{"id":31,"date":"2021-04-29T00:03:17","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T00:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepowercloset.com\/?p=31"},"modified":"2022-12-13T23:00:18","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T23:00:18","slug":"post-1-intro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepowercloset.com\/?p=31","title":{"rendered":"Purpose: in or out?"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

8th<\/sup> April 2021, 14:22<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

I wake up with groggy eyes and do what I do on reflex – check my phone. Turns out that it\u2019s the day the Forbes article was published, I see so many posts of people being celebrated and I\u2019m just amazed. There are sooo many people who speak of how they work tirelessly into the night all for a purpose – to uplift women, to enable a savvy new technology that eases a consumer\u2019s frustration, to make sustainable clothing mainstream – the reasons are infinite. What I notice though is they all seem genuinely motivated. Not by money alone, not to just become rich, but genuinely motivated to solve a problem.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Rewind to a day earlier. Someone asked me \u201cwhat kept you motivated and working at your job all these years?\u201d Funny. I\u2019ve never really thought about it. I managed to scramble and come up with 3 reasons: 1) I\u2019m on a visa 2) It pays the bills 3) I had made a to-do-list of tasks I wanted to learn how to do and given my obsessive perfectionist nature I wanted to tick that list off till it was all completed (p.s. that list is now torn and in the trash can because I think the vast majority of things on there I do not care about).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

My point is I didn\u2019t even realise that I wasn\u2019t motivated in the job. But I don\u2019t even know why I\u2019m surprised. Wherever there\u2019s no purpose in what you do, it\u2019s difficult to be motivated or feel joy. I always say don\u2019t ever confuse joy with happiness – they are two completely different things. Joy in my opinion is genuine and heartfelt. It\u2019s not dependent on one\u2019s circumstances. Happiness seems more fleeting – like a flash in the pan.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

I sat up in bed and started writing this article. How does one find purpose in what they do? Purpose in the work they do daily.\u00a0 I\u2019d rather sweat for a purpose than without. Sigh.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The truth is, I haven\u2019t found my \u201cthing\u201d yet. All my love ones continuously support me and are adamant on me never settling till I find it. Is it hard? Absolutely. Do I cry? Almost every day. Does it suck searching? Yes it does. But now I\u2019ve learnt that searching is like running after fireflies. I\u2019ve learnt that searching is like trying to find a needle in an oceans sea bed. Why? Because purpose is discovered. You don\u2019t find purpose, you discover it.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

You discover it as you try, you rule out what you don\u2019t like and you practice the things you enjoy and are good at. You perfect your gifts that you know you have and you keep at it every day. And most importantly, you lean on God because he\u2019s the reason I can even dare to say that you and I have a purpose. In scripture, it is written:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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\u201cHowever, he has given each one of us a special gift through the generosity of Christ.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

Ephesians 4: 7 NLT<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

And I cling to this word because my Father does not lie. He didn\u2019t make a single person purposeless. You, me, the person on the road who sells water, the plumber, the school teacher, the baker, the person who mows your lawn, the naughty lady who was rude to you – we all have gifts, we all have purpose.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

So I end by saying I can\u2019t wait to discover mine. I feel so much joy when I see a friend of mine (she\u2019s basically part of my sister clan now) who smiles so much as she learns the art of cooking. Random right? Yes. She was in a completely different field (banking) and God did a 360 degree turnaround on her. But her smile is a reminder that He exists and He brings out joy in people. I admire the joy I see on so many women on that Forbes 30 under 30 list. My heart is genuinely full of joy for them.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Before I started writing this, I sighed. And God knew why I sighed. When I said? And he replied \u201cYour time will come\u201d. I give you the same message \u201cYour time will come\u201d. And till it does, never stop holding his hand till you discover it together (you + Him).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Love,<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

T<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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