Does Your Passion = Your Purpose?

You're reading Does Your Passion = Your Purpose?, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles. Lately, I’ve come across a lot of headlines about how your purpose has nothing to do with your passion. Upon reading, I found the point they were making was more along the lines of: “If your passion is football, it doesn’t mean your purpose must be a career as a pro footballer”. This is definitely something I can agree with. While there are some people who go on to make money directly from their passion, the process is a little more complicated for the rest of us. I’d still argue, though, that a life purpose is always connected to passion, albeit in a more roundabout way. Is Purpose just a made-up concept? Before I continue, I’ll address the elephant in the room: Does “purpose” even exist? It seems to be a concept that's entirely dependent on one's personal beliefs. And so it is. I would, however, argue that it doesn't make a difference whether you actually believe in a higher “life purpose” or “soul purpose” - as long as you're open to the idea of picking something and declaring it your purpose, you're good to go. If you're wondering why you would do that: Studies have found much higher levels of happiness in people who are purpose-driven and working towards a "bigger picture" type goal. Therefore, even if you're cynical about the idea of purpose a...
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