Post Body (Section Two)

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So for me, purpose is the thing that drives me. It's the thing that helps me find meaning. It's what gets me up in the morning.

I think purpose helps me navigate challenges, and it gives me that direction and that clarity I crave, so I have more courage to step into the unknown, to go there.

I think it's the thing that anchors me when that extra outside noise really starts going. It allows me to see what's happening out there, but I'm not taking it on. I'm not allowing myself to be swept away with it.

And I think a really important thing that a lot of people either don't realize or forget is that purpose isn't necessarily the job or the work that you do. It can infuse that area of your life, but purpose goes beyond that. It goes into all areas of life, and I think this rhetoric that "Oh, discover your purpose and make it your job" — I think it can be a little bit dangerous, because they aren't the same thing. And then it leaves us sort of wondering, "Are we doing the right thing? Am I living my purpose?"

You all, you have a purpose, and you have a job, and your purpose can help you find meaning in whatever work you do. But they're not the same thing. Purpose is more than that. It's more multifaceted than that simplified version leads us to believe, and it's not something that's static. Purpose is something that evolves, and it will change and grow as we change and grow, which means that there is no singular fixed purpose that you have to find or discover in order to make your life work.

Purpose is not something you find. It is something that you reclaim. You cannot lose your purpose. It's not like a set of car keys. It's inside of you. Thank God it's not like a set of car keys — I lose mine all the time.

Purpose is inside of you, and it's part of who you are, and sometimes life can become a lot, and we might lose sight of that, and we might feel like it's lost. It totally might feel like that, but it has always been there. We just have to figure out how to tap in to get that back to the surface, to see it again. And sometimes that is self-exploration, healing, awareness, reflection. There's so many different ways that you can do it, but it's something that you do over and over again, because the noise is never going to settle down.

So purpose isn't a destination. You don't discover your purpose, the work is done, you're good. Purpose is a journey, even when you're reclaiming it. It's this continuous thing that you tap into that you're going to redefine, that you're going to rework, that's going to look a little bit different as you move through life, and it's going to happen all the way until you move through that final stage door.