6 Ways to Find Your Passion in Life Rachel Devine
What gets you jumping out of bed in the morning? When do you lose all sense of time or distraction? What makes you feel inner joy? Exploring these questions reveals clues about your innate passions and the purposes they point to in life. Uncovering what sets your soul on fire allows you to live on purpose rather than drifting through through life disengaged. This article will help you answer the question, “What is Your Passion in Life?” Let’s look at how to find your passion and purpose.
“The purpose of life is to discover your gift. The meaning of life is to give your gift away,” advised philosopher David Viscott. Your passions contain pointers to the gifts only you can give. Let’s explore what’s your passion?
What gets you jumping out of bed in the morning? When do you lose all sense of time or distraction? What makes you feel inner joy? Exploring these questions reveals clues about your innate passions and the purpose they point to in life. Uncovering what sets your soul on fire allows you to live on purpose rather than drifting through life disengaged. This article will help you answer the question, “What is Your Passion in Life?” Let’s look at how to find your passion and purpose.
“The purpose of life is to discover your gift. The meaning of life is to give your gift away,” advised philosopher David Viscott. Your passions contain pointers to the gifts only you can give. Let’s explore what’s your passion?
Your Interests and Talents
What activities energize you and what skills come naturally? Make a list of your interests, strengths, and talents. Common themes will emerge that reveal core passions. Pay attention to what really makes you feel passionate in life. Also, think about what you love doing. What you love doing is also at the core of your purpose in life.
Trying New Experiences
Step outside your comfort zone to experiment with new hobbies, classes, groups, and adventures related to your passions. Join a cooking course, photography club, or an art class, or perhaps a creative writing workshop. Actively sampling the array of possibilities will help you uncover your passion in life. This is the start to transforming your life with meaning.
Immersing Yourself
Don’t just dabble in potential passions, but fully immerse yourself to see what resonates. Spend a summer volunteering at an animal shelter if you love animals. Study jazz piano if that lights you up. Join an extensive art class. Your most vital passions will emerge and you will feel like you are coming back to a familiar home. This will bring you much happiness.
Reconnecting with Childhood Joy
Think back to what activities deeply engaged you as a child. Was it painting, building treehouses, being around animals, or putting on shows? Revisiting these childhood passions reminds you of who you are at your core. Do a short meditation on what life was like as a child and just let your thoughts focus on your childhood and see what comes up in your thoughts.
Purposeful Planning
Once you’ve identified a primary passion, strategically align your life with it. Make time for immersing yourself in what you love daily. Set big goals around how to contribute your talents to the world. Integrate your passion into career, relationships and lifestyle intentionally. Start up a new business, or volunteer your time, or perhaps you want to become a life coach. Whatever you are passionate about, you can start to make strives to bring to the world. The joy will be in the discovery, as well as the journey.
Benefits of Living Passionately
Greater happiness, fulfillment and life satisfaction
Improved self-esteem and sense of identity
Increased motivation, energy, and resilience
Reduced stress and stronger immunity
Reinvigorated sense of adventure and play
Closer connections and enjoyment of others
Improved work performance and effectiveness
Making a meaningful impact on the world
In Dr. Wayne Dyer’s book, Excuses Begone, Dr. Dyer defined passion as: “A vigorous enthusiasm that you feel deep within you. It propels you in a direction that seems motivated by a force beyond your control. It's the inner excitement of being on the right path, doing what you know you were meant to do.”
As mythologist Joseph Campbell advised, “Follow your bliss and doors will open where there were no doors before.”
When your life aligns with inner passion, you thrive and flourish in wondrous ways. Discovering your passion in life will bring you much happiness and inner peace. Let passion light the path to transform your life to an enrichment beyond your wildest dreams. This guide will help you manifest your dreams into your reality.
Rachel Devine is the author of, The Third Road, a book that gently guides one to the power within and your purpose in life & Lessons from the Needle in a Haystack, a spiritual book on dating and relationships.
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Finding Your Purpose and Meaning in Life
Are you searching for meaning in life? You are not alone. The unheard cry for meaning is very real. Many people grapple with how to find their true purpose and live life with passion. Embarking on the journey of discovering purpose in life can steer you towards a course filled with passion and fulfillment. Without purpose and meaning, we float through our days in mundane routine. If you feel like you are just going through the motions living each day, please know that you can discover your unique reason for being created. Uncovering what makes you have purpose can answer that age-old question, “Why did God create me.”
Are you searching for meaning in life? You are not alone. The unheard cry for meaning is very real. Many people grapple with how to find their true purpose and live life with passion. Embarking on the journey of discovering purpose in life can steer you towards a course filled with passion and fulfillment. Without purpose and meaning, we float through our days in mundane routine. If you feel like you are just going through the motions living each day, please know that you can discover your unique reason for being created. Uncovering what makes you have purpose can answer that age-old question, “Why did God create me?”
Here are some examples of what you can do to discover the reason you were created:
Take a “Discover your Purpose” online course
A, Discover your Purpose, online course guides you through structured exercises to reflect on your talents, passions, and vision. Interactive courses provide the most important value of bringing awareness and knowledge in discovering your purpose in life.
Identify Your Core Values
Your core values are key to your sense of purpose. This self-reflection exercise has you rank principles like growth, compassion, integrity, and community. Aligning your purpose to your highest values provides meaning. This will take some quite contemplation and I suggest you write about it to really get a sense of your values.
Go on a Spiritual Journey to Purpose
Spiritual retreats centered around finding purpose take you on an inner journey. Activities like nature immersion, meditation, yoga, and mentoring allow for purpose discovery through spiritual awakening. Go deep within and connect with the Spirit of God that dwells within you and listen for your calling to surface.
Finding your Purpose Book
There are a ton of books on finding your purpose in life. My book, The Third Road, guides you on a journey into yourself and helps you discover the glorious reason you were created.
How to Find my Purpose in Life Quiz
Taking a test on how to find my purpose in life and discover a wealth of information on your inner-self. Also, look at some motivational quotes to get some ideas on your purpose.
How to Find your Purpose and Passion in Life
Finally, ask yourself this simple question. What do I love doing? Whatever you love doing, therein lies your purpose in life. However, it has to also serve humanity in some way. For example, I love writing and I use my writing to help people with various social issues. My books, online courses, and retreats have all served humanity in a positive way. Meditate on what you love doing and anything that comes out of your meditation that is positive is usually from our guide within, or the Spirit of God.
Finding Fulfillment Starts with Self-Discovery
You must first understand your authentic self before identifying your external purpose. Learning how to unlock your hidden talents and realizing your true potential enables you to make the most meaningful impact. Start going within to manifest purpose outwardly. Going within through meditation will help you discover your purpose in life.
By taking purpose-focused courses, reflecting on values, taking quizzes, going on spiritual retreats, and doing inner work, you open yourself to finding meaning. Defining how you can best contribute gives life direction and significance. Discover your purpose and transform each moment. It will give you a reason to wake up to a fresh new day of meaning in your life and the life of others.
Rachel Devine is the author of, The Third Road & Lessons from the Needle in a Haystack.
Devine Intervention website has online courses and books to motivate you to find your purpose in life.
Have you already discovered your purpose in life? If so leave a comment below. Or if you have a question. Or if you are still searching for your purpose, tell me what you love doing. Whatever you love doing, that serves humanity, therein lies your purpose in life.