"On purpose” – that’s sort of a pun, you got that, right?   I mean feeling good “on purpose” the ordinary way that phrase is used:  as in, deliberately and with intent.   And I also mean to say that it’s a great idea to feel good by living your life in alignment with a distinguished purpose.  Actually living on purpose.  

You can certainly go through life without distinguishing a purpose or mission.  But doing so provides you with a framework within which you can be extraordinarily powerful.  Would you like to be the captain of your own ship, or would your rather float aimlessly and wait to see what shores  and storms show up in your spyglass?  They’re both valid options, and yo“u might find yourself using both perspectives at different times in your life.  And when you’re ready to deliberately go where you want to go, and deliberately feel the way you want to feel, declaring your purpose makes you the navigator – you’re working with a map instead of being at the mercy of the winds.   (I’m feeling a lot like a pirate today!) 

Eckhart Tolle, in his wonderful book, “A New Earth,” tells us that humanity’s inner purpose is to awaken – that is: to live in the present moment because, after all, it’s all we’ve got.  And then there’s our outer purpose – the purpose we declare as our Doing, that might vary over time and can be wildly different from one person to the next.   Either way, inner purpose or outer, works well in deliberately feeling good.  And if you do both!  Well, my goodness, you’ll be unstoppable with your good feelings.  Even annoying, maybe.  Well, you’re going to annoy some of the people some of the time, so why not be really irritating and feel good all of the time.  

If you want to live on purpose, whether you feel good or not, it seems like a good idea to figure out what your purpose is, doesn’t it?  How to determine your purpose?  Steve Pavlina has some great techniques, including this one  in which he suggests a method for brainstorming -- or braindumping – all the possibilities you can come up with as your purpose for being here, and when you reach the one that makes you cry, you’ve nailed it. (Linked in that article are his other suggested methods for  non-weepers.)

Ask yourself: if I had everything I want and need, and I was doing exactly what I want to do (even if I don’t know what that is yet), what would I be being?   What are the ways of being that would absolutely light me up if I were being them?   When I am very, very old, I would like to look back on my life and recognize the overflowing abundance of Freedom, Connection, and Joy that I had generated throughout my life.  Those are the ways of being that light my fire.  Out of those ways of being has arisen my purpose:  To boldly generate and facilitate free-flowing love and joy.    

This purpose may change.  Although it’s a matter of integrity to live in the inspiration of that purpose, I’m not “stuck” with it; I’m pretty sure it will evolve over time. – as a matter of fact, I think I’m due for a Life Purpose Check-Up!  And it inspires me right now, which is all I’ve got!   Boldly generating and facilitating free-flowing love and joy provides me with a framework for making choices that work well.   It’s a magic mirror for me to consult when I’m unsure or adrift.   

What ways of being light you up?  Can you see a purpose for your life that would have you excited about living into it?  

You know what I’m up for?  I’ll bet you do, since you found your way here.  I won’t pussyfoot around. I’m up for feeling good on purpose, and I want that for everyone else who desires it, too.   

When I talk about “feeling good,” I’m not talking about mere hedonism or purely luxurious self-gratification.   Not that I have anything against hedonism and purely luxurious self-gratification!  They are a couple of my favorite things! But what I’m really talking about, and what I wish for myself, for you, and for the world, is:

The alignment of what we’re being, having and doing with who we really are. 

I’m all about seeing who I have to be so that I am experiencing and making available to others joy, power and abundance.   Generating those qualities interests me… and I am looking forward to exploring everything I can find that has you and me feeling fulfilled and satisfied.  When you feel good the way I’m talking about feeling good, it’s not a selfish exercise – you are generating feeling good not only for yourself, but for the world. 

It’s all about personal development, and we’ll be investigating how to be in love with all areas of your life, including:

• health & vitality
  
• intellectual, emotional, and spiritual growth
  
• intimacy and relationships
  
• contribution
  
• pleasure
  
• your place in the community and in the world
  
• abundance
  
• career
  
• creative expression
  
• food
  
• integrity
  
• personal power
  
• fun
  

…. and every other area where we could be feeling good.  What other areas of your life would you be enjoying if what you were being, having and doing were perfectly and harmoniously aligned with who you really are? 

It’s funny how once I started listing out a few feel good on purpose ideas within these categories, more and more ideas come tumbling in, faster than I can write them down. It’s an upward spiral – just thinking about feeling good on purpose has me feeling good.  On purpose.  Give it a try, why don’t you?

Are you up for feeling good on purpose?