Finding Your Cape – Purpose and Reflections
Previous Posts in this series:
Finding Your Cape – Introduction
Finding Your Cape – Principles
Finding Your Cape – Meditations
Finding Your Cape – Superpowers
In this final post in the core of the Finding Your Cape series we will explore your purpose and authentic self. This is a short post because the insights are simple.
Simple but not simplistic… reflect on these words and discover what they mean to you…
Your Purpose
Your purpose is unique to you, but what we all have in common is the definition of our purpose…
Your purpose is to discover your superpower and authentically apply it to the best of your ability.
It does not need to be any more complicated than that.
The Authentic You
I have talked a lot about being your authentic self and how this is the route to living a fulfilling life.
Your authentic self is a contented version of you where you accept fully who you are and all aspects of your personality. This contentment creates psychological stability (harmony between emotions, purpose, spirituality, and rational thinking) which then enables you to engage the world without hesitation in an honest and open way.
Discovering your superpower and accepting your responsibility to apply it to the best of your ability is a large part of being your authentic self.
But both contentment and discovering your superpower do not just happen by chance; you have to do the work to strip away the unnecessary and embrace all aspects of what remains. This is a journey of self-discovery that we all have the choice to take.
Superpower + Action + Contentment = Authentic you
Benefits and Practical Applications
Confidence, self-esteem, clarity, and focus.
Of all the tools in the introspection toolkit, this one has the most obvious benefits and practical applications.
Finding your cape is all about removing the uncertainty from life. It is about discovering who you really are and knowing with confidence how you can bring value to the world.
Your superpowers are not static. As you experience, learn and grow, your powers will evolve and through the application of your powers with authentic purpose, new opportunities will open up in the world for you to affect positive change.
Discover who you really are.
Stop trying and just do.
Flow with the river of life and ride the waves.
Increase the vitality of the system as a whole.
What is next?
In the past, benefits and practical applications are the final part of the tool. Well, I guess they still are in this case, but I thought I would also share my workings out created while writing this tool and designing the exercises.
Enjoy, for now.