Being Resilient and Flexible Yet Holding On
Responding To Query From A Reader
Hi Brad,
I would like to know how you reconcile the seemingly paradoxical
set up that goes with this ... being resilient and flexible
means being open to any and all change having a life purpose
means holding to your purpose come what may. In this context,
how can I know for sure that something I see as my life purpose
today might not be my life purpose tomorrow? (... 'then it's not
your life purpose' I hear you say, but what if I was wrong or
not seeing the big picture maybe when I discovered my life
purpose 'yesterday'? Is there truly no room for doubt for those
who arrive at their life purpose thru your methodology?
MY RESPONSE Great question. You've given me the opportunity to
ponder on this for a day or so and here's what came to me.
Short answer: You just know. But then, I realize that's too
short an answer. I don't know that I would accept it by itself,
so to take it a bit further.
This is what I perceive happens. In the Life On Purpose Process,
we first work to uncover the person's inherited purpose. This is
the fear, lack, struggling to survive based life shaping force
that can keep us from ever really getting around to clarifying
our true purpose.
By uncovering this, the person can move beyond it -- set it
aside, at least long enough to gain access to their true
purpose. I'd say when I look at my own life experience and from
working with many of my clients, doubt stems mostly if not
entirely from the inherited purpose. When I'm clear I'm not
operated from fear, lack or struggle, there's clarity not doubt.
The second part of the equation is from experiencing my life
purpose. When I'm living true to my life purpose -- when I'm
experiencing a life of purposeful, passionate and playful
service, when I'm in touch mindfully with the abundant universe
in which I live and I balance that with simplicity, and when I'm
truly experiencing spiritual serenity -- then I'm 'in the zone'
I'm experiencing a level of joy, satisfaction and fulfillment
that is unmistakable, and there is no doubt. I JUST KNOW that
I'm living true to my divinely inspired life purpose. And the
more I live it and the more I experience that level of joy and
satisfaction, the more affirmed I am.
Ok, that's my take on your great question.