The process of my life
“To be purposeful is not to be goal-oriented, but to seek to reconnect to the source of one‘s life.” - Michael Meade
I love how this quote feels like a continuation of last week's quote. So if I'm no longer wishing to create hoops for myself to jump through in order to give purpose and meaning to my life, what am I doing instead?
How do I find this purpose and meaning in my life?
I spent so much of my time in the AT classroom 'learning' how to sit and stand. I wasn't actually learning how to sit and stand though, I was learning how to use myself, how to consciously go about such a regular activity, so that my whole self was aligned in this simple act. Ironically rather than learning a new way of sitting and standing, I was letting go of a lot of ideas and extra effort that weren't required to sit and stand. And from this place, of having let go of these ideas and efforts, and learning how to direct my thinking so that my body and mind work together, I began to regularly experience effortless standing and sitting.
Now when I reflect on this quote, I consider, what if the same applies to finding purpose and meaning in my life? Rather than obsessing over what my purpose may be, which in the past has led to stagnation and depression, what if my purpose in life is this process of noticing and letting go of the things that are no longer me, or perhaps never were me? It's not an easy process and in many ways, I am like an onion, revealing more and more layers when the time is right.
But this process of peeling away the layers, is my very own unique path in this world. I am no longer worried about what my purpose may be. In this process I find meaning. In this process I connect to my life source.
Journaling prompts: How do I connect to the idea of purpose in my life? Do I feel I am living my true purpose? If not, was there a time when I felt more connected to it? How did I recognize this? Could my purpose be a process rather than a final destination?
