Seven Soulful Secrets for Finding Your Purpose and Minding Your Missions

introduction Quickwhat is your life's purpose? If you think you know what it is, then you are more evolved than most people! If you don't know what it is, then this book will help you to name it and claim it. I can tell you this: If you are constantly trying to be your ultimate self, if you are always making an effort to "move on up a little higher," then you will find your purpose. And if you find your purpose, then the road you take to achieve it is your mission. Most people call this "success." If "success" is a term that feels more comfortable to you than "purpose," feel free to use it. Whatever you call it, know that it is yours alone to claim. It's not your mama's, your man's, or your best friend's. It's a goal that is unique to you. You are one-of-a-kind, a divine original; your purpose is yours alone. And when you accomplish it, it will belong to you. It's your soul purpose and your sole purpose. Purpose is when someone finally decides to dedicate herself to pursuing the craft of acting rather than following the well-intentioned advice of family to get a "secure job" at the post office. Because it's not their destiny, other people may not be able to understand your passion, let alone support it. You've got to believe in it for yourself. And then, believe me, when you do accomplish great things after following your own heart, all the naysayers will suddenly get amnesia: "Who me? I never said you couldn't do that!" If we seek our purpose, everything else we desire will fall in line. We'll have success, because no one will be better able to do what we do. We'll have love, because we won't feel the need to depend on others to fulfill us. We'll have health and happiness, because we will always be willing to pursue our optimum fitness and wellbeing. Following our ultimate purpose is the new way of defining success for the third millennium. "Being happy" is how futurist Faith Popcorn sees success in the years ahead. And isn't that the ultimate? Popcorn further describes how we'll be "cashing out, caring for kids. It's going to be the Women's Era. We won't separate leisure and work as much as we used to." Success magazine once polled readers for their definition of "success." The answer: Good health. With these trends in mind, I offer in the pages of this book a new guide for women to discover this exciting, more healthful reality. If you were the type of student who always got the "crib notes" instead of reading the entire book, you can check out the following cheat sheet of what is covered in the seven chapters of this book right here. But if you want the lasting pleasure that comes not from just scratching the surface, but from going deeper into your ultimate self, I invite you to read the rest of the book for the details, how-tos, and secrets of finding your purpose and minding your mission. Here's how I spell out my seven soulful secrets of P-U-R-P-O-S-E: S e c r e t O n e : P I s f o r P u r p o s e A lot of people are afraid of pursuing their purpose. They think it means they have to be perfect, flawless. Or they feel it will require them to be squeaky clean, straight, square, corny. But perfect by whose measure? Maybe your purpose requires you to be totally eccentric in order to achieve it. For example, if you're a creative person, your style of dress or hair or way of pursuing your art may be so unique that you are regarded as being out of the mainstream. But the world needs that. We need a lot ofOliver, Stephanie Stokes is the author of 'Seven Soulful Secrets for Finding Your Purpose and Minding Your Missions' with ISBN 9780767905824 and ISBN 0767905822.