- I’m stuck! How do I get out of my rut?
- How do I figure out what I am supposed to be doing?
- How do I know my souls purpose/ my purpose in this lifetime?
These and similar questions are being asked more and more. I usually cannot give a person a pat answer such as “You are supposed to do ____” and fill in the blank for them. I can give some suggestions on how you can go about answering some of these questions yourself. Discovering and accepting the answer is part of your journey.
If you have gone severely off your soul plan “track”, your life may have probably become difficult…like everything seems to go wrong. If everything is going wrong, it is perhaps time to see what you can do to get back on track.
Have You Left Your Morals Behind?
If you’ve left your morals in the past, perhaps its time to bring them back; you had morals for a reason – it is like a checks and balancing system. It is not a weakness to do what is right – it takes more courage, and a strong person, to do what is right.
Have You Become Hardened or Bitter in Your Life?
If you have become hardened or bitter (which is often caused by jealousy, anger, sense of entitlement, etc.), please check to see if you put yourself into the energy of the victim role.
What hardened you? Perhaps the hardcore shell helped you over a hurtful period in your life – but now it is time to shed that and allow the gentleness and love we were created for to shine through.
Bitterness may be combined with entitlement; entitlement should not be part of our life.
Each being, you included, set up some goals to accomplish for your own soul growth – as well as having decided before you entered this body as to some life specifics (rich, moderate, poor; slim, fat, pretty, ugly, tall, short, etc.) as well as what you needed to experience for this lifetime.
There is no entitlement; no one “owes” you; there is no “if I only had ___ & ____, I know then that I have ‘made it’ “. Just because your neighbor, friend, coworker seems to have an idyllic life from your perspective doesn’t mean they do, and it doesn’t mean it is what you are supposed to do or have.
Please focus on you, your life and your soul growth – not worrying about what others have accomplished or are doing.
Are You Constantly Feeling Like Everything’s Being Done To You? Feeling like a Victim?
As long as you believe/feel that everything happens to you, the universe will comply to make your creation happen and assist you in perpetuating this belief.
Perhaps its time to take responsibility for your life and let go of the victim role; take your power back by seeing what good has come out of your experiences.
Your soul growth relies on your experiences – or rather how to react to your experiences.
If you react negatively (stuck as a victim – it was done to you, etc.) then chances are you will be provided another opportunity to experience a similar (similar in the energy reaction) event/incident to see if you can find the silver lining or the good that came out of the experience.
A Rut?
So, if you are stuck in a rut, and you honestly addressed anything written above that may have fit you – then I would recommend a change in perception. A “rut” could be an opportunity – a “diamond in the rough”; or perhaps you are to leave the well traveled rut and take a new path; maybe pride is interfering with acknowledging the truths you are being given; pride (which is ego my friends) really has no place in spiritual growth. Pride can stop your progress cold.
Soul Purpose – Supposed to Be Doing
We are each supposed to experience different aspects of being human – to learn from our growth opportunities – to assist others (without being a doormat) and to love self.
As far as job (or lack thereof) – what is your passion? What makes your soul sing when you do it? What creates positive energy for you? Don’t dream it…create it, live it – even if it is part time – experience what makes your soul sing.
In A Nutshell
If you are stuck, it is time to take an honest look at self and makes some changes.
Please do not compare your have and have nots with others lives – their soul plan is not yours; your responsibility is your life and your soul growth.
If working on the above mentioned stuff (honestly and objectively) and everything (not a few things, scattered here and there…that’s called life) is still going wrong – or if you aren’t able to cope with life – perhaps it is time to meet with a therapist who can help you resolve those imbalances.
by Jan Toomer
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