Simple Pleasures

Each morning, my fiance, Bill, and I have coffee in bed together.  Sometimes we don't say much at all, and indulge in a few more pages of whichever book we are each reading, and sometimes we have the most amazing conversations.  Either way, this time of my day is some of my most treasured.  Not only do we have the opportunity to clear the air if we need to talk about something difficult, but we get to talk about anything.  Politics, life, our little girl on the way, the house, finances, family, successes, failures, health.  These talks have helped me grow, and I didn't realize exactly by how much until this morning.

Yesterday, we left the bedroom in agreement that each of us would spend 30 minutes thinking and writing about our dreams.  I did so, and at the time of doing it, I didn't realize the significance of some of what I wrote down would have.  I did uncover a few aspects about myself that I found impressive, and I was very happy to have done it, as it clarified some of the goals that I had been trying to pin down.  However, not until our talk this morning did I realize its full impact.  Today, the topic of having a Life Mission came up.  We discussed how it is so easy to sometimes become immersed in the goals we set for ourselves, but how we can get lost in them as we are not working towards and for our Life Mission.  As we spoke further my mind drifted to my 30 minute dreaming session, and a lightbulb went off inside.  It was my "AH HA!" moment.  One of my dreams was - I want to inspire women.  I want to inspire creativity, and I want to inspire a sense of self awareness and love, and I want to inspire them to acheive their dreams.  At the time, I did not recognize that what I had just written was not just a dream.  But it was what I wanted to be my life's mission.  The interesting part of identifying this as my mission, was that everything else suddenly aligned more easily.  I recognized the significance of me wanting to teach classes.  I recognized the significance that I want my company to have.  Most importantly I uncovered some of the center of my soul. 

Its so interesting.  For the last year I have flailed around in trying to reach this goal of creating a cosmetics company.  I knew that it was important to me, and that it would mean an excellent source of income if I could do it, but it held very little substance for me.  I could never place my finger on it.  As a result I truly battled in becoming inspired about doing it, and as a result it never fully came into fruition.  I thought that "creating a cosmetics company" was my life's purpose.  It wasn't and isn't.  I think that it is easy to make this mistake.  Many many people do.  We become trapped in ego driven goals that we mistake for our Life's Mission.  I will tell you what though.  Having identified my purpose, suddenly the other parts of my life that I was having trouble with seemed to have healed themselves. This does not mean that I am abandoning the creation of a company and a cosmetics company.  What it means is that the creation of these company's now has a goal.  They each have a purpose to serve in assisting me in following my life purpose.  This gives my work a new sense of life and luster that it never held before.  I am not just waking up each morning to work.  I am waking up each morning and following my dream.

   

Comments

[Lea]

Its always a great inspiration when someone discovers their purpose. I wish you much success.

Lea
www.oceanofperspectives.com

[Lea]

Its always a great inspiration when someone discovers their purpose. I wish you much success.

Lea
www.oceanofperspectives.com

[Lea]

Its always a great inspiration when someone discovers their purpose. I wish you much success.

Lea
www.oceanofperspectives.com