Life’s purpose

Happy Wednesday,

How are you all doing on this amazing Wednesday evening? All is well here. Can you believe it, we’re half way through another week. Any fun plans for you this weekend? Shoot me a text or drop me a comment, I love hearing from you all.

This weekend I’m participating in a community yard sale and hoping to rid myself of more clutter. I think this go around, what doesn’t sell is going to Goodwill. Anyway, doing this garage sale is going to take up my entire weekend. I’m excited for it to be here. Fingers crossed I’ll get rid of most everything I’m selling.

I do want to take a brief moment to thank all my new subscribers. OMGoodness, I can’t tell you how excited I get when I receive notification that one of you amazing reader friends has subscribed. You truly do, make my day. Thank you, I’m beyond humbled.

Today, I wanted to talk about our purposes in life and how I believe at times, we focus on things such as reaching a certain goal, buying a certain home or car. Maybe we have fallen into believing what others equate purpose with rather than what truly gives us a sense of fulfilment.

I saw this post yesterday and I loved how it put into perspective what, in my opinion, true purpose looks like.

“Note to self, What is my purpose in life? I asked the void. What if I told you that you fullfilled it when you took an extra hour to talk to that kid at school about his life? said the voice. Or when you paid for that young couple in the restaurant? Or when you saved that dog in traffic? Or when you tied your father’s shoes for him? Your problem is that you equate your purpose with goal-based achievement. The Universe isn’t interested in your achievements…just your heart. When you choose to act out of kindness, compassion and love, you are already aligned with your true purpose. No need to look any further!”-unknown.

After reading this, I had to take a moment and think about what truly makes me feel good. Writing to you always makes me feel fulfilled. Being able to help John makes my heart happy. Spending time with my girl tribe is always a sprinkle of support, a dash of laughter and of course, I think I speak for all of us, we all walk away feeling uplifted knowing others have our back and support us through the BS we all face in life.

I do believe society has taught us to base our worth on the expectations of what others think, but do these expectations truly bring us happiness, or a feeling of worthiness? Are these expectations what God has set for our true purpose in life, or are they a distraction from His way?

What is your purpose in life? Something to think about, yeah?

You know, for the longest time, I had no clue what my true purpose was. All I knew was, I enjoyed helping others. I loved raising my boys and helping them with homework, baking cookies with them and spending afternoons at the park, amongst other things.

What I didn’t realize was my happiness was in those times spent with just me and them. I wasted so much time striving after this misconceived notion that I had to be perfect. I had to have things in my home just so. I had to have dinner on the table at a certain time. I had to ensure all the home chores, inside and out were done. I raced around like a chicken with my head cut off, but when I allowed myself to be immersed in the moments with my sons, those are the memories I remember.

I thought my sole purpose was to serve my household, but, in an unhealthy way. I failed to see that putting my efforts into raising fine young men was enough. I didn’t have to try and please everyone at work. I didn’t have to be a slave to my ex in order to serve my home and those I loved. Being a slave, or someone’s servant wasn’t God’s plan. His plan was for me to be of service and to not only treat with love, kindness and compassion, but to have those feelings of gratitude reciprocated. I spent my entire life climbing the most impossible mountain, then one day, I fell and it took falling to see how messed up I was in my thinking. I didn’t have to be the best to have a fulfilling purpose. I only needed to have love, compassion and kindness to be aligned with Him and perhaps then, His purpose would have been more manifested in my life.

To this day, I still love doing for others. Funny, it just came to mind how I used to love staying up super late at night designing cards for the older people in my life. I got started sending out monthly cards to my aging in-laws, to older folks at church, along with older family members, my granny, my Aunt Billie, all because I remembered when I was quite young, my great grandma would send me letters and I was so exited to get them in the mail. One day when I was thinking about my excitement, I thought to myself, how fun would it be for the older people in my life to get fun mail. Mail that said, “you’re being thought of today.” Thus, my card making days began. I miss that. I miss creating cards to send out.

Isn’t is a wonderful feeling when we take time to help someone without the need to be noticed? I know when I have my phone time with Aunt Billie, I always feel so good because I spent time with her. She’s 99 years young and just hearing her voice makes me smile. Her laugh, it’s pretty darn special. She loves to share stories about her grand kids and of course her daughter and son-in-law too. Sometimes she walks down memory lane and shares little tidbits about her husband who passed away many years ago. Moments spent with her, they make me smile. Nobody can ever take away the memories I’m creating with her, memories that will carry me through the rest of my life.

Reflecting on these things in life helps me put into perspective what makes me happy and it fills my heart with not only love, but appreciation for the time I’m gifted to be able to do these things. God has filled my life with so many blessings, I’m beyond grateful.

God gave me a talent to write and being able to share time with you through my story makes my cup overflow with so much joy, love and happiness. While I still have the goal to get my manuscript published and to hopefully have my writing support me financially, my purpose, I pray stays the same as it was when I first started writing. My purpose in my work is to help others and hopefully to bring someone a moment of happiness in their world.

The Universe is truly interested in our heart and our motives. If we approach life with kindness, compassion and love towards others like the quote said, we are “already aligned with our true purpose.” We need not look any further. Everything else will fall into place right when it’s supposed to.

I believe if we continue to lead the best life and treat others with grace, the same grace God gives us, He will guide and direct our steps. With a little prayer, He will show us where we’re supposed to be. He’ll guide us if we only ask. We will then be aligned with our true purpose.

I believe we all have a different path in which we are to be on. And I believe we were all instilled with a divine purpose, and that is to treat others with kindness, compassion and love from the heart. We will one day join forces with the Universe. We will be completely aligned with His purpose for us. Just my thought anyway.

I’d love to know your thoughts, so if you have a moment, drop me a comment.

Well guys, I need to say goodbye for now.

Until next time, please don’t forget, Love Life++ Hugs.