While learning about how to find our purpose, the question, “What is your why?” kept coming up.  Our answer to that tells us who we are, what our passion is, and what makes us happy.  I used to be all over the place with my answers because I didn’t understand my why.

Seriously. I wrote that question down, hoping I’d write simple answers that would guide me – and help me plan my life. But nothing came. I procrastinated and avoided answering it.

Why?

Well, I asked that question, too, to figure out my why. I know that was a confusing sentence, but you know what I mean.

I wrote. I kept writing until I got to a nugget of truth I had avoided knowing.  I couldn’t answer the question because I was separated from my soul, the part of us that expresses our genuine feelings, beliefs, and hopes.

Then, I had to figure that out.

I know that I and everyone else are merely working with the program we know.

My why is to be me. To be proud to be me. And to share the good that I have produced and continue to produce.

 

How to figure out your why.

To figure out your why, take a little time to be quiet. Put away all distractions. Ask yourself, “What is your why?” The answer will help you follow your bliss and be happy.

Once you figure out your why, you don’t have to make drastic changes. If your why is to overcome fear and be an airline pilot, and you have never flown a plane before. Take that dream and write out the steps you’d need to take to make that happen. Sign up for lessons, look at job availability, find any schools for that, etc.

Don’t be afraid to learn your why. It was hard for me to write it out because of my skewed beliefs, and I shunned my soul, my true self. If we have that separation going on inside us, it’s tough to know what our why is.

Though painful experiences can stick with us, they also define us in a way that sometimes causes us to live through the lens of pain instead of living as our authentic selves. That is because the damage done creates scars, and just like when our skin develops a scar, depending on the depth, it could continue to hurt for years. It’s when we acknowledge the bad stuff and make peace with it that we can work on filling ourselves up with the good stuff we need to honor our whys.

This may seem deep and philosophical, but it’s very simple.

When you can answer what your why is, you will figure out your life.

Who do you want to spend time with? What brings a smile to your face? What gets you fired up?

Life, growing up, and getting older are gifts. Once we appreciate every single day as a gift, we’re on our way to living a wonderful life!

Thank you for reading these words. I write them to inspire change for the better, and I am grateful for this opportunity to do so.

To your why,

Francesca

 

Created by a human for humans.

 

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