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What is Your Life Purpose?
Are you on the right path? Are you making the right decisions?
Studies show that one of the things people most want to know is their purpose in
life.
As a nation we are busier than ever, but most are missing a deep, abiding
satisfaction with their life. Their relationships and jobs lack meaning and
their lives lack direction and Guidance.
When you're on the right path, it's easy to know it. But when you're not living
a guided existence, how do you get back on the right path?
First, realize that everyone has a life purpose.
Second, ask yourself - how authentic am I in my life?
Everyone's life purpose is deeply interwoven with the identity of their
authentic self. Your authentic self is the deepest part of you, the part of you
you can't change, the place within where your true, God-given gifts reside.
If you live a life where you seek to know your true, authentic self, then this
part of you will begin to emerge naturally. You'll find that your life
experiences unfold like a bloom, each of them filled with Guidance and meaning.
If you force yourself to live a life of social approval, as opposed to an
authentic life, you'll find that life is an empty experience with one hard knock
after another. You’ll feel as though you're always trying to hide something. And
you’ll feel that no one ever really knows you.
Make a commitment to living an authentic life (and no, this doesn't mean being
honest to a fault such as telling your best friend that she really does look fat
in that dress) and your purpose will become more clear, and your life more
fulfilling.
To some people the idea of an authentic life may seem scary, especially if their
true selves are not welcome in the mainstream or if a friend or loved one
doesn't approve.
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But try to look at it this way...our authentic self is the part of us that God
or the Source created. It's the reason why you're here - to learn to share and
express that true self with love and acceptance. This is where your God-given
gifts and abilities originate. It's impossible for that to be a negative. That
which comes from the Source is always good and rooted in love. Regardless of how
society sees it.
Yesterday a client came in for a reading and to discuss the state of her
marriage. As she started talking I immediately had a vision about their
relationship. Rather than functioning as marriage partners, they looked like two
separate worlds to me, relating to one another as business partners more so than
friends or lovers.
When I mentioned this to Lisa she revealed that they no longer had a sexual
relationship and that the only reason she was still involved with him at all was
the financial security their alliance offered.
Both had had affairs, she with other men and he with other men as well.
Lisa told me that she was terrified to leave her husband though, for fear that
he would not be able to handle life on his own. Though they hadn’t discussed it,
she knew he was desperate to keep his identity hidden and their marriage allowed
him to maintain a lifestyle that his family as well as the neighbors would
approve of.
Everyone has to determine for themselves when it’s right to openly live their
true identity, that’s a deeply personal decision. In this particular situation
though, I could see how her husband was secretly hoping for the opportunity to
live his authentic life. He just couldn’t find a way to take the first steps on
his own.
Knowing that both were really ready to move ahead I encouraged Lisa to talk
openly with her husband. When last I heard from her, they were beginning to
happily plan their futures without one another.
We often waste an enormous amount of time worrying what people will think, how
they’ll judge us and what catastrophes we’ll cause because we can’t be who our
loved ones want us to be. Most of the time, though, these fearsome potential
futures never occur.
As a psychic child growing up in a religious family in the South, I went through
my own mental and emotional gymnastics worrying about all of these things.
Ultimately I realized that my family and I wouldn’t have chosen to incarnate
together if we didn’t share some common lessons. As I mastered my own life
lessons, I knew I was helping to light the way for those I loved as well. Even
if it wasn’t evident to them at the time.
What we can’t foresee when we’re battling the demons within, is how many lives
we’ll touch and heal as the result of living an authentic life.
When you live an authentic life without fear and self-judgment, you open the
door to magic in your life. Your life purpose becomes brilliantly evident, and
living that purpose brings unimaginable gifts of healing, happiness and
inspiration to yourself as well as those around you.
It's impossible to find your purpose without being authentic, so set the course
for your Authentic Life, watch for the signs that will guide you along the way
and enjoy the ride.
Author's Bio
Melissa Van Rossum is an accomplished psychic & empathy. As the author of
bestselling books Their Way Home & All You've Ever Known, Melissa helps people
awaken to their dreams by showing them how to tap into their own Divine
Guidance. You can learn more about Melissa and her books at
www.theirwayhome.com
&
www.allyouveeverknown.com
and you can follow her at
www.twitter.com/ghostguide
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