How to Find Your Purpose

(or, why God might tell you to eat ice cream)

People ask me all the time,
"How do I find my purpose in life?"

I used to chase that question like it was a destination.
I thought maybe one day I’d get the answer in a flash of lightning, with the voice of God booming:

“MEGAN — YOU ARE MEANT TO __________! TADAAAA!”

But it never came like that.

What came instead were…
The chills. Repeated things in threes. Something that simply felt brighter or lighter to my eyes. The excitement when I said yes to a strange invitation. Following my quirky curiosity or obsession.

A door that seemed to glow and say “come in” at a little shop.
The spark of fun thinking about a fountain pen with shimmering ink.
The quiet voice that said: "Go to sleep now!"

Or: "Get ice cream."

That one came up more than once.
Seriously — God tells me to get ice cream.

And people always laugh when I tell them that —
that sometimes, the holy whispery voice repeats with gusto:
"Eat the damn ice cream."

Because God knows how many of us are “should-ing” ourselves to death over some preconceived notion of the perfect diet, health, or performative spirituality.

Man, I’d relish in the ice cream.
And something incredible would always happen when I listened.

Most people wait for the booming voice or the thunderclap.
I looked for the shimmer, the shivers, the quirk that felt right to me.

And yes — usually it made no to little logical sense.
And yes — I’d sometimes (quite often) fight it.

But what happened when I listened to that little voice that got shushed for so long?
It got louder and more consistent.
I started to trust it.

Magic.
Miracles.
New friendships.
Incredible conversations. Opportunity. A good cry
An insight in the plaza with ice cream in my hand.
An insane journey to the edges of the Earth.

A life path I couldn’t have ever strategized or planned for.
A wild unfolding that shocks even me looking back.

Purpose doesn’t come from pressure or demanding to know.

It comes from paying attention.
From listening to the voice we were taught to silence —told to sit in the corner and behave because it wasn’t linear or logical, wasn’t thinking about money or social media posts, and definitely didn’t care what other people would think.

It’s the wee but mighty part of us that got shushed in class for asking the “dumb” question. The part that wanted to stop on the path to look at the shiny stone.
The one that wanted to spin in circles or giggle at inappropriate times.

We don’t find purpose by asking for a capital-A Answer. We find it by listening for the tiny whisper that wants us to be happy, whole, and fulfilled.

That voice led me here. God, heart, higher self, love, me-me — you can call it whatever you want —it was guiding me the whole way.

The I Ching tells us that the Higher Self doesn’t show us how to get from A to Z.
It tells us how to go from A to B. And when we get to B, it gives us the next step — if we just listen.

But dang it, we demand:
“Tell me how to fly to Z!”
And then we get delayed —
on the next stepping stone, lesson, breadcrumb, or adventure.

When I left the jungle,
I packed my minimalist belongings I’d pared down to over the course of 12 years —
from once being quite the consumer who had nightmares of being trapped in malls and unable to get out.

I only had a few bins and bags.
And when I looked around, I laughed —
because all I’d kept were:
plants, crystals, tarot cards, journals, special pens, healing gear
(haha — feathers, sage, palo santo, herbal salves) a mic, my computer,
a handful of second-hand, functional clothes, pictures of my kids,
and a couple lovely fabrics to soften my walls.

It turns out, I’d become exactly what I was meant to be.
A mother.
A writer.
A healer.

Me.
Who likes some pretty things, plants, and ice cream and has some weird, wild, winding stories.

And I didn’t plan it.

I followed it.

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