Part 8 - awakening power and purpose

I asked a manager once - Why do you do what you do everyday? He replied - “I eventually settled”. 

Over my journey, I’ve realized that we have a lot more power over our lives than we realize. We often say ‘No’ to ourselves and settle.

I didn’t come here to ‘settle’. Did you?

Many people tell me that I’m a completely different person than who they met before.

It’s because I decided not to settle for limitations.

I chose not to settle for ‘getting by’ in my initial financial circumstances.

I chose not to settle for ‘fear’ in redefining my work & purpose.

I chose not to settle for ‘low confidence’ in my journey as a leader.

I chose not to settle for ‘loneliness’ in love.

I chose not to settle for ‘control’ in relationship to people, places and experiences.

I chose not to settle for ‘ignorance’ in my quest for truth.

I overcame every adversity, limitation and fear I came across.

And the journey is not over by any means. I continue to grow.

Yet, 5 years ago as I sat on the couch in our living room right as the COVID pandemic was at its peak, I felt I had checked all the boxes. 

A nice house and car ✅

Loving relationships ✅

Great career ✅

Fun vacations ✅

And sitting on that couch I asked myself -

“Is that all there is to life?”

Something didn’t feel right. 

Something was missing. 

Something in me knew that there had to be more to life than just checking all these boxes.

And that’s when I reached out for help. A whole new world opened up for me through my own coaching experience which I’m forever grateful for!

If I had stayed with the fears, hesitations, doubts - I would have remained ‘stuck’. I wouldn’t have said yes to working in sustainability or becoming a coach. 

See life, spirit, energy is looking to express its full potential through us. We have to answer the call.

If we don’t answer the call, we remain unfulfilled. 

An unexpressed possibility. 

An inexperienced life.

Now, I didn’t shift any of these dynamics on my own. There’s little any of us do on our own. We’re always learning from something or someone around us.

I overcame these dynamics that were keeping me stuck by…

…getting clear on my desires 

…overcoming my fears and limiting beliefs

…forming an unbreakable determination to learn and grow in life

…learning and getting coached from the best and by applying what I had learned

So ask yourself - 

"Where have I decided to “settle” in life?"

Some of us are trying to make a lot of money - hopefully fast. We attach ourselves to a goal or outcome in the future - promotion, start-up success, building a large company etc.

Yet, we know from our past experiences that reaching a goal does not equate to happiness. It’s momentary happiness. It is the quality of our relationship with life on a daily basis that determines happiness and fulfillment. Not at some far out point in the future that isn’t even certain. Our journey with money is only a partial solution towards lasting fulfillment.

That which is missing internally i.e our relationship with life, cannot be fulfilled by mere accumulation of wealth.

Some of us  are just ‘getting by’, slowly trying to make our way to retirement - someday in the future.

We’re avoiding life and caught in comfort. We put up with the daily drudgery in the delusion that someday it will be over.

What passes us by in the meantime is our life and the opportunity we have to be ALIVE.

Unless we  choose to shed the layers of delusion, wake up to our innate power and align it with our purpose, we will find ourselves at a crossroads of dissatisfaction.

Our external journey of chasing money and success is only a partial journey towards fulfillment. It is not the end all, be all. Choose to wake up from this delusion.

My intention is to live the most healthy, heartful, joyful, prosperous and peaceful life in which I'm in service to others. Nothing less.  

I intend to wake up millions to their power and purpose in that process.   

For me life has never been about settling.

I didn’t arrive here from the depths of darkness to settle. 

I didn’t arrive here to retire. I’ll retire when death arrives. Even then, maybe.

Until then, I plan to live fully. This isn’t about chasing the “highs” of life. 

But rather, to be present in every moment and fully involved with every moment of life.

I invite you to take some time to reflect on the following questions and note your reflections -

• Where have I chosen to “settle” in life?

• What am I chasing and why? Am I chasing fame, power, wealth, pleasure? If so, why?

• Am I allowing life in its full expression to bloom through me?

Thanks for being with me, allowing me to express my story thus far and sharing the lessons learned.

I’m grateful for the work I get to do and how I get to help others lean into their fuller expression in life! 🙏

-Nitin