People love to support us in our purpose and what we declare. Having a purpose is powerful because it is a clear stand that says what you are about. People can align with you when they know what you are about. When we declare the next step for ourselves to people there is always support to be found in the moment of decision or weakness.

This was apparent to me this week as I faced something new. I began the Body for Life program last week. I had started this program last year and had a difficult situation that had me choosing not to complete the program. Now I am ready to complete and enjoy a new body. Before I backed out, I knew I needed support this time. I enrolled the help of a health coach. (Yes, we coaches practice what we preach… I have two coaches.)

The other night I was really tired and I did not want to complete a workout. I left a message for my coach, and made a plan to be complete if he did not call back. My coach did call and asked me a few questions about my purpose and how I will feel when complete. This is all it took and I got my workout done. None of this would have happened if I had not declared my intention to complete the program and enrolled help. I also get great suggestions about how to fit the program into my schedule.

Thanks Coach!

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In reading “The Dark Side of the Light Chasers,” by Debbie Ford this week I am realizing that one of my purposes and those of my clients is to live all of the authentic parts of ourselves. This means embracing the things about me that I try to deny and repress. Sometimes I am selfish, greedy and domineering. These are traits that I have as a human. We all have positive and negative traits. It is in denying our negative traits that we give them power over us.

We hide them always wanting to be good… they flair up without us wanting them too. Then we feel bad about not being able to control our negative traits showing. We feel bad about who we are. When we embrace these traits and acknowledge them as a part of our authentic selves we can thrive in wholeness.

Today is Peace Day at school and a fine young senior gave a speech about his commitment to being a peace maker. I was so pleased that he recognized the wholeness in himself when he said that he doesn’t always have positive peace practices, but sometimes he chooses negative traits. He then acknowledged his goal of being a peace maker most of the time. I bet he will be a peacemaker more often because of his wholeness, rather than if he is fragmented.

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I have been pondering Dr. Wayne Dyer’s book, “The Power of Intention,” for a while now, since I read what he has to say about purpose. I believe he is absolutely correct, in fact, I think about it every day. In essence what he said was that the very fact that you are here means that you have a purpose. Nothing in the universe exists without a purpose. Pause and think on that.

Just the fact that I am here means that I have a purpose. How do I know this is so? That is what I am struggling with, it seems like a bit of circular reasoning, but I just know it is true. The fact that you are here means you have a purpose. You get to decide what that purpose is, what activities or ways of being most align with what your purpose is and what makes you feel the most fulfilled.

When a person knows their purpose, really knows what they are meant to be, and the vision they’re meant to do, choices are easy. Life becomes nearly effortless when we realize that in living our purpose all the resources we need are available to meet our every need. People, money, and opportunities align when we are aligned with our purpose.

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