A moment that held a lot of purposeful meaning for me was the first
time I helped lead a meditation that kicked off a women’s inner development
retreat weekend. Although I had spent
some time prior helping to organize the event, during the moment that the
retreat kicked off, I felt a great surge of joy and fulfillment. I was so excited that I got to participate in
this work and this was my actual job!
I had recently quit my prior job as a staff accountant. After desperately searching for an
opportunity late at night, I found a job post that seemed crafted just for
me. Shortly thereafter, I took a risk to
completely switch roles and become the executive assistant for a transpersonal
psychologist that teaches conscious embodiment.
In that moment when the retreat kicked off, I felt like a
caterpillar who had thought the world was ending, but instead had become a
butterfly. Although I have always sought
to live each day with purpose, regardless of my environment, this moment stands
out as one that reached a new height of fulfillment. It tapped in perfectly to my dominant purpose
drive which is to bring people together and leverage the strength of
communities. I was deeply excited to get
to work on a project that was drawing a collective of women together to expand their
awareness as well as build their love and compassion for themselves. In this experience, I felt a sense of
fulfillment by contributing to the growth of others, building
relationships, and seeing an immediate impact of my efforts.
That’s the power of purpose and the fulfillment it
brings. When you’re aware of what your individual drivers are, you can consciously design your time and the use of
your energy to encourage more of those meaningful moments.
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