PURPOSEFUL REFLECTIONS: OUR PURPOSE
PURPOSE
Often words like purpose, potential, and calling get mixed up in definition. While they have similar aspects, they are not the same. Our purpose is vital. It is something set up as an object or end to be attained.
It is important to know that our values and beliefs influence our purpose, which is similar to our goals. Purpose, however, goes much deeper and broader than a goal. Goals are the point or place we wish to achieve through a plan or action. They have specific targets that can be seen. We can measure our goals, check off accomplishments from the list, and establish specific, realistic objectives. None of those things is applicable regarding our purpose.
Unlike a goal, our purpose does not have a specific target or hold a timeline or a deadline. It is not short or long-term but only pertains to something personal and is deeply rooted in a person.
In some cases, a person’s purpose will never be completed until their death. A purpose is not seen; it is experienced and ultimately known to the person. Our purpose is the reason we achieve a goal, and it cannot be measured. Our purpose gives meaning to our lives and allows us to feel as though we matter and have worth.
My dream is a reflection of my passions, themes throughout my life, my burdens, my story, and my deepest desires. My dream gives an indication of how I am wired and how the events and journey of my life play into my purpose and potential. However, my dreams and purpose are not the same, nor do they evaluate the potential placed inside me.
When we are walking in our dreams, no matter how big or small, we often get a sense that our dream and purpose are the same because of the fulfillment. While our dream can include our purpose, it rarely contains our purpose.
I encourage you to ponder this. Perhaps a dream, goal, or vision that is unknown, difficult, and seems impossible to your eyes is being birthed in you for a reason, a purpose. Lord knows, you have or will experience times that cause you to wonder if you are losing your mind. Be encouraged. You are not crazy because things seem so difficult and trying. The closer you are to labor, the rougher it will be. The war will always be against your potential. The lies will always be in place simply to cut off your potential. The dream stealers will always be lurking to steal away your potential.
Whatever had been placed on your heart to do … Do It! If you have been given the vision to pursue, you must follow through because you have been chosen in order for that vision to take place as designed. If you have a dream, please do not let me, dream stealers, employers, financial situations, depression, friends, Christians, busyness, life, or anything else get in the way of grasping it as though it were your last breath.
I am convinced that the more difficult the journey, the greater the vision and the result. If your dream is easy and costs you nothing, give it up because it is not a dream, it is simply a task you completed. You can do this because your dream, your vision, your passion, your purpose is so worth the trouble.
At the end of your days, how do you desire to be remembered? As one who lived safely but had big dreams, or as one who lived courageously, pursuing their dreams and visions yet fell short sometimes? As for me, I refuse to accept what is easily obtainable and safe in exchange for the great madness and pursuit of Dreaming Wildly.
I encourage you to view each day as a new opportunity to start fresh. It is easy to look at our past or our present situations and believe we are fated to failure or remain in the ordinary and hopeless. I encourage you not to believe the lies of what you feel but trust in the truth that is reality. Walk-in courage, knowing nothing is impossible. You can do this!
To my fellow wind fliers: “Do not allow those who prefer to dwell on the safe land of ‘I won’t’ and ‘It can’t’ to pull you down or discourage you. Continue to dream, asking, ‘Why not?’ knowing ‘you will in time. Soar so high that you only hear faint echoes of those on the land and you’re only pushed forward by the wings … of those flying among you.” – Charlotte D. Hunt
Take care
Charlotte
Dream Madly, Pursue Wildly, Trust Completely tm
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