Pursuing your purpose
Pursuing your purpose
I talk a lot about pursuing your purpose. I feel that it is your God-given gift and this is what you are called to do.
I remember years ago being at Louise Hay's "You can do it" conference with a friend of mine. I remember like it was yesterday because she turned and looked at me and said
"I see you on the stage doing this"
I looked at her like she had lost her mind. "I could ever do that," I said but she continued,
"You have something to say, you have a story to tell people, I so can see you doing it"
It only takes a spark to start a fire and that was the spark that started the fire in me.
I thought about it and the more I thought the more it seemed possible. But then I remembered that I still had a fear of public speaking. In college, I took a public speaking class and I remembered that I wanted to puke every time it was my turn to give my speech.
I was sweating, my legs had gotten shaky, I honestly thought I would pass out, so how could I even entertain the thought of being a public speaker? The same way I got over my fear of heights, I jumped out of a plane, yup, cured that!
I would worry about it when the time came but at that moment I just started thinking about could this even be possible? I knew that I had always wanted to help others, there was a reason I went through all I went through. I wanted to inspire others and this was a perfect way to do that.
So I put it on my vision board, I envisioned it while I was meditating. I saw it just as real as if I was doing it, I prayed on it and I started creating my blog to get one step closer to this dream. I wasn't ready then, God knew it, but I didn't. I, like most people, wanted it to come now, but I wasn't done learning my lessons. I needed to find myself more, I needed to know I could do this on my own. See I was still in this horrible marriage, I couldn't tell people how great life could be when I didn't know myself.
When I started writing my blog it was to talk to others about starting to take your power back. That was something that I knew about, I talked about having faith, to believe even when you are in your darkest hour. Yes, I definitely knew that.
It wasn't until I walked away knowing I would be fine, knowing I had faith in a God I could not see but knew that he would take care of me. I thought I was ready then but I had to grow, I had to let go of the anger and hate I was holding on to, to be able to open myself up to growth. It was only when I forgave my ex and owned what I did that I was ready to move to the next level in my life. When I got past all of this toxic garbage then I would be ready.
I knew that there would be no more secrets, that I would spill my guts in my blog so that I may help someone else who was in that dark place. This is my purpose, this is my gift.
It was then he opened doors for me when I was open to seeing all of the lessons in life when I wasn't blaming others, but actually taking responsibility for my own actions, that I was ready. I started off giving a few testimonies at church, and trust and believe that my voice cracked, my knees shook, and I felt like I was dying but I did it. I remember being asked to give the church announcements on a Sunday, Hello!
I worship at the Faith Center, formerly the Sunrise Musical Theater, it holds 3700, and it was a packed house. Omg, I was scared, but I thought you are getting me ready so I will do this, and I did.
I then got asked to speak at a singles conference, still nervous but getting better. I wasn't as nervous, I was me, I made people laugh, I made people gasp at my truths. I think some people even cried, I told of what got me through and how I had peace and joy in my life now. I was confident in my purpose, I felt my gift at its full potential.
Afterward, so many people came up to me and told me how much my story touched them, how my courage was inspiring! I was blown away, it made me cry. Wow, this is what I put out there so long ago, this is my purpose beyond a shadow of a doubt, this is it!
Now over the years, I have done many speaking engagements, especially for domestic violence. I have done conferences, women's groups and even co-hosted events. See I finally know my purpose, but who would have thought that all this would have been possible when my friend said this to me years ago? Who would have thought this would come to pass? Certainly not me.
Now, do I have any doubt that my books are going to be a New York Times bestseller? Absolutely not!
I know that I am on stage, even big stages like my dream of being on the Women of Faith tour. Being able to tell hundreds of thousands of women how anything is possible if you have faith, if you put it out there, if you work hard and if you believe. Oh yes, if you're going to dream, dream big! Yes, I believe that it is all possible and more!
So today my friends, I must give thanks once again to God, who knew better than I did when I was ready and to my friend for starting that spark and always believing in me, even when I didn't believe in myself.
Remember we are here to uplift each other, to inspire, to give hope and encouragement when we are down. This is all of our purpose in this life.
So dream big!! Help a friend dream big today and never stop believing!
"Be the change you want to see"
"And just when the caterpillar thought his life over...he turned into a beautiful butterfly"
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