http://phoenixmassageofasheville.com Transformed by the power of touch Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:23:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 en http://phoenixmassageofasheville.com/blog/the-alchemist http://phoenixmassageofasheville.com/blog/the-alchemist#comments Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:20:22 +0000 Pam http://phoenixmassageofasheville.com/blog/the-alchemist I am reading, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho.  I read a few blogs, and one of them is by Buz McGuire. (You can find him on Facebook.) He wrote about this book and when I responded to it, he highly recommended that I read it. He said that it seemed to fit in perfectly for me right where I am.So I ordered the book from Amazon.  It arrived yesterday and I started to read it this afternoon. It is a fictional work, but Buz is right. It fits in perfectly with where I am as I consider living my purpose.You see, I have always believed from my earliest recollection that we all have a purpose. Or mission, if you prefer that word. We all have a “job” to do here on this planet that only we can do. I believe that I have done a pretty good job of living my purpose…as far as I have understood it. In my 20’s and 30’s, I did my best, but never stopped to discover who I was or what I really wanted to do with my life. I pretty much did what was expected of me, what my parents said was a good thing to do, or what my husband wanted.In my 40’s, I questioned the status quo. My husband said I had a mid-life crisis. Perhaps. What I did do was to listen to my body, listen to my dreams, listen to my hopes, and listen to my spirit. And then I made changes in my life to reflect what I heard. Those changes included a divorce. My husband was a good man. He was the same man that I married. I changed and he did not care to come along with me. So he divorced me.And now I am in another time of reflection.  My life has changed once more and I am taking the time to find out who I am, what I want to do and where I will go. I do know that I am actively involved in life. I love my life. And my life is taking a new direction. I am still a nurse. I am still a massage therapist with a private practice. However, I am also writing now. I intend to be published. I hope to inspire others to thrive and to love and to grow.So back to purpose. Do we have just one purpose on the planet? Do we just have one purpose that is continuous throughout our lives? Based on my life, I would say that my purpose has had a continuous thread, but the way that purpose manifests has changed with the stage of my life. What do you think?

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