Leo's Liberation
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Leo's Liberation
The Quiet Call: Discovering Purpose in a Noisy World
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Have you ever felt adrift, questioning not just where you're headed, but why? That persistent feeling of being meant for something more isn't just restlessness—it's the quiet call of purpose tugging at your consciousness.
In this deeply reflective conversation, Trey and Bonita explore the nature of purpose as an evolving invitation rather than a fixed destination. They challenge the common misconception that purpose must be tied to career achievement, suggesting instead that purpose connects to our very existence. "I don't think purpose is solely linked to your job at all," Trey observes. "I think your job is linked to your purpose." This subtle but profound distinction liberates us from the pressure of finding the "perfect career" and opens us to discovering meaning across all dimensions of life.
The hosts tackle how modern technology complicates our search for authentic purpose. In a world of carefully constructed online personas, finding your true calling requires radical honesty with yourself. As Trey notes, "To find that purpose, you have to start off with being true and real with yourself." The conversation weaves through practical approaches to purpose-finding, including the undervalued practice of journaling, the critical importance of mentorship, and how community connections guide us toward our unique contributions. Bonita offers a beautiful metaphor, describing purpose as branches on a tree—stemming from one foundation but extending in multiple directions throughout our lives.
Perhaps most comforting is their acknowledgment that purpose isn't always comfortable. Growth inherently involves discomfort, and setbacks are part of the journey. Yet each step, however small, contributes to the "larger tapestry of shared human experience." Whether you're questioning your direction or seeking deeper fulfillment, this episode offers both practical wisdom and soulful encouragement for your unique path.
Listen, reflect, and consider this weekend: What would it look like to intentionally practice what you believe might be your purpose, even in small ways? Your journey of purpose awaits.
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Welcome to Leo's Liberation
Speaker 1and hello beautiful souls. Welcome to your friday and welcome to another episode of leo's liberation, the podcast where we work to unlock our potential and grow to be better versions of ourselves. On a weekly basis, I'm your host, trey, and with me again is bonita. Happy friday.
Speaker 2I had to think about the day for a second Happy Friday. Happy Friday.
Speaker 1I had to think about the day for a second. There the week goes by quick. So it looks like today we are going to kind of go ahead and build on, go into your weekend with, but still thought-provoking to some extent, or something that you can practice over the weekend, of course. And now we're looking at our call to purpose. That is going to be the topic for today. So, yeah, I guess, without further ado, we'll kind of get into it just a little bit.
Speaker 1So I do kind of remember a time, I think, and I think we've all been here. I'm not going to say I remember a time, but I think we've all been at that point in our lives where, you know, you kind of feel adrift. And your question not just where you're headed, but why. And you know, I think it's during those moments of uncertainty that we encounter a quiet yet persistent call, and it's a reminder that we're meant for something more than a routine existence. So you know that invitation of purpose changes everything. It pushes us to pursue a life filled with meaning, creativity and impact. So that is where we're going today people, so yet again, fast-paced world. But, benita, what are your thoughts? Basically, just kind of opening up things. Uh, before we move into defining this call of purpose, but what are your thoughts on purpose?
Speaker 2I think purpose is a lifelong journey that we reinvent continuously throughout that journey.
Speaker 1Okay, so you don't think there's like just one purpose for anybody, one sole purpose?
Speaker 2No, well, not necessarily one purpose. I think it evolves. I think it's like branches on a tree. Okay, you have that one solid foundation at its um, at the foundation, but it branches off into different avenues, it stretches beyond whatever that first preconceived notion is gotcha and I kind of think, also like in.
Speaker 1So if you look at today, the the world is today, which I'm pretty sure every generation does, this, the generation following them has it easier than the generation that they, that they grew up in, and so forth and so on.
Speaker 1But if you look at how busy the world is today and how many options are afforded to people nowadays like the options are astronomical, you know, you can, you can say you're going to be an astronaut one day and then you, you know, you spent your whole night on Google and now you don't know if you want to be a doctor or a lawyer, an astronaut, a fricking personal trainer or a media influencer, or you know, or an only fans coach, I don't know.
Speaker 1Like it's just it's. It's just there's just so many fricking options out there and I think that's what's kind of got people lost in that that search of what their real purpose is, or actually even knowing what their purpose is, because I think sometimes, especially when we're young, we tend to fight what's kind of obvious, because I think, you know, we want to experiment, we want to experiment and we want to kind of get that experience underneath us a little bit. So, yeah, I don't know. The world's just too busy, I think, for people to actually know exactly what it is they're here to do, or at least take out time to figure that out, I think your purpose, though it's an applied action, right.
Speaker 2Like any time someone asks me about what I feel like my purpose in life was, I've always said that I felt I was called to serve, no matter the capacity. So starting off in service was military service, from the military going into social services. You know, working in my community, that base is still the same, but the avenues in which I choose to exercise that purpose have morphed over the years. And then it doesn't have to be, you know, just one, one solid path and the one thing, the one way to do to do with it.
Speaker 1Yeah, yeah, that's crazy about being human. I think it's just we're so freaking, we're so complicated, sometimes for no reason at all, but we're just complicated. And you know, yet again you have hit the nail on the head as far as, like you know, purpose kind of being that ongoing invitation to live in alignment with you know, basically with your goals or values or your passions or whatever the case may be. But I guess some people, for those who may not know, you know, you know, when we talk about purpose, what exactly does that mean? Right? So what does purpose mean? And so for many, you know, the call to purpose is not singular, like we just said, but define or define goal, but an ongoing invitation to live in alignment with our deepest values and passions. And I think passions normally is what drives people.
Speaker 1But values are kind of like that, that um, behind the scenes kind of person that's kind of making things happen as well. But it's also the gentle tug on your heart that reminds you each day. You know you're here for a reason. So you know if you're sitting there at Chick-fil-A and you're staying out in the cold and you're pushing people through the line as fast as possible, and you're just doing it with a smile, and you know good and well that's not where you're supposed to be. Yeah, that's probably not going to be your purpose, but you know what that, that service that you give that day, um, you know that smile that you give someone? Uh, the treatment that you give someone that day uh, believe it or not, probably goes, you know, way further than you could possibly ever imagine. Um, even though you're miserable at that point, you've actually made someone else's day. So it's kind of weird how purpose works out sometimes, but you know what's that are you?
Speaker 2do you believe, though, that your, your purpose is always tied to like your work product?
Misconceptions About Finding Purpose
Speaker 1no. So, um, it's funny you say that. So I kind of listened to this other podcast called Better man. It's a Christian men's podcast, as I'm kind of on my exploration and kind of trying to find out, trying to understand things better in life for myself and for family and whatnot. But they kind of did go on like basically a man's job and his connection to his work and you know how those things can sometimes define you.
Speaker 1But no, I don't think purpose is solely linked to, I don't think it's linked to your job at all. I think your job is linked to your purpose and I think that I think your purpose is kind of linked to your existence in a sense that why, why you are here, kind of thing. I mean, is it? I don't think it's I. I don't think anybody gets it. As many as you know. You have some people who honestly truly feel like they're serving their purpose. But, like you said, I think that purpose can change. Today I may be doing my thing, just like you said. You may be doing your thing where it's called your call to serve, but tomorrow that purpose could be your call. Is that a dog?
Speaker 2it is.
Speaker 1I'm sorry folks I had the tv also. I want to make sure my tv wasn't loud, sorry that threw me off. So basically, the uh, but you could be called here today to serve, but the next day you could be called to defend, you could be called to fight for someone else or for yourself, and your purpose has been redefined based on basic, I think, your environment, I think just a lot of factors that play into your purpose. But I think if we're looking a little more, if we're looking at this from a divine and a spiritual level, I think, yeah, we could go back to you know, if your purpose is to serve, or you know your calling is to serve, then I think that that may be solely tied to your soul in general, like maybe that's just what your soul is here to, to do, if that makes sense no, I can totally understand and, um, get, get what you're saying, because I'm, I feel happiest in service to us, because that does amplify my purpose.
Speaker 2I believe that you know I'm, I'm not. I don't have a desire for, you know, like capital gains or like you know, like I'm here to build an empire or anything like that. That is soul sucking to me. But, being in service of my community, my neighbor. That gives me purpose, that gives me fulfillment.
Speaker 1I can kind of agree there. Um, I remember taking, I'm pretty sure I mean we were both in the military, so obviously the ass vap um, but I'm pretty sure in your time you've taken several like aptitude tests as well, right, um, and no matter how many times I focused and try to, I think, answer differently than the last test, my answer or my results always ended up the same. So, yes, for you folks who are thinking that we're living in the Matrix, no, this was not one of those moments. I guarantee this was not the Matrix.
Speaker 1I think this is literally just my purpose and this is naturally, deep down, who I am as an individual, you know, as a, as a spirit on earth. This is who I am Right, and but my, my results always came back to um, uh, basically in a sense of human services type job, um, to where, like you I am. You know I do best when I am here to basically serve or help people. I don't want to really want to say serve, because it's always not serve. Service is.
Speaker 1I think we all do service when we go to work, but I think my sole purpose here on Earth is to honestly help people and normally help those people who can't help themselves, regardless of what the situation is, to kind of be that voice, be that advocate, um, uh, be that, that, that muscle, if they can't lift something on their own, um, or just be that person sitting there to kind of encourage them and, you know, kind of get them to see the brighter side of things, that life isn't as bad. Even if I'm having a crappy day, I'm still able to naturally do that with you know, totally put myself to the side and still, actually, um, provide that person with you know, totally put myself to the side and still actually provide that person with you know a connection and maybe help them find their purpose as well. I hope that didn't sound like gaudy or anything like that.
Speaker 2No, it just sounds like you're a public servant, that you feel the best, like I said, with serving and you know, and being a help to your fellow men.
The Role of Service in Purpose
Speaker 1I think in that sense also you kind of have to be careful because it can turn. I think you can go from having the purpose of helping people but it can also turn into control freak. What was that?
Speaker 2I said savior complex.
Speaker 1Exactly 100%. So I think you can go into the. I think you can turn to some type of a zealot really quickly because I, you know, like you know that, that, that that positive feeling that you get, that, that that slight little dopamine rush that you get from helping somebody, I think that can become addicting to some people, yeah, and you know, unless they're getting that, they don't feel like they've done what they need to do. So definitely be careful. But you know, like you say, I think the misconceptions of purpose in general are not always tied, or not always tied to career achievements, which I keep basically kind of putting mine in alignment with work. But I mean, all I do is work. So it's kind of hard not to put it in alignment with work, not to say I don't have a life. But you know, this is a. I enjoy working. There's nothing wrong with that.
Speaker 1I think a lot of people frown on the fact that people think that if you enjoy working or going to work, that's a bad thing. It's not a bad thing. I enjoy working Like I don't know. I enjoyed that. That's my to be a part of something. It's not that I want to, it's almost like I'm just blindly driven to it. I don't know how else to explain that.
Speaker 2I get you, I enjoy what I do and I'm fulfilled in what I do. It's not my whole life I don't think that you're saying that either. It's not your whole purpose in existence, but you do enjoy what you do.
Speaker 1God, do you, do you think that purpose also? Do you think the same purpose that you have in your day to day, your nine to five? Do you think that? Do you think that aligns also with family and just like personal relationships and things like that as well?
Speaker 2No, yeah, it definitely bleeds over into my my other relationships with family and my church family that call to serve and that's like you said.
Speaker 2It doesn't mean that there's a gross product that's attached to it, it's just making yourself available to either the people, people places, things that matter to you and that thrive off of your involvement. Also, it's reciprocal, right. You're serving in the community that also serves you. That's what community is. So that giving back and it doesn't necessarily have to be, like said, anything monetary, you know I could help, you know, sister frank, move her or weed her garden for the day, because she has our three knees, you know, yeah, that is still serving um, you know, in your purpose, and it gives me fulfillment to know that I was able to do the thing that she can't do and her needs were met in that way.
Speaker 1Gotcha, yeah. And I think that the other thing, also like a slight misconception, is that people think that if you're fulfilling your purpose, it's supposed to be, you know, supposed to feel good, it's always supposed to be rainbows and sunshine. That is not true. You know, you have to look at your public safety members. You know your firefighters, police officers, emts to look at your, your public safety members.
Speaker 1You know your firefighters, police officers, emts, your military personnel, those people, a majority of them, most likely, are fulfilling their purposes, but their, their jobs are, unfortunately sometimes, you know, take them down. You know, unfortunately, dark alleys, with a lot of, you know, things that a lot of people actually don't want to see or don't want to have to deal with. So I think fulfilling your purpose is, yeah, it's not always pretty, but you know, I guess it kind of goes back to that somebody's got to do it kind of thing. And you know, I think your spirit, being the one that was chosen to do it, is, you know, designed for that, built for that, because you know other spirits couldn't handle it.
Speaker 2Yeah, you hit a good point there that you are the person that has the capacity to fulfill that need, because a lot of times the people, even the people in the situations that we're serving in, can, like you said, suck and sometimes the people that you're trying to help don't really want your help or you know they find themselves in that situation quite often. You know, depending, like if you ever worked in like a hospital setting or social services, that type of thing. You hear the term frequent flyer, the term frequent flyer, you know where you'll have those repeat customer that comes back for the same thing. It's like we've talked about this, haven't I helped you? And so you just, you know having to put your shoulder to the wheel and you know, reiterate, this is this is the way to do the thing, but having the capacity, the patience, the um, the empathy to to be able to work them, you know, through those situations yeah, it's not always roses A hundred percent.
Finding Mentors and Building Community
Speaker 1Yeah, I don't want people to think that purpose is solely like a faith-based thing or faith-based uh thought. Um, I think, just as any living being on this earth, you know, regardless of what you believe, which, which path you're taking at the moment in your, this moment in your life. Um, I really think purpose is just the day we're born. You are born for a reason, um and um, you know that. That reason it's. I think it's up to you to to obviously, you know, take that journey and figure out what it is. Some of us figure it out early. Some of us, you know, it takes a, it takes a lifetime to understand it. But, um, I think all I can say is, basically, you know, I think, if you feel that tug or that nudge, don't, don't ignore it, just kind of, sometimes it doesn't hurt to go with it.
Speaker 1Um, you know, kind of pushes superficial things in life to decide and kind of pay attention, I think, to what, uh, you know what, what message is trying to be sent or trying to be sent to you? Um, sorry, as I try to sound all philosophical over here. Uh, so, but pretty much just like when you're looking at faith and um, faith and spirituality. What do you think sparks? I think you obviously just said it when we opened up here, but what do you think sparks? Um, sparks that, that fire for you to kind of like start, um, you know, uh, directing you towards your call for purpose, and I think we're going to be talking about someone, in a sense, who doesn't know what it is. I guess, when you were younger, what sparked you to understand that your call to purpose was served?
Speaker 2I think a lot of the seeking out your purpose is trial and error. What is the thing that you have put into practice, that you feel fulfilled in, or what is the thing that you're most interested in doing and how do you expand upon it? So getting your hands dirty, anything? Because I think a lot of times when you're standing still and you're treading water, like I don't know what direction to go in, I'm floundering, I don't know what to do. Do something. Even if that start might not lead to a finish line somewhere, you've at least taken a step forward to attempt a thing.
Speaker 2I don't think anyone ends up finding what it is that they love to do or inspire to do. I mean, you do have some people that you know, know that they have this passion for art, and I've always been a, you know, had this thing simmering inside my veins since I was three years old. I was this proficient Like. You do get some people that are like that, but for the majority of us it's trial and error, it's seeking, it's putting into practice a thing. I don't think you can find purpose by standing still. You have to take a chance and explore, investigate.
Speaker 1Sometimes doing nothing is doing something right.
Speaker 2That too, especially if you have, I feel, for look, I'm showing my age now. I feel for this generation because they have computers in the back of their pockets and they're not.
Speaker 2You know, socializing has taken on a different face than you know, when we were younger, we knew how to make connections and we knew how to meet strangers and say hello. We knew how to ask for a phone number or, you know, give your own number and credentials out. You knew how to do those things. And now, everything there's so much anonymity and things are online and you know people are missing out on that, the way to build those bridges that we used to have back in the day. So I do, I do feel for you.
Speaker 2Know, how do I, how do I find community, how do I find my, my purpose, when my purpose, when everything's at the click of a button and you're hiding behind this computer screen for the most part, or listening to some podcast or something like that? So how do you filter out the information? And, you know, have discernment over all the input, cause that's that's what it is. It's a flood of information and it's like, how do I, how do I separate, you know, the the quality stuff from the crap and find what sticks? For me it is hard.
Speaker 1There's, there's a bit of, there's a bit of truth. I think that comes with that search, though, um, or with trying to figure out what your purpose is. So you know, I'm going off of what you said here with the Internet. So if you look things like at, you know how social media is nowadays everything is a facade, like nothing's real. And I think that's where and you know, I don't know, I'm not this generation they're, they're, they're, you know, they're on their own journey and they're figuring this out on their own. And it's, you know, I'm questions, I'll, you know, you know, you know me, you know, you ask them, right, I'm definitely going to give it to you, but the um, it's.
Speaker 1I think there's just so much, um, so many falsified personas walking around out there that that's going to make it hard for them to figure out exactly what their purpose is. Um, because they're, they're. I think to find that purpose, you have to start off with being true and real with yourself, um, and if you can't look in the mirror or look on, you know, a webcam or something like that, and just be real for two seconds, um, I think that's what's going to cause that struggle, because you're not finding your purpose. You're finding the purpose for that character that you're playing.
Speaker 2Yeah, I think a lot of that, too, is being that that is the vehicle in which a lot of people are discovering these gurus that help you find what your purpose is. A lot of times you're also seeing the finished product. You see this polished. You know they got all their stuff together and you, you miss. You know the building blocks to get to that finish line, or they might not even be in the finish line but they are able to present, like you said, this you know, polished facade, that this is, this is what I'm presenting, but this isn't really the life that I'm living. That that, what is it to do? As I say, not as I do, type of thing. You know, you see those, those, um, you know podcasts and, like I said, you podcast, or you know videos or whatever, and you know you're looking at a finished product. You don't, you don't know if that's really the life that they're, they're living. You're seeing the gimmick.
Speaker 1Yeah, they're, they're marketing at this point, they're trying to sell you something.
Speaker 2So it's all about the dollar at this point.
Journaling and Self-Reflection
Speaker 1Yeah, and the uh. You know, I think the other part is in that, you know, as we talked about on Monday, I think a lot of it also goes back to truly finding that mentor. Like I just wish this is something that was I just kind of wish and I mean, you know, I think I even stand um, I even, uh, need to take my own advice on this. One is like go out and find that mentor but also be a mentor to someone who's in need. And I think, you know, with uh, you know, with social media and just just the way the world is kind of divided itself in a sense as far as uh, you know, naturally communicating, I think that's how mentors have been lost, because online you don't know who to trust. Um, this person could be Googling answers for you as you're talking to them, you know, or you might be just be talking to AI. You just really can't trust people. And I think that that connection with the mentor is honestly, especially if you're young or even if you're in your 40s, because, I mean, you and I both know plenty of people in their 40s that are still lost and haven't found their purpose yet, and you and I both know plenty of people in their 40s that are still lost and haven't found their purpose yet. So I think it boils down to that that mentorship from you know.
Speaker 1You know, passing that information along. That's how we're designed socially, I think, just to communicate in that sense. It's basically that's how we've lived this long is by passing information, and not just through DNA, but actually sitting down. You know, back in the day before MTV even started up or before TV even started up, people sat around, they told stories. That was how they pass information, that's how they mentored one another in a sense and gave those life lessons. So I think that is honestly one of the biggest things that's missing. And I'm actually, you know, I always do a challenge at the end of each podcast, which we didn't do on Monday, I just now remember, but I think I'm going to set the challenge for this weekend. But we'll finish up this conversation first. But go ahead, you were going to say something. My apologies.
Speaker 2Oh no, I wasn't.
Speaker 1Oh, so also with this whole, as we kind of talked with what sparks us to call it, I guess, for myself, real quick, I'll go ahead and say I think the thing that kind of made me realize that obviously, you know, um kind of helping others was my thing, I don't know, it just kind of came naturally. It's just, it was just something that happened since I was a team. Um, you know just, it's not something I had to think about and not something I had to study Um, you know, I always like to learn more about better ways to help people, but it's just something that kind of came naturally to me. So I didn't really fight it, um, and I've always held jobs, um, or careers or vocations, whichever word you'd like to use. I've always held those uh, you know those types of uh lines of employment where, yes, I'm here to help people, um, and you know, I didn't really waver from that too much.
Speaker 1It was never about me. It's about me when I go home and I have the weekend to myself. That's when it's about me. But you know, when you're there Monday through Friday, nine to five or whatever the case may be it is about other people at that point. So I've always been easily and naturally able to do that, so very thankful for it. But I think the journey towards that purpose, as with everything, always starts with self-reflection, like we just said, and kind of looking at yourself. And you know so, do you journal? I'm just curious.
Speaker 2I have. I'm off and on Like I feel like. In my younger years I definitely journaled a lot and I took up the practice because I'm the only child, yeah, and then I was the practice because I'm the only child, and then I was the second oldest of all the grandkids, so usually when I was with them I was a babysitter.
Speaker 1So it's like who?
Speaker 2else am I going to speak to and how am I going to get the buildup and pressure off of my brain? Let me put it somewhere so I journaled quite heavily. Put it somewhere, so I journal quite heavily. In my later years, though I usually I'll often on I'll journal. I journal quite often, though weekly, for church, but then to me I compartmentalize that it's not personal, it's spiritual, so that's a separate journal.
Speaker 1So off and on, personally, yeah, I mean journaling is not a bad thing. For all the men out there who think journaling is a female only thing, it's not. A lot of people who have passed great information in this world journaled and that's how we found out what they knew and what the you know. We learned a lot from that. So I mean I journal. I've always journaled, I think since I was young, I think when I was younger I was just pretentious so, but as I've gotten older, well, actually I'll back that up. So when I was younger, actually when I journaled, I actually unknowingly, knowingly, but unknowingly set goals the goals that I set when I was like 12 or 13 in my journal I've actually achieved all those goals. So yet again, parents out there, you may want to get your kids journaling not vlogging, but actually journaling because it's a very intimate thing with yourself. I think you're getting to learn yourself, but you're also setting yourself up for success or setting goals for yourself that you alone can follow and most likely achieve, I think. So journaling has always been a thing for me. I mean, what we're doing right now technically is journaling.
Speaker 1I think learning also is a good way of kind of finding your purpose before I, like start to ramble and get off topic here, but, yes, embracing, you know, learning yet again that mentorship. You know, read different, read different things. Step outside your comfort zone. You know a lot of us are raised in different cultures. Step outside of that I think you and I had this conversation when we first met was basically how we stepped outside of what was considered the norm for, you know, black folks in America. We stepped outside of that and I think that has helped us one. You know, do what we do best, which is help people. But it's also helped us grow as people or individuals in general. At least that's how I feel.
Speaker 2It disrupts that trajectory where you know you grow up in this neighborhood with this amount of money and this is what your path is.
Speaker 1Yeah.
Speaker 2It upset that.
Speaker 1Agree, agree, and I think that's you know, I think for you know, anyone who's listening that may be in that, you know, kind of stuck in that moment. You know, don't let those things restrict you, because I think those are the things that can keep you from finding your purpose. It's only going to provide you a limited set of options and I guarantee you none of those options are going to be what you're truly meant to be here doing. You feel it and you know it. So community also we kind of hit that on Monday as well.
Speaker 1But community, I have a feeling this season is going to be a lot about community. Like I say, it's just one of those things I'm just now learning to kind of um involve myself with. I've kind of always kind of you know, um uh, kept a distance from people, uh, for for reasons uh known to me. But the um I'm learning to kind of build community. But trying to find a positive community I think is also the goal and I think finding because you know there's lots of communities out there Right and I don't want to find the wrong one.
Speaker 1That's going to kind of put me back in that corner where I don't want to be involved with people. So you know my advice to anyone who is listening that is kind of on that same journey. You know take your time. It's not going to pop up. You do have to go find it. It's not going to come find you in most cases. Some of us, yes, it will find us, but I think for most of us we have to get up kind of off our butts and kind of get out there, get involved and go find it. You're probably going to go through a bunch of them before you find the right one.
Speaker 2But you know you're looking for people not who only think you know, like you, but you're looking for people who are going to challenge you but also help you grow. And growth isn't comfortable either. I think sometimes when we're seeking and we are seeking, you know you're looking for that community. But if the community that you find is so comfortable that you are standing still, that it's not spurring you to grow, to investigate to, you know, grow beyond your current means and it's just complacent, that's not the community that we're talking about. Growth should feel has some monocle of uncomfortability in order to grow. Growth should feel has some monocle of uncomfortability in order to grow.
Learning as a Path to Purpose
Speaker 1Yeah, and that's that's a people are scared of that, especially in our younger years. We're definitely scared of it, and I think when you get to a certain age, uh, as far as being older, some people are scared because they're like, oh, they think they know everything or they've experienced, or they seen it all. Um, you know, I always say, if, if you're, if you're not learning, you're not living. And I think you, you know, every day you wake up, you should be looking to learn something new. You know that's. I think that's kind of from from what I saw. I don't know where, where the study was or where the documentary or whatever it was that I got the information from. But you know, learning slows time down, so I guess it kind of extends life for you. So look, at it that way.
Speaker 1I like that. Yeah, so I think it's. I mean, that's a good way, I guess, of you know, not saying live forever, but live longer as long as you're learning. Because you know, I think your mind and your body are actively engaged in things that you haven't experienced before. Your mind and your body are actively engaged in things that you haven't experienced before. But, yeah, so you know experiment and reflect, obviously.
Speaker 1So you know, not going to beat the dead horse on that, but you know challenges and doubts, I think they do arise, and that's natural, like you said, because it's not going to be a comfortable thing. But rather than conforming to society's prescriptions or the opinions of others, you know you got to trust the unique narrative unfolding, you know, within yourself. And I think your journey is not a race, as you know, the same as with faith and spirituality, but it is a personal odyssey and every twist or turn, I think, holds value. So, you know, take and pay attention to everything that happens. I'm not saying obsess over it, but don't take anything for granted. Even you know something as simple as you in the church or in the grocery store and that one kid that won't. Or on the airplane, that one kid that won't stop crying. There's something there to be learned from that. You know, maybe it's a test of your patience, maybe it's a test to see. You know, maybe you're there to help out with that one moment or something and I don't mean by helping out, by, you know, yelling at that parent for not, you know, making a kid be quiet but you know, maybe you're there to help out, maybe you, you, you know a trick to maybe sue that kid, to give them a calm down a little bit, just for the rest of the plane ride or for the rest of the uh service. So, um, it's the little things, folks, I think it's the little things you got to pay attention to that actually mean a lot. So, um, but yeah, so I think we're going to kind of move on over to our message of. So here's another message of empowerment and hope, I think.
Final Thoughts and Weekend Challenge
Speaker 1And I think, as we move into the final segment of our conversation today, yet again, you know, I want to leave you guys with the message of hope and empowerment and, I think, a reminder that your call to purpose is a continual, evolving invitation. So each day brings you a new opportunity to align with your inner truth, and whether you're taking small steps towards a new passion or reevaluating your current path, which happens to me probably at least three, four times a week. But every moment is valuable. So trust that even the smallest commitment to your purpose is a ripple that can create waves of positive change in your life and the lives of those around you. That still reminds me of that movie, butterfly Effect. So when I literally just said that. So reminds me of that movie, butterfly Effect. So when I literally just said that.
Speaker 1So I encourage you to see every setback or moment of uncertainty not as a failure but basically as a teaching moment, and embrace the, embrace the process of gratitude and knowing that in striving to live purposefully, you're already contributing to a larger tapestry of shared human experience. So you know, this journey is yours to create and your unique gifts and perspectives are needed in the world. So you know, celebrate your progress, regardless of how incremental it may seem, and continue questioning, exploring and daring to dream. You know, but every step you take is a part of your sacred path towards a more fulfilling, authentic life. And you know I'm not going to act like life doesn't happen. I'm not going to be silly like that. We're going to go through tough times and everything I just said. You're probably like nope, screw that, this is not the day for it and you're going to go back. Let's be real, right? So I mean, I'm going to have days like that. I had a week like that last week, but it's just. You know lessons yeah.
Speaker 1Yeah, I think, once you kind of once you get a second to slow down and catch your breath, just kind of put things back into perspective, just kind of use that a little bit as part of your mantra as to, I think, how you're going to continue to move forward or get over whatever difficulty um you just experienced.
Speaker 1So, um, but yeah, let's take a quick moment and let's recap. Uh, so we did cover down on pretty much the same thing as we did on Monday, but we did cover down on basically defining purpose and, you know, we kind of shared a little bit about what it means to us, uh, you know, and we kind of talked a little bit about what sparks are called a purpose, you know, um, and it could be anything from life challenges to hardships, you know, moments of clarity yet again, and but you know you have to look at, um, I think mentorship is probably one of the big ones. I think I'm probably going to say that a lot too. Mentorship and community, I think, are going to be my two things for season two here. It's just one of those things that's fading. Go ahead.
Speaker 2I said it's a vibe Seeking community and mentorship. It goes hand in hand.
Speaker 1Yeah, maybe we should find some mentors to interview. So the but the and navigating that journey towards purpose. Yet again, each journey is its own thing, but you know, find yourself some community. You know, try to learn from others and you know always self-reflect, start journaling people, meditate or something, but take out time for yourself. If you're a busy person, parent, or you work a lot, you know take out. You know I take long showers because a shower is the only time you kind of get to yourself where you don't have to worry about answering the phone and nobody's really going to bother you. I don't really know that if you have kids, but if you have kids I know they probably bother you. But that shower time, if you have the ability to, is probably the one time you do have to actually sit there and meditate and kind of think of things. So but you know, finally, you know I just want you guys to know that you know, you know embrace the, embrace that message of empowerment. And you know, remind, remind yourself that every step along the journey is significant and transformative. So, once again, thank you for you know joining us on this. You know, exploration of purpose.
Speaker 1But you know, stay tuned for our future episodes here on Leo's Liberation. You know we're going to, I think me and Benita have some plans to talk about some pretty crazy things and we're also putting out flyers. I will do that tomorrow, I promise, putting out flyers to actually see if we get some other people on here, because I always like to hear people's other people's perspectives, especially on some of these topics that we do have for the season. So, yeah, that's all I got for this Friday, but I hope you guys do have a good weekend. And the challenge actually I did forget that. The challenge here is to and as I ramble, I'm sorry, but did you have anything to?
Speaker 2and as I ramble, I'm sorry, Benita, did you have anything? I think you pretty much covered it. I'm just a visitor.
Speaker 1I got you. I got you. So you know the definite challenge there. I think. Just go out and try to.
Speaker 1You know, focus on what you think your purpose is this weekend and you know, if you think your purpose, if you think your purpose is to help people, you know, you know, if you think your purpose, if you think your purpose is to help people, you know, go out and do that. You know, practice your purpose this weekend, um, and yet again, remember it's not totally, it's not solely tied to your, your line of employment. It's something that you can actually mix into your, your everyday life, um, but my challenge to you this weekend is just go out and practice your purpose, um, if you don't get a chance, or you don't feel like you get a chance, to practice it every day, um, so, yeah, that is that is all we have. But thanks for joining us yet again, um, and I appreciate everybody for you know, taking out the time to listen to us, and I hope your energy for today is great and I hope you're going into the weekend with some great vibes, and I honestly I would love to hear your thoughts, your stories about discovering your purpose and any questions you might have.
Speaker 1But you know you can reach out by leaving comments and joining our community discussions. But until next time, keep listening to your inner calling and live boldly, and may your journey towards purpose be filled with light, love and endless discovery. I'm your host, trey, and wishing you guys a purposeful day. I don't know why I keep using that word, but wishing you guys a purposeful day ahead and a great weekend. Stay liberated, take care of yourself and take care of each other, and we'll talk to you guys on Monday. I love you.