“Having a purpose is the difference between making a living and making a life.”
— Tom Thiss
First of all let’s address, ‘What is life purpose?’
Suddenly there is a lot of noise about discovering life purpose, all over again. But, this is not a new concept or fad. This was the original way of life.
But today, owing to the monotony & rush in life, every human is living with, in order to attain unending materialistic pleasures, he has started living life in auto mode. Life just happens every single day, by chance and not by choice. Most of us don’t even know what we want and what we are running behind.
Purpose is not something you are born with, or a sudden boon that you will receive, with lightning and thunder in the sky one day as a result of God being pleased by you 😉
Purpose is something which is realized, not by sitting under a sky full of stars and gazing endlessly.
Life purpose is found by trying new things and taking continuous action. The key is to listen to life’s true calling, by trying different things and evaluating the degree of fulfillment it gives you.
“There’s no greater gift than to honor your life’s calling. It’s why you were born. And how you become most truly alive.”
– Oprah Winfrey
Life purpose is that, which is shaped by two things essentially- Your ‘Beliefs‘ and ‘Values‘.
Life purpose is that, which reflects in things that give you joy, meaning, fulfilment, health, stability & longevity.
A life that is purpose driven, shifts the spotlight on the qualities and virtues you respect.
A life that is purpose driven, provides a greater sense of alignment between your inner world and your outer world.
A life that higher sense of purpose, has a lower risk of death, studies reveal!!!
Want more reasons to discover your higher purpose???
9 Reasons why purpose is important in life
- Adds Meaning to your life:
- Having a purpose in life, adds meaning to your life. Your existence becomes more meaningful and you start living each day with clarity and awareness as to why you are doing what you are doing. Life purpose also acts as an aid in answering the universal questions ‘who am I?’ and ‘what am I here for?’ and makes your life worth living.
“The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.” – Pablo Picasso
2. Gives a clear direction to your life:
When you have a life purpose, it helps you identify your goals. And, goals are great at giving you a direction in life. When the direction is clear, it is easier to make plans and list daily action steps to reach the goal. And when you perform each of these actions, it gives you the joy of living your life purpose every single day. People with purpose live in the flow of higher consciousness and feel connected to life and one with the universe.
“Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.” — John F. Kennedy
3. Helps you prioritize and make right choices:
A purpose in life helps you make right choices at every step of your life. It helps you prioritize your activities and aids by filling you up with pride every time you say no to something that doesn’t align with your higher purpose, rather than feel guilty about it. A purpose helps you with the drive to keep moving even when challenges are thrown at you. It helps you stay resilient and bounce back every time you receive a setback in life.
4. It makes you instrumental in contributing towards a ‘better world’:
Having a life purpose helps you contribute to a better world and allows you to create a real difference and a considerable impact on the world with what you are uniquely gifted with. This will help you focus on what matters to you the most and give you a sense of greater fulfilment and accomplishment.
5. Gives you a sense of fulfilment:
When you live your purpose, gratification and fulfilment become important rewards you will receive. This will become a viscous cycle and every time you live your purpose you will be rewarded with gratification and fulfilment, which will motivate you to live it more and more. This will bring about a fun element in your life and keep you going.
6. Realizing your potential:
A life purpose helps you identify and realize your true potential in the form of the gifts and talents you are blessed with and put them to optimum use. This also enables us to divert our efforts and hard work from something that are not your natural talents and you do not enjoy doing, to things you are naturally good at inclined to, and talents that you are gifted with. Optimizing your true potential will show up positively in each area of your life, in contrast to the feelings of frustration, annoyance and disheartenment that would show up otherwise.
7. Upgrades you to be your best version:
Living a life of purpose makes you shine with confidence, glow with joy and makes you the best version of yourself. It makes you more focused and disciplined and help you develop right attitude and habits. All this will contribute to your personal growth and development and upgrades you to your own better version every single day on this journey of living your purpose.
“The best contribution one can make to humanity is to improve oneself” – Frank Herbert
8. Bestows you with overall wellbeing:
One who starts living a life of purpose, experiences an overall wellbeing and happiness. It gives you more control over your life and removes stress from most areas of your life. From physical health, to mental health, to emotional health, to relationships, to spiritual growth. Living a life of purpose, certainly is ‘the one remedy’ to improve all areas of your life. In fact, a close study conducted by Randy Cohen, Alan Rozanski and Chirag Bavishi and published in 2015 reveals that the risk of death of old people, is lower for ones with high sense of purpose in life. This proves that having a purpose in life, aids to better overall wellbeing, happiness and longevity.
9. Alignment of your inner world with your outer world:
A life purpose deeply helps align your inner self with your outer self. Your inner values guide you to make the right choices in life and design your goals and remain on the right path. Values act as the base for every act, you thereby perform. When you start recognizing your inner self and start aligning your outer lifewith it, your life will be filled with authenticity and integrity and you will be able to make connections based on your core values and hence expand your circle of like-minded people.
Great writeup… Purpose to life is very important… its gives a motive to your day when u wake up…. Keep writing and enlightening us with ur thoughts….
Thank you for taking time to read and resonating with my perspective. I surely look forward to sharing my knowledge to the best of my ability.
A very good write up Seema in today’s world it is very important to understand the purpose for living n u have penned so beautifully n it’s easier for us to understand n take our lives to a better tomorrow Thankyou for sharing ur wonderful knowledge to make life worth living and not just living life
Thank you so much for resonating with my perspective and finding it valuable. I intend to impart and share to the best of my knowledge and ability.
This is the blog I am bookmarking & sharing with all my colleagues as a ready reckoner for awakening their purpose of life.
That’s awesome! Thanks for resonating!
A very thoughtful write up by the author / blogger. It’s such a viscious life nowadays that our mental abilities are completely overshadowed by mundane routines. The author’s writeup seems to have suddenly awakened us in identifying our goals & real purpose of life. Beautiful quotes & simple but deep insight awaekening..
Thank you for your deep observation, review and Resonance. It means al lot!
Beautifully explained in a simplified manner.Hoping all to find theirs and wishing you best always . Looking forward to many more. Thank you.
Glad you resonate! Thank you for your wishes and look forward to add more value to each one’s lives.
Beautiful writeup. Reads like a symphony of words and thoughts.
Thanks for sharing insightful and deep thoughts.
Thank you for reading through and expressing your resonance!
A good start.
“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.”
–Anaïs Nin
Writing is reflection of the mind. One word – – IKIGAI – – very well explained.
Thanks for your valuable comment. Yes, writing is indeed a reflection of mind and a way to express thoughts.
Wow Seema! Very well articulated. I loved the pictures accompanying each message…
Thank you so much Uma for your mindful reading and observations! Glad you resonate!
Super… Insightful…
Thank you so much Monesha for taking tome to read through and express resonance.
First of all congrats on your first blog.. very nice write up dear.keep it up all the very best. I’m hema from diva group…
Thank u so much Hema for taking tome to read and respond. It means a lot!!
Absolutely loved the flow of profound thoughts Seema on a topic very close to my heart. Very well articulated!
Thank you so much for resonating Farida!!
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Hi Seema,
Your blog has given a really good insight into the purpose. It gives an idea of what actually it means to everyone and how it gives fulfillment to your life. You can connect all revealing factors to yourself and start your search for your calling. It helps immensely to me and to all who are searching for their meaning in life.
Thanks a lot and wish you all best for future contribution enlighten of others life.
Thank you for taking time to read this and share your valuable opinion. I am pleasured that it was of help to your! Best wishes
A great insights on purpose of life which motivates me to work towards it. I will search for my purpose of life and working towards it the goal for me.
Thanks a lot Seema it’s a great opportunity for me to gain knowledge from you
Thank you Kavita, for taking time to read this and share your valuable opinion. I am pleasured that it was of help to your! Best wishes
Wow, very beautifully explained, this message is for all who still doesn’t have any purpose in their life and definitely your thoughts are wonderful and will help them all to reach thier purpose.
Thank you Seema for sharing your valuable knowledge with everyone.
Beautiful article that touches the soul to the core regarding the importance of understanding the meaning of a purposeful life, enveloped with motivation, spirituality and genuine care from the writer to bring out the realisation within each being reading it. Truly awesome! Highest gratitude to you Seema Ji for the unconditional love that vibrates in each word of yours in the article. 🙏👍🌷
Dear Sandhi,
Deep regard and gratitude for your valued words.🙏🏻🙏🏻
Love energy and positive vibrations are mutual and the ones vibrating in such frequencies only can connect and appreciate in this manner!!
Keep living purposefully!!!
After joining the session itself I came to know having a purpose in life adds tremendous meaning to my life.its not only enough if we came to know the purpose in life.but we have to put continuous actions in achieving it successfully.it will help us to build strong allignment with inner and outer world.
Thank you so much Seema for giving awareness about purpose in life .wish you all the best.
Thank you Susheela for your valuable addition! Best wishes!
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