4 Big Questions Q2 Why Am I Here

Jack Heald is The Dad You Wish You Had.

If you've talked with me any time in the last half dozen years, you've heard me talk about the Four Big Questions every person must answer for themselves.

Those 4 big questions are:

1. Where did I come from?
2. Why am I here?
3. Where am I going?
4. Who am I?

Today, I'm gonna dive deep into question 2 - Why am I here?

There are other ways to phrase that question. What is my purpose? What am I meant to do?

To ask those questions is to presume a purpose exists, and that someone has a plan. That someone is - for lack of a better description - God.

I used to think "God" would guide me to my purpose. So I waited and waited. That help failed to materialize, so I was left to figure things out for myself.

Allow me to think out loud as we work through this together.

Now, I conceptualize God as being "the best and highest I can imagine." So - for me - that means "God" would be the best and highest version of myself I can imagine.

So, I start with where I am and what I have.

I'm a male, not a female. So, I could never be the best mother, but I could be the best father.

I have no natural talent at hitting a baseball, so I could never be the best baseball player. But I have talent on the piano, so I could be the best pianist.

I have no natural ability at drawing or painting, so I could never be the best artist. But I am good with words, so I could be the best writer.

To follow a rabbit trail a little bit...

I felt like I was totally in over my head a couple of times in the last year: In an energy-healing class I took, and in an intense 2 day handgun safety class.

In both cases, I felt overwhelmed. I not only had no knowledge, but I had no natural talent either.

So it is very difficult for me to imagine myself being the best energy healer or the best gun fighter. (Not impossible, just very difficult.)

In fac,t I am not able to conceptualize what the best at those would even look like, much less imagine myself reaching those heights.

On the other hand, I can imagine myself as a much better piano player and a much better writer. I have enough talent that I could be really good, and I have enough knowledge that I understand know how very far I have to go to be the best.

If I was going to guide a young version of me towards finding what "God's plan" was for my life, I think that is what I would do. I would find out what my innate talents might be, and I would find out what my innate interests are.

Then I would say, "pick one of those things. Learn what the very best in the world do, then see if you can imagine yourself becoming the best at that thing.

If you can't, then find something else to focus on.

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