Part 31 of 46 · Chapter 31 · 5 min 55 sec
You’ve spent years asking the big questions. What am I here for? What’s my real work? You’ve read the books on calling and meaning. You’ve taken the assessments. You’ve sat with the question in journals, on retreats, maybe even on a quiet beach somewhere hoping the answer would land.
And yet, if something still isn’t clicking, it might be because every framework you found gave you a way to search for purpose — without ever telling you where purpose actually comes from. So you kept hunting. You kept trying on careers and missions and titles, hoping one would feel like home.
It’s not you. It’s not that you’re picky or undecided or “still figuring it out” at an age when your friends seem settled. You were asking the right question with the wrong map. Purpose isn’t something you find by elimination. It isn’t a job description waiting to be matched to your skills.
Here’s the reframe this chapter offers: your purpose is something you chose before you got here. Whether you take that literally or as a beautiful metaphor, the practical effect is the same. Your purpose isn’t out there hiding from you. It’s already inside you, quietly humming in the things that bring you joy. The circumstances of your life — even the hard ones — gave you the exact tools you need to live it out.
That’s why purpose feels so good when you find it. You’re not discovering something new. You’re remembering something old.
This chapter is short, but it asks you to set down every label society handed you and listen for something quieter underneath. Press play when you’re ready.
What this chapter unlocks
- Why purpose is separate from goals. Goals are the route. Purpose is the reason you’re driving in the first place. Most people confuse the two and end up hitting goals that feel hollow.
- Why “what makes me happy?” is a better question than “what’s my career?” David teaches that job titles are the number-one reason people miss their purpose. Drop the labels first, then look.
- What David Cameron Gikandi says about children and purpose. Kids often know their purpose instinctively — until education and social pressure talk them out of it. Part of the work is remembering what you knew at seven.
- Why your purpose cannot be something joyless. If it drains you, it isn’t it. Joy is the signal, not a bonus.
- You can have more than one purpose. You are multi-dimensional. Purpose isn’t a single label you wear for life — it’s a way of being aligned with what calls you, in whatever season you’re in.
The 30-second test
Listen to the first 30 seconds. If David’s question — “why did you choose to come here on Earth?” — makes something in your chest pause instead of roll its eyes, this is your chapter. That pause is the part of you that already knows. It’s been waiting for permission to speak up.
Why this chapter matters in the series
The previous chapters built the inner architecture — thoughts, feelings, beliefs, identity. This one tells you what all that architecture is for. Without purpose, even the most aligned mindset becomes a beautiful machine with no destination. Purpose is the direction your aligned creative power points toward. And it sets up what’s coming next: the chapter on giving, where David shows that contribution within your purpose is one of the fastest paths to abundance.
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purpose why are you here what is your purpose your purpose is separate from your goals what is your purpose why are you here only by knowing and declaring your purpose and holding it high every day can you move forward fast in the right direction for you and have a great ime doing so the right question is why time doing so the right question is why did you choose to come here on Earth where did you get your purpose consider this suggestion you have free will when did this free will start some people think it starts after you were born they believe that they did not have a choice whether or not to be born but
once they are here they have free will to make choices in their lives others believe that your free will is eternal and it starts even before you were born that is not such a strange idea your soul is eternal your eyes tell you that life starts when one is born but something deeper tells you that this may not be the real beginning purpose or Destiny is what you yourself or Soul chose to come to do here on Earth a choice based on its set of attributes and wishes and the circumstances and location you were born in are perfect for you to collect the necessary tools to fulfill your chosen purpose were you to go through
life with such an awareness that is why your unique purpose feels so good once you find it that is why it gives you so much joy doing it that is because you chose it along long time ago it is what you came here to do unfortunately so many people do not fulfill their purpose largely because of the way our society and education is structured yet you can easily fulfill yours if you choose to you first find your purpose by spending some Qui time thinking what makes you feel so good what you have so much passion for do not think of job descriptions or careers drop all those labels Society has taught you to believe in
they are the number one reason why people do not find their purpose just ask yourself what makes me happy it could be spending time with butterflies or flying around the world making deals or cooking or speaking to people or anything else once you do that Envision it intend and make goals toward moving to a point where you’ll be working as a career in your discovered purpose for example let us imagine that your purpose is studying butterflies and you’re now orking unhappily in a non- butterfly working unhappily in a non- butterfly related job do not dis be start getting books and finding people in the butterfly field find out all that you can then start making
goals and choices that will eventually take you out into a position that is butterfly related do not worry about money and all the other little worries you may start having they will sort themselves out as long as you do not worry and you will be very happy and successful once you work in your destiny or purpose a destiny that you rself chose before you were born here yourself chose before you were born here on Earth your self-satisfaction will also rise and you will be making optimal contribution to the World At Large sit down quietly and find out why you are here you have a purpose you may or may not know it yet you can
discover What It Is by asking yourself this question and by being true to yourself your special talent is usually your purpose or it may be something you always felt especially as a child that you could do very well children often know their purposes but as they grow up societ and education systems confuse them or it may be what gives you the most joy in fact your purpose cannot be in something that does not give you Joy and satisfaction find it then Live Your Life by your purpose and wealth will come to you a lot easier and joyfully and you will love your work work is love made visible and if you cannot work with love
but only with distaste it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the Gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy Kalo jabran Define your purpose in life clearly keep it high in your thoughts at all times declare your goals by it align your thoughts words and actions with it at all times and your life will be fulfilled and satisfactory the shest way to enjoy your work is to work within your purpose in life work within whatever you determine is your purpose in life not your job or obligation but that which you feel called from within to do that which you dream of doing and joy at
work will be asy to experience what does this tell easy to experience what does this tell you that everyone can work at a job or business that they enjoy so long as they know what their purpose is and they work within it when you align your thoughts fearlessly to your life’s purpose you become a powerful creative Force when you’re working within your purpose work no longer becomes a job it becomes a pleasure and it becomes life the boundaries between work and fun vanish how many purposes do you have you have as many as you feel that you have you not restricted to just one you are a multi-dimensional being all of the things held constant
to the extent that an individual or Society finds and works in their purpose so will they have wealth and happiness life is a celebration and joy makes for celebration Joy is spirit being expressed in the ways it likes to and esires to purpose gives spirit that desires to purpose gives spirit that opportunity find your purpose that you chose for yourself and you will find love joy and wealth in your work and contribute optimally to society talking about contributions did you know that one of the most powerful ways to get wealth is to give it multiplies Sevenfold back to you let us move into another powerful insight
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