Following Where the Day Leads

“In every moment, seek to know what your life's purpose is and let everything you do be in alignment with it.”

Here we go again… Another quote I can’t quite wrap my mind around. I’ve read it 5 times already.

So I’ll try to break it down:

Right now, what do I think my life’s purpose is? Well, if I knew that, I wouldn’t be reading quotes like these. Oh well, I’ll try to be a little more cooperative here, because this challenge has obviously intrigued me.

So again, right now, what is my life’s purpose?

No pressure.

I give up.

So if I don’t know, how can I let everything be in alignment with it? Maybe I’m missing the point. Maybe it’s the simple act of seeking my purpose out at all times that affects everything else in my life, like my thoughts and actions.

I’m still a little lost here.

Maybe I’ll just brainstorm…

I would imagine… my life’s purpose has something to do with becoming a better person, working toward the best me I can be. And I would imagine that includes helping others in some way, which in turn might help me realize my potential. So it’s cyclical, it’s inherently connected; by default, one assuredly affects the other.

So knowing this much, will this then also affect the other aspects of my life? It could. If I seek to be the best me and to be helpful to others.

...The other day, I was shopping on my lunch hour. An hour is not much time for a girl to shop responsibly, and I was especially aware of this, needing 15 minutes travel time each way. But as I neared the front of the store, I noticed an elderly woman trying to get someone’s attention. Only, no one was willing to give it to her. Without analyzing the situation (like how I would lose out on precious shopping time – I know, selfless me), I instinctively stopped to listen to her and see what was the matter. At first, she babbled on as if she were a little loony. But I soon realized she was just lost and flustered. So I walked with her for the remainder of my lunch hour until we found her destination.

She was grateful, but not overly so. The thing was, I felt like a million bucks. Because I knew I did not want to be the person unwilling to help, the person unwilling to be inconvenienced to help ease someone else's suffering. And I did not have to go out and seek the opportunity; it came to me.

Even though I walked away empty-handed (in the apparel sense), I felt I did what I was meant to do: help that woman on my lunch hour. Plain and simple but not insignificant...

I don’t know if this has much to do with the quote I opened with, but I think it does. And just because I can’t draw a straight line from it to here doesn’t mean I don’t know where I’m going. I just can’t see my destination all that clearly yet.