The Light That Leads to Purpose

What was I made for?

Billions of people, for many eons, have asked that question.

My thought is finding what you were made for is quite simple.

We all have strengths and weaknesses. Some of us try working on our weaknesses, which is a valiant effort to improve.

But, sometimes, our weaknesses are there to keep us from taking paths not meant for us.

An easy example is being born blind.

A blind person can never drive a car, never fly a plane, and has a handicap.

But what if the obstacle was really a blessing?

Perhaps, with some thought, the blind person finds they can hear music specially—and play songs by ear quickly—picking it up as if by magic.

Not so much of a handicap then, is it?

In Hebraic thought (which I don’t always agree with but use it when it makes sense), there is a concept called “soul-correction.” It is a Kabbalah term that means doing inner work to find the light within yourself, and, in doing so, you light up the rest of the world—achieving the healing of the world through finding light.

In healing your soul, you come to attract that which is meant for you to give light to the rest of the world.

Healing the soul means the rest of the world benefits from your own soul correction.

The true purpose of your life is to become all you can become with the gifts you have, finding that diamond in the negative things to shine in the glinting light of the sun (or in a Christian’s case, the Son).

To serve the Creator and serve others.

Each soul on this planet has its own special task, and looking at what someone else has, or their success, and God forbid envying another human being, is out of the question. When you find what it is you’re meant to do in this life, another’s gift doesn’t make you feel gypped by life.

Whether someone has more or even less money than me is irrelevant. Whether someone has a skill I don’t have, or speaks far more eloquently, it matters not. I have peace and gratitude for the blessings I have, and finding this, I can offer other blessings untold because of divine gratitude to the One who made this world for us.

My mission is to be a writer. It’s what I excel at naturally, though I won’t say honing that doesn’t take immense work. Our gifts are given. Using them and giving them to others takes a bit of work.

To get to the point that I’m at in the current time, I had to be humbled and given a roadblock. Pursuing a road not meant for my soul’s correction wouldn’t help the world find more light.

God giving me my purpose, with the natural abilities I have, lends itself to the ultimate, bigger-picture paradigm of the universe.

Everyone has a mission in this life. If it brings fulfillment, and helps others find their own light, then chances are that is what you are meant to do in this life.

The path may be difficult, but accepting all the difficulties and flaws makes the journey a journey. Correcting our souls and finding the higher way isn’t meant to be flowers all the time.

But looking for more inner light, which radiates from within, will make the world glow brighter.