Your Life Matters and has Purpose

 

Have you ever felt as though you don’t matter and you don’t really have a purpose in this life? I know I have. I have asked questions like ‘Why am I here?’, ‘Would it really matter if I was never born?’

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We all have a purpose and destiny; one that is unique. No matter what age you are, it is never too late to discover your purpose and to walk in your destiny.

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                                                                   Have you ever felt as though you don’t matter and you don’t really have a purpose in this life?

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                                                                   It wasn’t all that long ago that I started Remarkable You. I had gone through my life in my                                                                               husband’s shadow. Why did I need to have a vision or a purpose…heck, he has enough vision                                                                     for 20 people it seemed! I found I have something to offer that no one else can. So do you.

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                                                                   I’ve had to fight through the ‘now’ and look to the future and dream. Sure you may fail. I’ve had                                                                     to learn that failing is a part of growing. You get back up and try again. Very few people get it                                                                       right the first time.

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                                                                   I always remind myself, we are not defined by our past or our failures; our past does not                                                                               dictate our future.

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I realized that when I would meet with women and help them walk through everyday life struggles, I would walk away being fulfilled. Did I have all the answers? Absolutely not, or especially not right away. The answers would either come later (sometimes days later) or I would go to someone reliable that I knew that would help me find that information. I could have given up during those times and think ‘I can’t help these women’ or think that I was inferior or insignificant.

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I didn’t give up. I fought through those thoughts that kept coming at me. Believing in myself. If I help one woman, it’s worth it. Her life is worth it. But also, being real and sharing my failures, and then using my failures as stepping stones.

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Focus on positive results. Make a list of your wins. Our tendency is to focus on the failures. Shift your mindset and look at the failures as feedback.

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I had young adult women tell me they liked meeting with me because I was ‘real’. It’s always a relief to hear others having trouble, that their life isn’t all together. Don’t get me wrong, I would never wish ill-will on anyone, but it is a relief knowing none of us are alone or going through something that no one else has ever dealt with.

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Your life does matter:
• The world would be different if you were not born (watch the movie ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’).
• You have a contribution to make to the world, even if you’re not sure what it is.
• The small things you do have a bigger positive effect than you know.
• Kind words you have said made somebody’s day.
• You do not know the future. You may save someone’s life one day. Maybe you already have saved someone’s life without even knowing it.
• You would be missed by others if you weren’t around, even if you don’t think so.
• There are things you’ve learned that you need to teach others.
• Everyone’s purpose is unique. Someone else may be able to offer something similar, however, not the way you can.
• No one else can think exactly the way you think.
• Your life situations you have gone though can help others.
• Your purpose can be large or small. But no matter how small it is not insignificant. You don’t have to win the Nobel Prize to be significant.