Your life mission is what you stand for. How you choose to express your life mission is where your own unique interests and talents come in.
To be honest, it is unlikely that anyone's life mission is entirely unique in the world. As I write these words today, there are over six billion human beings on this planet, with two or three net additions every second. (That adds up to just under eighty million additional people every year!) With so many people walking around on this earth, I can virtually guaranty you that I am not the only one who stands for the principle of inclusion!
Nonetheless, every single human being is unique. Each of us has our own unique set of interests and talents, developed through a combination of genetics and experience, so that even people sharing the same life mission will most likely express that mission in completely different ways.
Artists, physicists, lawyers, and yoga instructors might all express the principle of inclusion through their work. An artist will portray the theme through sculpture, perhaps, while a physicist will seek a single theory that explains apparently disparate behavior. A lawyer might become interested in mediation or labor negotiations or politics, integrating the needs of multiple interests. A yoga instructor might offer special classes for children or for the elderly, wanting everyone who is interested in yoga to feel welcome to participate.
Whatever your life mission is, your own unique set of interests and talents will be perfectly suited to the exploration and expression of that mission in every aspect of your life. And that will remain true no matter how much those interests and talents might change and evolve over time. So if you were thinking that your life mission might have something to do with art, or with music, or with writing, or with chemistry... whatever you've been thinking you haven't been on the wrong track.
Every one of your interests and talents can be applied toward the expression of your life mission. Art or music or writing or chemistry won't actually be your life mission, but each of these is one way in which a life mission can be expressed! So don't throw away those earlier thoughts just because your understanding of your life mission may be changing. If something is pulling you in those directions, then chances are good that you are being called to express your life mission in those arenas.
(In my next post in the series, I'll start exploring ways to align each aspect of your life with your life mission...)
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Articles in the Life Mission series:
- Discovering your life's mission - 11/15/05
- The nature of a life mission - Part I - 11/19/05
- The nature of a life mission - Part II - 11/20/05
- The broad scope of a life mission - 11/24/05
- Expressing your life mission in your own way - 11/26/05
- Aligning your life with your life mission - 12/2/05
- Using your talents and interests to find direction - 12/5/05
- Recognizing the value of your life mission - 12/13/05
