Connecting The Dots To Discover Our Purpose!

This week I happen to go through the commencement speech Steve Jobs gave at Stanford University in 2005 where he told the story of how he came to connect the dots of his past and went on to revolutionize technology. In his speech, he shared "You can't connect the dots looking forward. You can only connect them looking backward. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - your gut, destiny, life, karma whatever - because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart, even when it leads you off the well-worn path. And that will make all the difference."

I could very much connect my Start-up Journey with the above as what these Dot-connecting opportunities often reveal is a range of life possibilities that have been quietly developing for years, decades even. We just haven’t bothered to notice them or allowed ourselves to step far enough back from the demands of our daily lives to fully appreciate their power. We all encounter transitions in our lives when we must struggle to make sense of the dots of our past.

I believe we should connect the dots lest we wander and suffer. They consist of our core values, scattered with the breadcrumb trail of our decisions, a sprinkling of our hope and trust for what is possible, bound together by a thick black line of acceptance for what we cannot change. Then we move forward. That is the work. So, if you haven’t considered questions like these in your own life lately, I recommend you take some time at the beginning of this year to do so. Because the picture that forms when you start drawing lines between your own life dots will soon become a map for a future so compelling and so promising that you’ll want to live it for real, starting now.

Happy Sunday!! Keep Moving & Smiling!!🏃🏽😊

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