Leave it to @free-reign to get us thinking!
I have heard it said that if you do not follow your destiny, the universe will drag you kicking and screaming until you do. Have you been kicking and screaming? Perhaps you are meeting your purpose and don't know it. Is passion the same as purpose? You suggest that in this piece.
I'm the opposite of you. I had an intense passion for food, especially the sweet stuff, and spent day and night happily pursuing excellence in the field of food for decades. I made money! I made friends! I had it all!
But I am being dragged kicking and screaming now, toward what I do not know. I think despite my feeling I was living my purpose, my destiny, I was not. That is still to be found.
Everybody's wondering what and where we all come from Iris DeMent. (Not sure I spelled her name write or if she wrote the song, but she sang it and it's one of my faves)
Wow, wow, wow,
one measure of a good story is the quality (and quantity!) of comments it inspires. By this measure, you've struck a gold mine, @free-reign. Owasco, this is beyond awesome,
*** if you do not follow your destiny, the universe will drag you kicking and screaming until you do. Have you been kicking and screaming? Perhaps you are meeting your purpose and don't know it. Is passion the same as purpose?***
And the part where you thought you'd found your purpose and all was well (or seemed to be well) but you were dragged kicking and screaming to some OTHER purpose....
#wow!!!
You are right @carolkean, @owasco leaves great comments as a rule it seems, and they're much appreciated always! She revealed quite a lot on this subject in her great, thought-provoking comment!
Ha ha, I really haven't kicked or screamed at any part of my life (unless I did as an infant). I've never felt I could have approached life from a better angle or that I messed up somewhere along the way. And it is certainly possible i am meeting but not comprehending my purpose. I think passion can be our purpose, as the passionate do not back down easily from anything they feel deserves their attention.
It's very interesting that you thought you were pursuing your purpose, but then later discovering that you possibly weren't pursuing your real purpose with the food gig, and now you must search for your real purpose. I think your comment adds a lot of understanding on what this post is about.
Nice song!
I think perhaps our life's purpose changes. I had learned what it was I needed to learn, and it was time to evolve more fully. I have been blessed with significant challenges after four decades of a charmed life. Now my life is hard, very hard. Or is it? It's not what I wanted, it's not what I imagined, it's not what my friends have, but I am a kinder more patient person, and far less self motivated.
Everybody's wondering. Isn't Iris wonderful? thank you for taking the time to find this recording of her. I adore her.
I think my mindset concerning purpose - that I haven't been able to recognize one tailor-made for me - may actually represent my purpose in life, sort of like a jack-of-all-trades purpose. It must be that, if following our assigned purpose brings happiness to us.
Yes, she certainly is! I had heard the name before, but had never heard her music. You sure picked a great one as a first listen. I loved this song immediately and that doesn't happen all that often to me. Thanks for sharing !