How Our Life Purpose Evolves

Different authors might call it different names—true calling, vision, or even career ambition—but practically everyone agrees that your purpose in life is important. Find it and follow it. Except… How will you know you’ve found it?

As You Evolve, So Does Your Purpose

My claim is that purpose is not something that you can find and be done with. Rather, it is an ongoing process of uncovering deeper and deeper dimensions of yourself. Over the years, you grow and change, why should not your purpose?

Here’s how I’ve described my life purpose over the years:

“Get a job and build a life” (as the society expects me to)
“Bring about a revolution in education” (influenced by AIESEC and Anthony Robbins)
“Evolution of human consciousness” (after getting into Ken Wilber and Spiral Dynamics)
“Uncovering a more natural way of being” (re-reading Presence was a key turning point)

What Can We Do?

If our life purpose is this elusive and constantly evolving, what are we to do? Most of us have at least a vague guess of what we feel called to do, even it’s something as mundane as our favorite hobby. My advice is to take your best guess and follow it with all your heart, but hold it lightly. Never stop expressing your heart’s call. Never stop looking within.

Cultivating Curiosity