The trials and tribulations of living your purpose

(Transcribed from the Freelance Fairytales Podcast)

It’s still very new to me to talk about these kinds of things - trust me, I have opinions on a lot of things. But I know taking a stance on things like this can of course, draw in criticism. But that’s the point of living your purpose, right? Not caring that half, well even more than half of people, are going to dislike you for that opinion. But that it’s ok and you don’t have to please everyone all the time. I am definitely a people pleaser and have been so my whole life, and it’s one of the big things I am working on - not caring if everyone is pleased with me. 

So the trials and tribulations of living your purpose. This title is actually perfect because it sums up that yes, there are going to be good and bad side effects of stepping into your true purpose. Anytime a human does something in total divine alignment on this planet, they are met with pushback. If you are walking in tandem with God and what he intends for you, the devil isn’t going to like that very much. The devil - or whatever dark force you want to call it - thrives on people living out of alignment. When people live out of alignment, they feel unhappy, hopeless, tired, frustrated, angry, and desperate. All of these negative emotions are a hotbed for the devil to come in and use you to his advantage. But, when you step into your divine alignment, it’s a magical feeling, because you are stepping into what was always intended for you. You are coming into abundance, happiness, gratefulness, serenity, creativity, all those amazing things that reside on the good side. And when you are completely content, the devil can’t whisper to you anymore. His deception, his luring can’t break through.

Think to a time in your life when you were so so happy, even if just for a few hours. You were in such a state of bliss that anything bad happening around you barely registered. We almost put on these blinders to the negative when we are so abundantly in our divine purpose. I believe that’s what a working flow state is, if you guys have heard that term. A flow state is almost a trance-like state in which your brain hones in on whatever singular task you’re doing so intently that the rest of the world blurs out. This happens to me when I am writing things I want to write, like the book I just wrote. I’d start writing and next thing I’d know, 2 hours would go by, I wouldn’t have moved, drank any water, or checked my phone. I wouldn’t even know what time it was - the concept of linear time disappears in a flow state, which tells me its something magical. Time doesn’t exist in heaven, off of this planet like it does down here. It’s infinite, it’s now and forever, all at the same time. Don’t worry, it’s confusing sounding to me too - imagining a world where there is no such thing as time. It’s a cool thing to ponder.

Living in Your Purpose is Like Existing in a Full-Time Flow State

I believe when anyone is living their divine purpose, they enter into flow states like that. That’s why the saying ‘if you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life’ is so true. If your brain is constantly coming in and out of these Flow states, and your work is so thoroughly filling you up with contentment and joy, then you’ll never feel like you’re doing this draining work. I think of that saying all the time because if more people followed it, they’d be living much happier lives. We’ve come up in this world where its normal to hate your job and what you do. It’s necessary to Pay the bills. How horrifying is that? When I was in my early 20s, that was the main thing that caused me to quit my job. None of this made sense to me. If I have to work for decades, shouldn’t I like what I am doing? Is that a selfish though to have? None if it added up. So I quit that job to go find out if it was possible to love what you do and pay the bills. I found out if you love what you do, you more than pay the bills, you find those flow states that are magical. I realized we are all being fed this lie to deprive us from reaching these magical states. The powers that be don’t want you to know that that magic resides in every single person on this planet - God put it into you. If you realize you have your own divine power, you’re much harder to control. Don’t worry, that’s where I come into the picture.

But this planet, earth, ultimately is not our home. Whichever religion you ascribe to, they can all agree on that. It’s a temporary existence before eternity. It’s not a place that is receptive to being truthful, to being true to God, to being heavenly. It’s a place ruled by unfairness, suffering, highs and lows, and everything in-between. It’s not easy down here, and I have lived a 29 years on this planet that have in a lot of ways, been very unfair. I have felt very alone in my 20s when things happened to me that hadn’t happened to any of my friends. I felt upset for awhile. But then I realized these things that happened to me were, in their own way, blessings. They made me… me. I wouldn’t be sharing this with you today if I hadn’t seen the depths of despair on this planet, because I so deeply desire to help everyone else live their divine purpose down here before their time runs out.

Since planet earth is not our forever home, there are trials and tribulations with living a divine purpose. I feel anytime I am totally in step with God and helping thousands of people, the devil gets mad. I feel like totally out of the blue bad things happen to me, random people lash out at me, people who once supported me turn their back on me. I feel like anyone who allows the devil to use them gets wildly angry at people in their Godly divinity. It’s like the devil inside of them throwing a tantrum, unhappy that God is using you, the person in your divine purpose, to further his work down here.

Living Your Purpose Can Be Lonely - But It’s Worth It

Living a divine purpose can be a lonely pursuit - so lonely. Since you’r the only one with your divine purpose, no one else can fully relate to it. It’s important to have people who support you no matter what, but that divine purpose is between you and God. That’s why sharing your big ideas with other people can hurt - they can’t see it like you can. But you have to understand that’s ok - they weren’t meant to see it like you. It’s so special that you can see it the way you can, and that’s something to be cherished. Living a divine purpose can be lonely, especially if you don’t make an effort to connect with the spiritual realm. God is always with you, whether you look for him or not. Realizing that makes it all a lot less lonely - but you have to proactively change your outlook on spirituality if you want to see God standing there next to you.

Living a divine purpose can make you unpopular to mass sentiment. This planet is growing more and more dark, which means those embodying light at often seen as rebels or people who go against the culture. It’s hard to be unliked. It’s hard to know you are doing something unpopular and not going to be appreciated for it. It’s hard to know that whatever you’re going is going to warrant criticism. We so desperately desire to be liked, it’s such a human experience. But I believe overcoming that is what separates the most prolific people from our time from the masses. Getting to a place where you do not care that you are unpopular, so long as you are living your truth and divine purpose is to me, an ultimate state of enlightenment. 

And lastly, living a divine purpose can be downright exhausting. God calls on all of us to do so much more than we give ourselves credit for. We all have no idea truly what we are capable of. More than ever, I see people living in mediocrity and telling themselves they’re ok with it. I see mass laziness. I see zero desire in people to do or change anything. I see rampant fear, gosh do I see so much fear today. People guzzling down every news headline and allowing it to make them the most scared possible. Going against all of that to live a divine purpose can be exhausting. You know the saying you can sleep when you’re dead? I believe that. You’re going to feel eternal rest at some point - you’re not on this planet to collect dust. Of course, find your down time and relax and do all those things. I am not promoting hustle culture. But I am saying that daring to live your divine purpose will fill you up with so much contentment and joy, while bringing on a barrage of devilish attacks, that it’s going to be exhausting. But it’s so worth it. I can’t imagine living other way. I’d rather be exhausted and fulfilling exactly why I am here than rested and living a pointless existence. 

I think to be alive on this planet means to live with trials and tribulations. I think regardless of pursuing your divine purpose, you’re going to experience trials and tribulations. You might as well step into your potential while you’re doing it. You’re going to be blink and be 85 and this is all going to be over. You’re not going to think back to the businesses you didn’t start or the social media posts you were too afraid to post. You’re going to think back to the businesses and the risks you DID take. You’re going to smile thinking damn, I did the damn thing. I lived my truth. And that’s what it’s all about.