Chances are, if you read the Mystic Sunday newsletter, you consider yourself a spiritual person. And, as many spiritual people do, you feel you came here, to this life, for a purpose.
But what is that purpose?
By now, I’m sure everyone has heard me talk about my aunt’s husband Scott who said as he was dying that he hadn’t done what he came here to do. That lit a fire under me. I quit my job and changed the course of my career within a month of him saying that.
What about you? Are you doing what you came here to do?
Yes. You are.
And so did Scott. Lying in a hospice, he may have thought he was supposed to be a healer. Or, I should say a healer of a different sort. What he did made people smile. It brought them joy. And smiling and joy always bring healing. He was doing exactly what he was supposed to be do.
So are you. You may feel like you’ve come here to do something BIG and if you haven’t yet accomplished it, you may feel like you’re waiting, incomplete, or even empty. Perhaps there is something big you’ll still do, perhaps not.
If so, you will. If not, guess what—you’re being here is enough. You are enough. Who you are touches people every day and because of something you say to someone or do to them, they in turn touch others.
That influence might be something small. Just the other day, I went hiking with a couple of friends. One of them picked up leaves as we hiked. When we had lunch later, she decorated the table with the leaves she had picked up. I’ll be doing that for Thanksgiving this year. Maybe someone at my table will like the idea and carry it forward, too.
You don’t have to come up with the next big technological breakthrough or cure cancer or discover how to efficiently irrigate drought-stricken areas. Maybe you won’t be the one to invent a smart watch that detects disease or a machine that washes, dries, irons, and folds clothes. Your life has meaning regardless.
Release yourself from the pressure to be more. Stay true to your values. Take hold of opportunities that excite you as they arise. Be authentic.
You are enough just as you are.