Our Big Purpose💥

(Your Purpose Guru)

Hello friends – in the past I have written about your purpose, finding it, and its importance to your business. Today I would like to explain how we and our businesses fit into the world, and how we feel into that BIG purpose.

When we are living our purpose and contributing with our own unique energy, our special sauce, we are in flow. We are giving and receiving, feeling the positivity of our good works. We feel the wind at our backs and the power of movement, underway with purpose.

To find our purpose we take moments when we can be present with ourselves with no distractions, in quiet, to listen to our heart. We can have understanding and grace for ourselves because we are required to block and tackle, to be in the gunk sometimes. And then we can give ourselves the space to be present. Being present with ourselves requires disconnection from our devices, with a focus on the heart.

One very effective way to do this is to mindfully spend time outdoors. It is only in the outdoors, “outside”, that we can truly understand with our senses our place in the world, on the earth.🌏

Step outside, breath in fresh air, feel into what you are witnessing, and wow - what an amazing world it is! You don’t have to be in the mountains to appreciate the world. You can experience the connections in your own backyard. Try it – go outside for a minute (or two), take a deep breath, notice the temperature of the air, feel it in your nose and lungs. Crouch down to the earth and dig a little in the dirt. What is living there? 🪱

When you realize all that is happening in nature to support us: the trees and plants giving us oxygen, the plants giving us food through photosynthesis (we are either eating the plants, or the organisms that eat the plants), water, the sun, the give and take of so many things working together to enable us to live our lives – well, it is amazing! There is magic happening every day, all the time, at an inconceivable level and pace!

When we are outside in gratitude and appreciation, then we can find our purpose, our power, our super important role as stakeholders of this world. Listen to your heart, the answer is in you. And maybe you guessed it by this point – your purpose guru is you!

With gratitude,

John

P.S. Friends, fifteen years ago I was in the thick of it, unaware of my purpose and feeling unfulfilled. Over the course of the time since I came to understand there was more for all of us in this life. I rediscovered nature and the outdoors and realized my life’s purpose - to help others live in peace.

That is why I am incorporating a mindful outdoor experience into my offering for business owners. I was trained at Kripalu’s School of Mindful Outdoor Leadership in Stockbridge, MA to be a mindful outdoor guide. As a mindful outdoor guide, I invite participants to experience the outdoors with gentle invitations for exploration and expansion.