Article 5: Purpose is Not a Destination, It Lives Within You

Most everyone sort of “gets” this. We have been hearing for some time now that the journey is what it’s all about; this fits very nicely with the concept of being present and not being so concerned about what is going to happen in your life once something (fill in the blank) happens.

Things work out the way they are supposed to. How many instances in your life can you think of things where you DID NOT get something that you were just going to DIE if it did not happen for you (new girl/boyfriend, acceptance into a specific college, this or that job, house … whatever) only to find in retrospect that you were far better off without out it.

Or more specifically, better off with whatever, whoever or wherever you ended up instead of what you thought you wanted. This is the divine working in your life. This is the universe looking out for you.

This is how your purpose happens, and happens uniquely to you. This by itself is not a revolutionary idea; we all intuitively believe that we are special and that there is a “calling” awaiting us if we can just find it.

Typically your purpose will not turn out to be a singular function that you will perform for the rest of your life. I find that many people are forever searching for that one elusive activity that they can dedicate their lives to. Can such a singular “calling” happen? Sure. There are lots of famous examples of people who became single-mindedly tied to the causes they championed (Martin Luther King and Mother Theresa quickly come to mind).

But instead of searching for plagues to cure, tyrannies to overthrow or dragons to slay, the first place to look for purpose is within yourself. You don’t have to go searching for your purpose in some kind of Magic Forest; you just have to be Who You Are, fully and completely.

You are unique for a reason. Not only is your uniqueness of value to you as you create the wealthy life you deserve, it also simultaneously facilitates your contribution to the bigger picture – the value you add will be like no one else’s on Earth. The universe does not respond to anyone else the same way it responds to you. You share a one-of-a-kind connection with the infinite energy of Source.

In The Matrix Reloaded, the rogue artificial intelligence program (Agent) Smith tells Neo: “Without purpose, we would not exist.”

I would modify that slightly to “Without meaning, we might as well not exist.” That is what being wealthy will do for you: it takes you to the core of who you are, discovering what you value the most and helping to create that reality.

OK … yeah, I was getting out there on the moonbeams with the AI stuff and all. But as The Boss once said. “Mama, that’s where the fun is!”