Purpose is something you create for yourself. It is why, over the last several years of my healing journey I have spent so much of my time chasing contentment, exploring my passions, building new connections, and fulfilling my desire to live a purposeful life.
Recently, an opportunity presented itself for me to partner/collaborate on some ongoing engagement/research projects, focus groups and workshops with CAMH (Canadian Mental Health Association) and 9-8-8 Suicide Crisis Hotline; so I jumped at the chance.
These opportunities are centered around inclusivity, educating families, and ongoing research to ensure that they are continuing to improve the quality of care for patients/users by listening to opinions of individuals like myself with lived experience to help them learn new ways to grow and enhance the overall patient/user experience.
Last night, I participated in one of these panels. It was for 9-8-8 Canada, which is now in its second year. It’s collaborations like this one, which prove to be of high importance in helping the 9-8-8 team visualize the core components of their user’s experiences, moving forward.
The moderator was so passionate about her work. It was easy to feel her desire to live a purposeful life.
She recited a quote to us during our time together yesterday, and it has really resonated with me ❤️. It felt relevant to my life at the moment while I continue to chase contentment, explore my passions, build new connections, and fulfill my desire to live a purposeful life.
“Everyone has something to teach us. Everyone has something to learn.”
We all have the ability to teach and learn from the moment we are first born. It never stops.
I learn every day, and I realized in that moment when she spoke those words outloud, that I am also teaching others everyday as well; sharing my knowledge, my life lessons and my experiences with the world.
I understand now that I have already been fulfilling my desire to live a purposeful life after all.
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