{"id":163,"date":"2009-08-25T00:14:16","date_gmt":"2009-08-25T00:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/yourcharmedlife\/2009\/08\/top-10-ways-to-discover-your-purpose.html"},"modified":"2009-08-25T00:14:16","modified_gmt":"2009-08-25T00:14:16","slug":"top-10-ways-to-discover-your-purpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/yourcharmedlife\/2009\/08\/top-10-ways-to-discover-your-purpose.html","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 ways to  discover your purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"journals.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/journals.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"159\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left;margin: 0 20px 20px 0\" \/><\/span>1. Write in a journal with a pen. You know what you need to do: this will bring it out for you.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>2. Think back to what you wanted to do or be when you were a little child, younger than 7. There&#8217;s a key in this to your life&#8217;s purpose and destiny.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>3. Contemplate what you love and what makes you happy. This is going to play a prominent role&nbsp;in your destiny.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>4. Bring to mind the people you admire. What are these people doing? What could you be doing that&#8217;s like that?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>5. Look at your bookshelves. What&#8217;s there? The answer will give you a hint as to your life&#8217;s&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"bookshelf.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/133\/import\/bookshelf.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"226\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"float: right;margin: 0 0 20px 20px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div>purpose.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>6. What were you doing when you were happiest? You were either fulfilling your purpose then or you were somewhere in the ballpark.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>7. What would you love to leave this world knowing that you&#8217;d done? Start doing it.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>8. Follow up on everything that interests you. Get information. Take classes.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>9. Pray. God wants you to discover your purpose; it&#8217;s not supposed to be a mystery or a maze.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>10. 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