The longing within is your Soul urging you to pursue your bliss and live the life you’ve only yet dreamed of

Every person on the planet was born with a purpose, a mission in life, a universal plan. 

Some people are lucky and already know what they are born to do, but others still have yet to discover it.

The difficulty is that we are conditioned by society, our families, and our friends, to work at a job or career, solely to make money, in order to pay bills, in order to survive. So we end up ignoring our purpose, our deep inner longings, and do what we feel we ‘should’ do instead of what we long for.

But working every day in a job you don’t enjoy, that doesn’t bring you happiness, may instead be making you more stressed and depressed, and can eventually lead to lack of health and even disease. 

Instead, I encourage you to listen to that restlessness burning inside of you that says "There's more to life." It’s there for a reason! It’s saying to you, "You are meant to live your life on purpose," and "you are meant to help others by living your life purposefully."

Why else would you feel these inner yearnings to have a life full of passion, joy, and true happiness, if you weren’t meant to live it? The Universe wouldn’t give you these deep heart-felt desires of the Soul, if you weren’t meant to express them and share them with the world.

So isn’t it time then, to listen to these inner soul-felt yearnings, and to live the life you’ve been longing to live?

THIS IS YOUR PURPOSE!

If you want to feel fulfilled, and lead a happy life, it’s ESSENTIAL that you find your passion and life purpose. Without a life purpose to guide you, your life may not ultimately fulfill you.

Identifying, acknowledging, and honoring this purpose is perhaps the MOST important action you can take. It’s important to take the time to understand what we’re here to do – and then pursue that with passion and enthusiasm.

You have something unique to offer the world; something that no one else can. No one else is like you, and no one else can give what you can give, in the way that you can give it. Because you will make a difference that no one else can, it is important to know your purpose and to live it.

Understanding your purpose is vital.

The world needs your unique gifts. And that is your job, to figure out how to share your gifts to help others. But what IS your Life’s Great Work, or your Purpose? What if you don’t know what your Life Purpose is? 

This is what I’m here to do: to help you find your Soul’s Purpose. And I’m here to help you design your life around your Purpose. 

Here are some (just a few) benefits to living your Life Purpose:            

• You feel a passion and excitement about life you've never felt before!

• You have a new clarity and focus which gives you a stronger sense of meaning in your life              

• You’re more deeply connected to the Source of life and are a conduit for its creativity and creations.              

• You are more hopeful, and you have more trust in the ways of the Universe – because you know that each action is guided by the Universe and is therefore meant to occur.          

• Life is more straightforward – You learn to follow your internal guidance system, so choices become much easier.             

• You are more likely to have better health because of your positive outlook as well as your overall general day-to-day happiness. The more joy you experience, the less stress you experience, the healthier you are.            

• Living your life on purpose creates stronger personal relationships because you are more genuine with yourself and with others.

I imagine you have experienced moments in your life when you felt truly connected with the Universe, like you were performing a task you were made for — maybe when you were organizing class or fundraiser, comforting an elderly family member, writing a novel, or perhaps creating a piece of art or music. In this moment you were in complete harmony with your purpose. 

Living on purpose feels alive, clear, and authentic! 

You may also experience “The Cosmic Flow,” which is a state of total absorption in which time seems to disappear and you feel completely content and fulfilled. 

In short, purpose offers definite emotional and psychological benefits!

PURPOSE CAN INFLUENCE PHYSICAL HEALTH

In addition to the emotional and psychological benefits, having a strong sense of purpose can also help you:

• LIVE LONGER: A 2009 study of over 73,000 Japanese people found that those who had a strong connection to their sense of purpose (which they call ikigai) tended to live longer than those who didn’t. Additionally, in his study of “Blue Zones” (communities in the world in which people are more likely to live past 100), Dan Buettner identified the factors that most centenarians share, one of them being a strong sense of purpose. In 2014, researchers used data that tracked adults over 14 years and found that "having a purpose in life appears to widely buffer against mortality risk across the adult years."

• PROTECT AGAINST HEART DISEASE: Another study in 2008 found that a lower level of purpose in Japanese men was associated with earlier death and cardiovascular disease. More research in this area showed that “purpose is a possible protective factor against near-future myocardial infarction among those with coronary heart disease.”

• PREVENT ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE: In studies of thousands of elderly subjects, Dr. Patricia Boyle, a neuropsychologist at the Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center in Chicago, found that people with a low sense of life purpose were 2.4 times more likely to get Alzheimer’s disease than those with a strong purpose.

• HANDLE PAIN BETTER: Purpose can also positively affect pain management—a study in The Journal of Pain found that women with a stronger sense of purpose were better able to withstand heat and cold stimuli applied to their skin.

PURPOSE LEADS TO BETTER RELATIONSHIPS

A 2009 study assessing the purpose of over 1,000 adults found that those with a high sense of meaning in their lives spent more time and attention on their loved ones and communities.

On the whole, people with purpose tend to be more engaged with their families, colleagues, and neighbors, enjoying more satisfying relationships as a result.

LIVING WITH PURPOSE PROMOTES RESILIENCE

One of the common features among people who live with purpose is that they are able to find meaning in the things that happen to them. Andrew Zolli, author of Resilience, describes these people as being able to “cog­ni­tively reap­praise sit­u­a­tions and reg­u­late emo­tions, turn­ing life’s prover­bial lemons into lemon­ade.”

Ed Diener’s extensive research on the science of well-being has found that people with a strong sense of purpose are better able to handle the ups and downs of life. Purpose can offer a psychological buffer against obstacles—thus, a person with a strong sense of purpose remains satisfied with life even while experiencing a difficult day. According to Barbara Fredrickson, this kind of long-term resilience can lead to better cardiovascular health, less worry, and greater happiness over time.

(excerpts from: https://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/why-life-purpose-important)