Passion and Purpose ~ Finding Your Unique Fire

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There’s a Reason You Feel Drawn to Certain Things. They’re Clues. Follow Them.

Passion isn’t just excitement, it’s energy. It’s the current that moves through you when you’re doing something that feels alive. And purpose? It’s how that energy connects to the world.

You don’t need to have it all figured out. You just need to start noticing what lights you up, and what leaves you dim. Your unique fire doesn’t need to look impressive. It just needs to feel true.

The Myth of “One Purpose”

We often chase a perfect, single-purpose life, as if there’s one grand mission we’re supposed to find and follow forever.

But purpose isn’t a fixed destination. It evolves. It weaves. It lives in your choices, not just your career.

Sometimes your purpose is creating beauty. Sometimes it’s restoring soil. Sometimes it’s being a presence of calm in a chaotic room.

It doesn’t need a label. It needs your presence.

Following the Threads

You don’t find purpose by thinking harder. You find it by listening. To the pull. To the yes. To the tiny sparks that show up when you’re doing something that feels just right.

In the cOMmon field, we see people come alive not through pressure, but through permission. Permission to experiment. To follow curiosity. To do things that matter, even if they seem small.

Because that’s often where the fire lives.

Practices for Reconnecting with Purpose

• Track your energy: What activities drain you? What gives you life?

• Notice what you lose time in: Flow is a breadcrumb.

• Reflect on what you’ve always loved: Your childhood interests might still carry truth.

• Ask how your passions might serve others: Purpose grows when it’s shared.

• Dare to begin: Don’t wait for clarity. Start where you are.

What’s Next?

Once the fire is lit, the path opens, but it’s not always straight or easy. Purpose doesn’t protect you from challenge. But it does help you navigate it with resilience.

In the next post, Trusting the Journey: Growth Through Change, we explore how to stay rooted through uncertainty, adapt with grace, and keep moving forward, even when the road bends unexpectedly.

Shall we keep going?