Do You Know Your Soul's Purpose?

Do you know YOUR Soul's purpose?  Maybe you've heard about how

living a soulful life leads to fulfillment, joy & contentment. 

Or maybe you think that this is all a bunch of hogwash! 

Let's face it, there are many ways to exist in this

wonderful world of ours

and everyone has their own path. 

 

Years ago my path was to make it out of bulimia

and into a new life.  The problem was I didn't

really know what that life

was going to look like. 

 

 

Wonder what my path is.

                                                               

 

I was newly divorced, working three jobs,

going deeper into debt with the passing

of each month and troubled by 

severe custody disputes and 

financial issues from the divorce. 

 

Add that to having my house foreclosed upon

and then being asked to take a demotion

at work and that will put even the most

optimistic woman under water (or back into rehab LOL )!

 

Many of us have gone through some horrific things in our lives.  (health, financial, emotional)

Just think about it.

 

One thing I've learned that has

gotten me through even the roughest times is this:

 

Things don't happen to us...they happen 'FOR" us.

 

You get what I mean?

 

Let me explain.

 

When we look at what happens as happening for us

we change the course of our lives.

 

 

Change is for the better.

 

And more importantly, we change the fabric of our being!

 

Let me give you an example:

 

Several years ago (2006 actually) I was asked to take a demotion at my job. 

At the time I was divorced, overburdened and a whole bunch of other not so great things!

 

Like most of us, we think that if we work harder, it will all work out. 

But then, I wondered, why wasn't it? 

 

I was practicing the laws of attraction and still only small changes were occurring.

 

What I did was a simple shift in thinking that reshaped my entire world!

 

I asked myself this one simple question. 

 

"How could this be good for me"

 

In an instant I was able to see the positive side of such an event:

 

--- I'd have less stress,

 

---I'd have less responsibility

 

--- more time for my self and my health.

 

 

Pleasure to simply BE.

 

 

Another time was when I was struggling to recover from brain injuries from a car accident.  I kept thinking and thinking and this was not helping! When I finally calmd my mind to slow down I simply asked the question again: 

 

"How is this happening FOR me" and the answers were astounding!

 

I began looking at how only being able to use my creative

mind could somehow help me...or maybe even change my life! 

 

The answers were exactly what I needed to hear: 

 

--- relax,

---enjoy life,

---play with your dogs,

---nourish deeply,

---LOVE.

 

This accident happened FOR my highest good since it gave me an

opportunity to

stop putting energy and attention on things that were draining me and focus

 on my true needs.  

 

Here's what's so interesting though.  Without having been hit by that truck I might never

have ended up becoming a psychic medium delivering messages of peace & love to people everywhere.

 

 

Messages of Peace

 

By connecting with my creativity, I began developing hightened intuition

and that it is how I was led to

the Arthur Ford International Academy of Mediumship) 

 

So let me ask you,

 

"What areas of your life have brought you challenges?" 

 

"How can  you look at these things as opportunities for your growth and development." 

 

If your boss asks you to stay late and you really don't

want to, what is this an opportunity for?  Perhaps it's an opportunity

 for you to draw the line and speak up for yourself.

 

Or perhaps it's your opportunity to readjust your schedule and

stay at work because you're committed to the

project and you bow out of the other

obligation that you

really didn't want to go to in the

first place....like washing dirty dishes when

 your kids can do them or sitting at home

alone wondering where

 your family went now that you've arrived.

 

Everything that happens... happens FOR us and not TO us. 

 

Our job is to remind ourselves to view things from the

perspective of our highest good.

 

It's the LENS OF OPPORTUNITY.

 

 

The Lense of Opportunity.

 

Am I saying there won't be conflict or struggle?  No. 

There will be and this too is an opportunity FOR release.

 

We all struggle.  Struggle and fear are opporunities for growth and creativity. 

Hell, when I enrolled to become

a medium my amazing

boyfriend Joe didn't even know

what to say!  He seemed

conflicted and we took that

 as an opportunity for

our mutual growth as a couple.

 

So the next time something happens and you feel stuck...ask yourself:

 

"How is this happening FOR me?"  You will be amazed at the answers.

 

And share with me as well.  I love hearing about your progress.

 

Health, Wealth & Lots of Love,

 

MaryJo

 

PS...If you'd like to see what I read and listened to through my toughest times,

take a PEAK here. 

The authors are AWESOME!