NBN #008 | discover your purpose & unleash your potential
read time: 3 minutes
1 LIFE LESSON LEARNED
since i was a little child, i often asked myself these two questions —
“what’s my purpose in life?”
“why am i here?”
throughout middle school and high school years, i had no idea what i wanted to be or what i wanted to do as a career.
or if i did, i ended up changing my mind several times.
when i decided to commit to being a videographer from 2015 - 2018, i had a lot of fun documenting artists and events.
yet i often felt an underlying feeling like something was missing.
like there’s something more than ‘just’ documenting.
i noticed that i would mentally beat myself up for feeling like i didn’t have my purpose all figured out.
then i starting telling myself that it’s okay to not have it all figured out.
then i realized that seeking a purpose took me away from the present moment of living.
i was seeking something outside of myself instead of going within.
when i go within, this allowed me to gain clarity of my “why” — my purpose for living.
so now every morning, i ask myself these two questions to remind me of my purpose —
“why am i getting out of bed today?”
“is this ‘why’ lighting me up?”
and if my ‘why’ isn’t lighting me up at the thought of it, this is a sign for me to shift my ‘why.’
once i answer the first question with what lights me up, this allows me to live my day in purpose.
and every day becomes a small part of the bigger purpose in your life.
1 BOOK QUOTE FROM A MENTOR
"your inner purpose is to awaken. it is as simple as that. you share that purpose with every other person on the planet—because it is the purpose of humanity. your inner purpose is an essential part of the purpose of the whole, the universe and its emerging intelligence. your outer purpose can change over time. it varies greatly from person to person. finding and living in alignment with the inner purpose is the foundation for fulfilling your outer purpose.”
— eckhart tolle, author of a new earth
i first read this book when the pandemic started in 2020 and it blew my mind of how parallel it was to what was going on in the world. this section about inner purpose & outer purpose stuck out to me, which reminds me on how important it is to focus on our inner work first.
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1 QUESTION & ACTIONABLE TAKEAWAY FOR YOU
invite you to ask this to yourself before you start your day —
why am i getting out of bed today? is this ‘why’ lighting me up?
*note: if it’s not lighting you up, i encourage you to think of a ‘why’ that will! bonus points if you comment below with your why :)
until next week, beautiful!
with lots of love,
RO ♡
your fave multidisciplinary healing artist & founder of lots of love club
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