It's okay to be content with life...as it is!

Have you sometimes been asked, "What is it that you truly love to do?" And usually, just blanked out. 

People end up at times, feeling guilty of not being driven by a mission. 

"Finding your Calling," "purpose in life," all appeared to me as overblown views. 

Find what you love and let it kill you.

( Charles Bukowski)

Some people are born and determine right away that they want to be a writer, a professor, a doctor. Then they go about their lives and actually live and breathe their passion. 

Then there are others who really don't "find their calling"- yet are curious, successful, kind and humble in life.

Some people may go on with their regular life, find a corporate job, and get on with it. With commitment and hard work. That's completely acceptable.

Also, knowing that their journey through their careers need not be a straight-line focussed road that they travel on with a single-pointed vision. It can steer through fun alleys, winding paths, and blockages of not knowing where they're headed. It can be a journey of revelation where they find that not all lanes are full of fun houses-they could just be mazes with hidden doors and trapped stores. 

Not to forget, often, these transitions are coupled with fear, and they are painful. 

Trying this and trying that, failing, getting fired, quitting, and realizing it was the wrong thing. Until one bumped into an enchanting spot and hidden treasure. It added to your knowledge, your experience, and help you find an elevated position that feels settled enough. For now.

Your purpose need not be path-breaking.

Know that you don't need to know your inner light from when you were a school going, kid. Or a teenager. Or even when you reached your mid-40s. Not everyone has it figured out.

You don't necessarily wake up one morning to see that flashlight in your heart that is capable of fuelling your entire life path. And that doesn't make you any less of an achiever. 

Your purpose at work need not be revolutionizing. It may be the simplest thing that contributes to a substantial company mission, and as simple as this sounds, it may be your purpose at that point in your life. 

Just bring the light in every Interaction.

Think about the time you crossed paths with an unfamiliar colleague at work while grabbing a coffee. You may have engaged in a pleasant conversation with them. By merely being present and involved in the moment, you may have impacted the person positively while you did not even realize it. At that moment, that was your purpose. 

Ease into it.

You may not care about a legacy that you can leave behind. You may enjoy finding different strokes in life at different points in time. Just get comfortable with it. Accept that it's okay to be uncertain. There is no one path. It's okay. Life just needs you to be whomever you need to be. Be present and stay curious.