Brianna Wiest - The Mountain Is You_ Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery (2020)

THE MOUNTAIN IS YOU
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FINDING YOUR TRUE PURPOSE
When you live in a world that is constantly telling you
to follow your heart, trust your gut, quit your day job,
and do what you love, it can be disheartening when you
don’t know where to start. When you start thinking that
you don’t know what to do with your life, what you really
mean is that you don’t yet know who you are.
Finding your purpose is not necessarily about realizing
that you are destined to live in a monastery or devote your
life to a singular vocation or goal. Your purpose is not one
job, it is not one relationship, it is not even one career field.
Your purpose is, first and foremost, just to be here. Your
existence has shifted the world in a way that it is invisible
to you. Without you, absolutely nothing would exist just
as it is right now. This is important to understand, because
if you start believing that your whole purpose in being
alive is just a specific job or role you take on at home, what
happens when you quit or retire, or when the kids grow up
and you’re no longer a parent?
You’ll sink because you will falsely think that was your
only reason for being.
Your purpose today may have been to offer someone a
smile when they were at their lowest. Your purpose this
decade may be the job you’re in. When you realize that you
are always impacting the world around you, you start to realize
something: The most important thing you can do to live