Think of unearthing your passion like the work of a
sculptor, slowly chiseling away at the coarse stone to
reveal the masterpiece underneath. Your purpose is
this masterpiece, simply lurking beneath the surface
waiting to be discovered.
Each time you work on something you love, be it
crunching numbers, fixing cars or playing music, it
generates a joy inside you like nothing else. Finding
a way to harness those passions to give back to
the world will give your life meaning in ways unlike
anything else.
The fact is, when you are hyper-focused on your own
wants and needs, your purpose becomes clouded
by self-interest. While ego is part of the human
experience, it requires a concerted effort to move
through and bypass, so you do not become gripped
by it, as the Sirens proceeded to do to Ulysses.
The key is to never give up. All the world’s luminaries—
from Leonardo da Vinci, to Nikola Tesla, to Michael
Jordan, to Mozart—were once as new to their
purpose as you are to yours. Embrace the areas in
which you do not excel, learn from your failures, and
grow accordingly.
After all, when you set out to awaken your life
purpose, you emit a light from within, which you will
in turn cast onto others.
Nichole Naoum
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