Why Are You Here? God’s Purpose For Every Person
Why are you here? Do you know the purpose for your life? Can you name the gift God put in you, before you were born? It’s what we are all searching for. It’s what drives our innate curiosity. The rate of entrepreneurship in this country has grown tremendously as people try to make changes to find more meaning in their life. Your divine gift is the source of your happiness. If you discover it, and work at it, it will send the meaning meter in your life through the roof. Why? It’s how you were created. It’s what God put in you to shine his light on the world. Being a reflector of God’s love, grace, mercy and power is the real reason we’re all here.
Back when I counseled people full time, to get a sense of the core of the person I was talking to, I would ask three questions. These three questions will lead you to discover your divine purpose and fill your life with meaning. To answer these questions, forget your roles, forget what you like to do and go deeper. Look for patterns in your life from as far back as you can remember up to now.
1) Who You Are?
I would usually ask the question during my weekly diversity training, then dig deeper during one-on-one counseling sessions. It gave the attendees time to think about what I had asked. However, the first set of answers I would receive would be as superficial as if I’d ask them to answer in the training session. I’d get answers like father, niece, nurse, aunt. Nothing having to do with the core of the individual.
Try it. Finish this statement. I am ________. You cannot add another word like ‘a’ or ‘the’. Still need help? Say these aloud – I am power. I am confident. I am light. That’s right, light. You are the light that is to shine goodness all over the world. What else are you?
2) Whose You Are?
This would always end up being the fun question. Answering this question the attendees were supposed to tell me where they got their energy, what was their power source? I got answers like money, job, kids, etc. But when I asked could they remember being happy before money, job, kids, etc. Everyone said yes. With those things removed, now what is your source of energy? Where do your ideas come from? Where do those steady promptings come from? When you’re tired and empty, what do you do?
3) The Gift
Everyone has one. It is the one true meaning for your being on earth. You have a duty to find it and fulfill it. Steve Harvey describes it as the one thing you do best with the least amount of effort. (Click the link to see him explain it in a YouTube video.) Many times, we easily over look our gift because it doesn’t require any extra energy or extended learning for us to be able to do it. In addition, culture has taught us that anything worth having requires pain staking #WERK. Not true when it comes to our divine gift. Truth is, we perform it so easily, it’s hard to see ourselves earning a living from it. That, is where the difficult part comes in, it’s where the work comes in, packaging and selling it to earn a living. But it’s possible!
Question: Do you know what your gift is? If so, are you earning a living doing it? Share your answer on Facebook or Twitter.
A former school and community agency counselor and creator of the 7-Step Method, Anita’s helped guide people from the ages of eleven to fifty through their own life issues, personal transformations and professional endeavors. With an old soul and a comedic, honest voice. She uses many southern colloquialisms and colorful expressions to unwrap personal stories of surviving a homicidal alcoholic father, a mother in denial and four physically and emotionally abusive brothers and relates them to guiding principles and healing techniques.
Through her powerful and uplifting interviews at ThatAnitaLive.TV and The Emotional Happiness Podcast women get to see and hear real women with resourceful stories living relentless lives after life's most devastating events. Through her charismatic and compelling speaking, Anita helps women use the tools and resources they already have to reveal and release success blockers such as childhood trauma and family dysfunction so they can build self-confidence, boost their self-esteem and feel free to live true to their own personality, spirit and character.
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From nine-to-five, Anita is a Senior Acquisition Support Specialist, possessing over nineteen years of performing and administering program management and cradle-to-grave commercial and federal contracting activities for acquisitions ranging from $500,000 to over $2 Billion. She has progressively worked her way up the federal acquisition lifecycle and commercial supply chain through various positions from pre-award and requirements definition to commodities buying to contract close-out. In her career, she has mastered the art of transitioning to level-up.
Anita is a graduate of Limestone College, Virginia State University, and Strayer University with a B.S. in Mathematics, an M.Ed. in Guidance & Counseling, and an M.B.A. in Contracts & Acquisitions. You can find Anita online at ThatAnitaLive.com, Twitter, Periscope, Instagram and Facebook. Her handle is That Anita Live on all four social media platforms.
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