What is our mission in life? Will any of us really ever know? What are we good at? What does each of us enjoy? What were we born to do? I think that it is a valid statement that each and everyone of us will ponder these questions at some point in their life.
What is a mission? Personally, when I think about the word mission, I think about religion and what I was called to do by God. Religious or not, mission is something that relates to all of us. So, backing away from the religious aspect of the term mission, here are three things I know for sure will help in your search for your mission in life...
- You have talents that you are meant to utilize in this life. Find your greatest talent and put it to use!
- You may use these talents in the places/settings that most appeal to you.
- In some way or another, these talents will benefit the world.
Now in more religious terms,
- Your mission on earth is to seek to stand hour by hour in the conscious presence of God, the One from whom your Mission is derived.
- Your second mission is to do what you can, moment by moment, day by day, step by step, to make this world a better place, following the leading and guidance of God's Spirit within you and around you.
- Similar to what I said above, your mission is to exercise the Talent that you particularly came to Earth to use - your greatest gift, which you most delight to use, in the place(s) or setting(s) that God has caused to appeal to you the most, and for those purposes that God most needs to have done in the world.
Here's the thing, religious or not religious, finding your mission is all the same. It is about finding yourself and what you are meant to do in this life. Once we find what our passion and determine our mission, it will be much easier in finding the careers and jobs that make us happy because we are doing the things that we like to do. And to me, that is the most important thing in life: happiness.
