There’s heaviness in the air, and I’m paying attention. Why? Because when a theme arrives in my world multiple times— through client sessions, chats with friends, or a random scroll through social media—it feels like a messenger from the universe. One to be met with presence. Lately, one keeps ringing out: It feels like everything is crumbling—what’s the point?

I get it. If you are paying even a little bit of attention, it’s not a huge leap to feel like it’s the end of the world (or at least the end of the world as we know it). This feeling can lead straight to despondency, hopelessness, and a sense of powerlessness. It all feels out of our control. We are watching systems collapse and truths be revealed that are impossible to bear. So again: what is the point?

Whether or not it’s the end of the world, this question lives at the heart of the work I love—and what I believe to be true with my whole being: If you are here, you have a purpose. And if you have a purpose, there is a point. It’s easy to forget, but here’s the truth. Despite what popular media might say, your purpose is not your job title or familial or social role. I lean—heavily—into a bigger truth.

So, what is purpose, really?
Searching for some grand task to complete, job to get, or role to fulfill, often takes us further—not closer—from our true purpose. We are not human doings. Though it often feels that way. We are human beings.

And our purpose in the short time we’re given on this beautiful planet is to learn to be and to fully express the one-of-a-kind, unique version of Self that has never existed before and never will again. That expression—your presence, your authenticity, your being—is the point.

Maybe the world is crumbling. Maybe the end is nigh. An end is coming for each of us, eventually. And so, what then? What if the point is to let whatever feelings are rising within you be fuel for your becoming? To let this moment activate aliveness in you— a call to movement, to fullness, to exploration and connection, to truth— as if this were the final act?

You being the truest, most authentic version of yourself you can possibly excavate and expand into is the great work of your life. Not someday. Not when things settle. Now. It’s not a side hustle or extra credit assignment. There is no bigger task. There is no greater impact you can make.

In one of these recent conversations a wise friend said, “My kids are doing what they need to do in case it’s not the end of the world, and everything they can in case it is.” Maybe that’s the point, in a nutshell.

So, this month, my question to you is this: what if figuring out how to fully be yourself is not only enough, it’s the whole point? That just your being-ness has an impact, and the more you can expand and elevate that energy, the stronger the ripple effect? In claiming this, what if your becoming is not a reaction, but a response? Not resistance, but remembrance?

Blessings, all around.

xoj