in Jack Canfield’s book Success Principles.

Patent’s life purpose exercise is composed of just four steps:
1. List down two of your unique personal qualities.
2. List down two ways you can express those qualities.
3. List down how you envision a perfect world is like.
4. Combine your answers to form your mission statement.

With the help of this exercise, I crafted my life purpose:

To use my passion and positivity to inspire and to empower people to passionately pursue their dreams, to live loving and positive lives, to enjoy success and to experience true happiness.

Why is having a purpose important?

Having a life purpose is important because it will serve as a guide for your actions.

Whenever you do something, ask yourself if it is in accordance with your purpose. This will help you to see your direction more clearly. Everything you do will have a reason and you’ll find that your days become more meaningful.

Waking up with a purpose also helps to energize you because a new day signals another chance for you to fulfill what you were meant to do and to become what you were meant to be.

What is your purpose?

Remember that each one of us has a purpose.

I have a purpose.

(Repeat that statement to yourself. Shout it out if you want.)

Embrace this fact and know that you are a unique human being endowed with talents and skills that will fulfill what you are meant to do and be.