What's your purpose?

A coaching exercise

I have been sowing A LOT of seeds in the garden recently (so many in fact that I’ve started dreaming about sowing seeds!) and the other day when marvelling at the different shapes of the seeds I was sowing it got me thinking.

The sole purpose of those little seeds is to germinate and grow into a new plant, so the plant can flower to get pollinated and then set seed to start the cycle again.  How delightfully simple to have your purpose so clearly mapped out for you.

Whilst I was there mindfully sowing, I started thinking about my purpose. 

By no means has it been clear to me from the start, in fact it’s ever changing, ever evolving based on the things I go through, the people I meet and the experiences I have.

I used to think my purpose was rooted in the job I did.  Naturally a people pleaser and always determined to do everything to the best of my ability I worked hard at school, university and then fought to get my dream job working as a forensic scientist.